Kris Sparre
| Kris Sparre | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 12, 1987 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Iserlohn Roosters ERC Ingolstadt Eisbären Berlin Düsseldorfer EG | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2008–2016 | ||
Kris Sparre (born January 12, 1987) is a Canadian-German retired professional ice hockey player. He is the inaugural head coach for the PWHL Hamilton of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).[1]
Playing career
Sparre played major junior hockey with the Barrie Colts and Mississauga St. Michael's Majors in the Ontario Hockey League before joining the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL towards the end of the 2007-08 ECHL season. He then spent a season with the Idaho Steelheads, playing 56 regular season games and scoring 16 goals. In 2009, Sparre moved to Germany and signed for the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He would also play for ERC Ingolstadt, Eisbären Berlin and Düsseldorfer EG, as well as stints in DEL2 with Dresdner Eislöwen and Löwen Frankfurt before retiring in 2016.
Coaching career
Sparre served as an assistant coach for the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL) for three seasons.
On July 23, 2025, Sparre was named the head coach for the Boston Fleet of the PWHL.[2]
On May 27, 2026, he was named the head coach for the PWHL Hamilton expansion team.[1]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2003–04 | Brampton Capitals | OPJHL | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Mississauga Chargers | OPJHL | 48 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Mississauga Chargers | OPJHL | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Couchiching Terriers | OPJHL | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 68 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2007–08 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 56 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Columbia Inferno | ECHL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 56 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 55 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 37 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 52 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 45 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 50 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Dresdner Eislöwen | DEL2 | 30 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Dusseldorf EG | DEL | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2015–16 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL2 | 33 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| DEL totals | 257 | 32 | 43 | 75 | 187 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | ||||
References
- 1 2 "KRIS SPARRE NAMED HEAD COACH OF PWHL HAMILTON". thepwhl.com. May 27, 2026. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Boston Fleet name Kris Sparre as head coach". thepwhl.com. July 23, 2025. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Barrie Colts players
- Boston Fleet coaches
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Columbia Inferno players
- Dresdner Eislöwen players
- Düsseldorfer EG players
- Eisbären Berlin players
- ERC Ingolstadt players
- Halifax Mooseheads players
- Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players
- Iserlohn Roosters players
- Löwen Frankfurt players
- Ice hockey people from Mississauga
- Mississauga St. Michael's Majors players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1980s birth stubs