Adam Munro Explained

Played For:Chicago Blackhawks
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
Toronto Marlies
Syracuse Crunch
HC TWK Innsbruck
Norfolk Admirals (AHL)
Erie Otters
Soo Greyhounds
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:1.5
Weight Lb:210
Birth Date:12 November 1982
Birth Place:St. George, Ontario, Canada
Draft:29th overall
Draft Year:2001
Draft Team:Chicago Blackhawks
Career Start:2003
Career End:2020

Adam Munro (born November 12, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 17 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2003–04 and 2005–06 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2003 to 2015, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.

Playing career

Munro was drafted in the 3rd round, 58th overall by the Erie Otters in the 1998 Ontario Hockey League Draft after winning the Championship in the Alliance Hockey league with Brantford.

During the 2000-01 OHL season, Munro went on a 22 game unbeaten streak (17-0-5) and finished with a 26-6-6 record and set 2 Erie Otters franchise records with a 2.31 GAA and .920 SV%. He participated in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game in Calgary, Alberta playing for Team Orr, beating Team Cherry.

Munro was drafted in the 1st round, 29th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He split his time between Chicago and Norfolk Admirals (AHL) during the 03-04 and 05-06 season. He spent the majority of the 2004-05 NHL lockout in the AHL.

Munro signed as free agent with HC Fribourg-Gottéron on July 7, 2006.

He spent the 2007–08 season with the Columbus Blue Jackets' AHL affiliate, The Syracuse Crunch.

During the 2008–09 AHL season he played for the Toronto Marlies, the farm team for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On October 15, 2009, Munro was re-signed by the Marlies under a professional try-out contract. He left the Marlies to sign a contract with HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League on January 15, 2010.

In the 2013–14 season, with HC TWK Innsbruck, Munro was credited with a goal December 30, 2013, against the EHC Black Wings Linz.[1]

On April 26, 2017, Munro was listed as the #2 goalie in Erie Otters' History by The Hockey Writers.[2]

On October 30, 2019, the Hamilton Steelhawks, of the Allan Cup Hockey league, announced that they had signed Munro for the 2019-2020 season.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP W L T OTL MIN GA SV%GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1997–98Ohsweken Golden EaglesMWJHL15 13 2 0 660 20 4 1.36
1998–99Brant County Golden EaglesMWJHL10 348 30 0 5.17
1998–99Bowmanville EaglesOPJHL14 816 50 0 3.68
1998–99Erie OttersOHL1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 1.000
1999–00Bowmanville EaglersOPJHL2 2 0 0 125 5 0 2.40
1999–00Erie OttersOHL22 8 7 1 948 48 1 3.04 .9021 0 0 5 1 0 12.00 .857
2000–01Erie OttersOHL41 26 6 6 2283 88 4 2.31 .92610 6 2 509 27 1 3.18 .894
2001–02Erie OttersOHL43 24 13 1 2277 128 3 3.37 .8936 4 2 361 17 0 2.83 .918
2002–03Erie OttersOHL8 2 6 0 426 24 1 3.38 .887
2002–03Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsOHL42 20 20 2 2494 160 1 3.85 .8944 0 4 240 12 0 3.00 .929
2003–04Chicago BlackhawksNHL7 1 5 1 426 26 0 3.66 .880
2003–04Norfolk AdmiralsAHL12 5 4 1 695 26 0 2.24 .902
2003–04Gwinnett GladiatorsECHL6 4 1 1 370 17 0 2.76 .8941 0 1 60 2 0 2.01 .943
2004–05Norfolk AdmiralsAHL30 14 10 2 1595 66 4 2.48 .905
2004–05Atlantic City Boardwalk BulliesECHL5 2 2 1 272 9 0 1.99 .937
2005–06Chicago BlackhawksNHL10 3 5 2 501 25 1 3.00 .893
2005–06Norfolk AdmiralsAHL28 17 8 1 1612 73 1 2.72 .9094 0 4 239 15 0 3.77 .879
2006–07HC Fribourg-GottéronNLA41 12 28 0 2488 149 0 3.59
2007–08Syracuse CrunchAHL25 13 9 1 1414 57 2 2.42 .9131 0 0 20 4 0 12.04 .778
2008–09Toronto MarliesAHL26 12 11 2 1511 61 2 2.42 .9101 0 1 58 4 0 4.11 .879
2009–10Toronto MarliesAHL14 3 8 1 727 38 0 3.14 .905
2009–10Sibir NovosibirskKHL4 0 1 1 120 7 0 3.50 .883
2010–11SG CortinaITA31 12 19 0 1830 101 0 3.31 .911
2011–12Alba Volán SzékesfehérvárEBEL38 22 15 0 2241 105 0 2.81 .9196 2 4 0 2.83 .911
2012–13Alba Volán SzékesfehérvárEBEL37 15 21 0 1 2.95 .917
2013–14HC TWK InnsbruckEBEL39 9 29 0 1 3.48 .910
2014–15HC TWK InnsbruckEBEL48 17 30 0 3 2.91 .913
2019–20Hamilton SteelersACH14 12 1 0 1 2.62 .9335 4 1 0 3.62 .910
NHL totals17 4 10 1 2 927 51 1 3.30 .887

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Innsbruck control game over Linz . . 2013-12-30 . 2013-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222153907/http://www.erstebankliga.at/stats-ebel/gameinfo-ebel?game=225 . 2014-12-22 . dead .
  2. Web site: Top 3 Goalies in Erie Otters' History . The Hockey Writers . 2017-04-26 . 2019-11-01.
  3. Web site: Welcome Adam Munro! . . 2019-10-30 . 2019-11-01.