Craig Schira
| Craig Schira | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Schira with the Binghamton Senators in 2011 | |||
| Born |
April 21, 1988 Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| team Former teams |
Free Agent Binghamton Senators Frisk Asker HPK Luleå HF Rögle BK HV71 Adler Mannheim Linköping HC | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
Craig Schira (born April 21, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played under contract with Linköping HC in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career[edit]
Schira played for the Regina Pats and the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League as a junior.[1] On March 9, 2009, Schira signed a three-year entry level contract with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.[2] He was assigned to the Binghamton Senators for the 2009–10 season where he completed his first professional season.
In the 2013–14 he continued his European career by signing a two-year deal with Finnish Liiga team HPK.
Entering his fourth year with Rögle BK of the SHL in the 2020–21 season, Schira having declined in his offensive output with the club, was loaned on a short-term basis to fellow SHL competitors HV71 on December 11, 2020.[3] Schira made 4 appearances and collected 2 goals before ending his loan with HV71. On December 31, 2020, Schira left Rögle BK by moving to Germany to sign for the remainder of the season with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[4]
Schira spent two years in a return to Sweden with Linköping HC of the SHL, before leaving at the conclusion of his contract following the 2022–23 season on March 15, 2023.[5]
Career statistics[edit]
Regular season and playoffs[edit]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2003–04 | Saskatoon Blazers | SMHL | 50 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Regina Pats | WHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Regina Pats | WHL | 60 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Regina Pats | WHL | 71 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Regina Pats | WHL | 71 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Regina Pats | WHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 63 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 71 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 68 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 67 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 73 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Frisk Asker | GET | 45 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | HPK | Liiga | 54 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | HPK | Liiga | 55 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Luleå HF | SHL | 51 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | Luleå HF | SHL | 42 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Rögle BK | SHL | 52 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Rögle BK | SHL | 41 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Rögle BK | SHL | 31 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Rögle BK | SHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | HV71 | SHL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Linköping HC | SHL | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Linköping HC | SHL | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 208 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| SHL totals | 303 | 22 | 66 | 88 | 129 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | ||||
International[edit]
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Canada Western | U17 | 
|
6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | Canada | WJC18 | 4th | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Junior totals | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Craig Schira". hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ "Bulletin: Senators sign Vancouver Giants defenceman Craig Schira". Ottawa Senators. March 9, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Craig Schira is on loan from Rogle" (in Swedish). HV71. December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Craig Schira is moving to Mannheim" (in German). Adler Mannheim. December 31, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Craig Schira leaves LHC" (in Swedish). Linköping HC. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database