Warren Norris

Warren Norris (born in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for EC KAC in the Austrian Hockey League. He has previously played in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the International Hockey League (IHL) in North America and in the British Ice Hockey Superleague, the Slovak Extraliga and the Swiss Nationalliga A. He has also played two season with the touring Canadian national ice hockey team.
==Playing career==
Whilst playing for the UMass Minutemen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1996–97, Norris signed with the St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL as a free agent. He also played for St. John's the following season, 1997–98, before he joined the Grand Rapids Griffins in the IHL for the 1998–99 and 1999–00 seasons. However, Norris only played a handful of games for Grand Rapids as he spent the majority of those seasons with the Canadian touring team for whom he made 78 appearances.
In 2000, Norris went to the United Kingdom where he joined the Sheffield Steelers for the 2000–01 ISL season. During this season, Norris helped Sheffield win a Grand Slam of all available trophies when they won the Benson & Hedges Cup, the Challenge Cup, the league championship and the playoffs. The following season, 2001–02, Norris joined HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga before rejoining Sheffield for the 2002–03 season. During his second spell with Sheffield, Norris again helped them to win the Challenge Cup and the league championship.
Norris signed for the Graz 99ers in the Austrian Hockey League for the 2003–04 season. Playing for Graz for three seasons, he was the club's top point scorer in the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons and the club's and the league's top goal scorer in 2004–05. Norris finished the 2005–06 season playing one game for HC Lugano in the Swiss Nationalliga A playoffs before he returned to the Austrian Hockey League to play for the EC KAC in 2006–07 and for whom he has played for since. On 23 April 2009 signed with League rival Graz 99ers for the season 2009/2010 and left also after three years EC KAC.
== Privates ==
Norris is the younger brother of the former National Hockey League player Dwayne Norris. 
==Records==
*Most points (54) in 2003–04 for Graz 99ers.
*Most goals (40) in the 2004–05 Austrian Hockey League season.
*Most goals (40) and most points (67) in 2004–05 for Graz 99ers.
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1993–94	UMass Amherst 	NCAA 	 	29 	20 	27 	46 	12 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95	UMass Amherst 	NCAA 	 	35 	13 	8 	21 	34 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96	UMass Amherst 	NCAA 	 	33 	20 	20 	40 	64 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97	UMass Amherst 	NCAA 	 	35 	20 	26 	46 	48 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL 	 	9 	1 	0 	1 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98	St John's Maple Leafs 	AHL 	 	35 	2 	2 	4 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99	Grand Rapids Griffins 	IHL 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00	Grand Rapids Griffins 	IHL 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00	Michigan K-Wings 	IHL 	 	8 	1 	2 	3 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01	Sheffield Steelers 	ISL 	 	48 	11 	13 	24 	85 	 	8 	1 	5 	6 	4
2001–02	HC Slovan Bratislava 	Slovak Extraliga	 	46 	6 	12 	18 	14 	 	16 	2 	3 	5 	12
2002–03	Sheffield Steelers 	ISL 	 	32 	11 	13 	24 	32 	 	13 	2 	5 	7 	12
2003–04	Graz 99ers 	Austrian 	 	48 	22 	32 	54 	103 	 	3 	0 	1 	1 	12
2004–05	Graz 99ers 	Austrian 	 	44 	40 	27 	67 	60 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06	Graz 99ers 	Austrian 	 	31 	14 	17 	31 	46 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06	HC Lugano 	Nationalliga A 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
2006–07	EC KAC 	Austrian 	 	49 	15 	27 	42 	89 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08	EC KAC 	Austrian 	 	49 	24 	26 	50 	83 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09	EC KAC 	Austrian 	 	51 	14 	20 	34 	22 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09	Graz 99ers 	Austrian 	 	53 	29 	23 	52 	34 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==International play==
Played for Canada in:
*1998–99 touring team
*1999–00 touring team
===International statistics===
Year 	Team 	Comp 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
1998–99	Canada	Int'l 	48	13	21	34 	38
1999–00	Canada	Int'l 	25	3 	16	19 	8
Totals 	Totals	Totals	73	16	37	53 	46
==References==
*European Hockey.Net
*The Internet Hockey Database
==External links==
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Category:Born in 1974
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Grand Rapids Griffins players
Category:Graz 99ers players
Category:HC Lugano players
Category:HC Slovan Bratislava players
Category:Klagenfurter AC players
Category:Sheffield Steelers players
Category:St. John's Maple Leafs players
Category:UMass Minutemen players
Category:Michigan K-Wings players