height_ft birth_date career_start draft_year team image_size name caption weight_lb birth_place draft_team prospect_team draft prospect_league position catches league height_in article_title
6 03 march 1994 2014 2012 ottawa senators 225px chris driedger chris driedger 203 winnipeg , mb , can ottawa senators evansville icemen 76th overall echl goaltender left nhl 3 chris driedger

chris driedger

chris driedger -lrb- born may 18 , 1994 -rrb- is a canadian ice hockey goaltender .
he is currently playing for the evansville icemen in the echl .
driedger was selected by the ottawa senators in the 3rd round -lrb- 76th overall -rrb- of the 2012 nhl entry draft .
driedger played his first season of major junior hockey with the 2010 -- 11 tri-city americans , before being acquired by the calgary hitmen in an off-season trade prior to the start of the 2011 -- 12 whl season .
in his first season with the hitmen , his outstanding play was recognized when he was invited to play in the 2012 chl/nhl top prospects game .
drafted in the third round of the 2012 nhl entry draft by the ottawa senators , driedger continued to play with the calgary hitmen though to the end of the 2013 -- 14 season .
during his final season in the whl , on february 1 , 2014 , driedger was the last member of the calgary hitmen to play the puck before it was inadvertently put into the empty net of the kootenay ice , becoming the sixth goaltender in whl history , and the first in the hitmen franchise history , to be credited with scoring a goal .
he also became the hitmen 's all-time saves leader , surpassing martin jones mark of 3,374 saves .
driedger completed his major junior career with 170 regular-season whl games played and a win-loss-tie record of 94-46-15 including eight shutouts .
on april 1 , 2014 , the ottawa senators of the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- signed driedger to a three-year entry-level contract .
on march 26 , 2015 , driedger made his nhl debut with ottawa , entering a game against the new york rangers .
