Taylor Chorney
Jersey Number: 44
Player information for Taylor Chorney
Position
Defense
Height
6'0" (183cm)
Born
April 27, 1987
Number
44
Shoots
Left
Weight
193 lbs (88kg)
Birthplace
Thunder Bay, Ontario, CAN
Years in Columbus
1
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Player Career Notes
- Played in his final NHL game while with the Blue Jackets, finishing with a +2 plus/minus rating in the club’s 2017-18 season finale on Apr. 7 at Nashville.
- Registered 4-18-22 and 56 penalty minutes in 166 career games with the Blue Jackets, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers and St. Louis Blues over eight NHL seasons from 2008-18.
- Made his NHL debut as a 21-year-old with the Edmonton Oilers on Apr. 10, 2009 vs. Calgary and collected 0-3-3 in 42 games the following season in 2009-10.
- Scored his first career NHL goal while with Edmonton on Feb. 15, 2011 vs. Dallas (Kari Lehtonen).
- Set career highs with 1-5-6 and 21 penalty minutes in 55 games with the Capitals in 2015-16.
- Added 31-111-142 and 203 penalty minutes in 400 career American Hockey League contests over seven seasons with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Chicago, Peoria, Oklahoma and Springfield from 2008-15.
- Played in final three campaigns in Europe, totaling 6-32-38 in 90 contests over two seasons with HC Lugano in Switzerland from 2018-20 before posting 4-10-14 in 34 contests with Austria’s EC Salzburg in 2020-21.
- Represented the United States in the 2010 IIHF World Championships, 2006 and 2007 (bronze) IIHF World Junior Championships and 2005 IIHF U18 World Championships (gold).
- Played college hockey at the University of North Dakota from 2005-08, producing 14-59-73 and 126 PIM in 126 career outings.
CBJ Career Regular Season Stats
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Transaction History
- Drafted by Edmonton in the second-round, 36th overall, in the 2005 NHL Draft.
- Claimed off waivers by Columbus from Washington on Feb. 21, 2018.