Oilers sign Currie to NHL deal

Currie, 25, has spent the past three seasons with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors, leading the team in scoring this past season with 46 points (20G, 26A) in 68 games.

The 5’11”, 190-pound forward has posted 106 points (52G, 54A), 129 penalty minutes and a +7 plus-minus rating in 188 career AHL games. Among Condors career AHL skaters, Currie ranks 1st with 52 goals and nine game-winning goals, while ranking 2nd in games, assists, points, power play goals and penalty minutes. Only six players have appeared in more games in a Condors sweater across all leagues.

The native of Charlottetown, PEI, appeared in 154 ECHL games prior to joining the Condors early in 2015-16, earning 85 points (35G, 50A).  While in the ECHL, he played with the Gwinnett Gladiators, Bakersfield and the Norfolk Admirals.

Currie also played for the QMJHL’s Prince Edward Island Rocket from 2009-13, serving as team captain in his last two seasons, posting 104 points (49G, 55A) in his final QMJHL campaign.

                                                         REGULAR SEASON                PLAYOFFS

SEASON   TEAM          LEA            GP  G    A    PTS   PIM   +/-     GP     G    A     PTS   PIM     +/-

2008-09     Summerside  MJAHL        45   8    17    25      7       n/a     –        –      –      –        –          –

2009-10     PEI                QMJHL       49   9     6     15      16     -6       5       0     0      0       0          -4

2010-11     PEI                QMJHL       52   9     11    20      9      -3       5       0     0      0       0          -1

2011-12     PEI                QMJHL       68   30   16    46      33    -22      –        –      –      –       –           –

2012-13     PEI                QMJHL       68   49   55    104    62      26      6      1     3      4       6           -2

2013-14     Gwinnett         ECHL         70   15   16    31      41    -21      –        –      –      –        –          –

2014-15     Bakersfield     ECHL         71   14    28   42      49     -20      –       –      –      –        –          –

2015-16     Norfolk           ECHL         13    6     6     12      8       -3        –       –      –      –        –         –

2015-16     Bakersfield     AHL            53   10   14    24      49      8        –       –      –      –        –         –

2016-17     Bakersfield     AHL            67   22   14    36      28      -4       –       –      –      –        –         –

2017-18     Bakersfield     AHL            68   20   26    46      52      3        –       –      –      –        –         –

                 AHL TOTALS                   188  52   54    106    129    7        –      –      –       –       –         –

                 ECHL TOTALS                 154  35   50    85      98     -44      –      –      –       –        –       –

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