Geoffrey Kenneth Kinrade (born July 29, 1985) is a

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professional

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player. He is currently an

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who most recently played under contract with

Severstal Cherepovets Hockey Club Severstal is a professional ice hockey team based in Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. History Founded in 1956, the club was originally known as Stroitel ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

(KHL). He is a previous member of the

SC Bern Schlittschuh Club Bern (''Ice-skating Club Bern'' in English language, English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. ...

team of the Swiss Nationaliga A, as well as for HC Plzeň 1929 of the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The leag ...

and the

Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play th ...

of the

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(NHL). Kinrade has played one game in the NHL. He has two brothers, one of whom is Mike Kinrade, the professional free-ride mountain biker.

Playing career

Born in

Nelson, British Columbia Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the British Columbia Interior, Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of resto ...

, Kinrade played junior hockey with the Cowichan Valley Capitals of the British Columbia Hockey League. He then attended

Michigan Tech Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ...

until 2009. He played ten games with the

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after his college season was over in 2009. He made his NHL debut on April 9, 2009 for Tampa against the

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL) ...

. On July 10, 2009 he signed a one-year,

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with the

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. Kinrade played two seasons with Binghamton after that, capping his time in Binghamton with a

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championship in 2011. After the 2010–11 season, Kinrade signed with HC Plzen 1929 of the Czech Extraliga. Mid-season he moved to SC Bern of the Swiss Nationaliga A. In December 2012, Kinrade was a member of Team Canada winning the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. At the end of the 2012-13 season, SC Bern won the Swiss National Championship. On June 1, 2017, Kinrade continued his career in the KHL, signing a one-year deal with Chinese outfit,

Kunlun Red Star HC Kunlun Red Star () is a Chinese ice hockey club that joined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) prior to the 2016–17 season. History Preparation of the team In March 2016, representatives of Kunlun Red Star and the KHL signed a protocol o ...

. He made 26 appearances with Kunlun before he left the club in a trade to

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (russian: Торпедо Нижний Новгород) is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. The team's home arena is Trade ...

on November 16, 2017. As a free agent into the 2018–19 season, Kinrade belatedly signed a one-year contract to continue in the KHL with Severstal Cherepovets on December 27, 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinrade, Geoff 1985 births Living people Admiral Vladivostok players HC Ambrì-Piotta players SC Bern players Binghamton Senators players Cowichan Valley Capitals players Ice hockey people from British Columbia KHL Medveščak Zagreb players HC Kunlun Red Star players Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey players HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players Norfolk Admirals players People from Nelson, British Columbia HC Plzeň players Severstal Cherepovets players Tampa Bay Lightning players Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players Undrafted National Hockey League players Canadian ice hockey defencemen

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