| Position: | Right Wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 197 |
| Birth Date: | March 20, 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Career Start: | 2002 |
| Career End: | 2013 |
| Draft: | 166th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1999 |
| Draft Team: | Calgary Flames |
| Played For: | Erie Otters Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Binghamton Senators Manitoba Moose San Antonio Rampage EV Zug Sheffield Steelers |
Cory Pecker (born March 20, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He was drafted in the sixth round, 166th overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
Pecker was born in Montreal, Quebec, and is Jewish.[1] [2] [3]
At 15 years of age, playing for Team Canada, Pecker was the youngest player to play in the 1997 Maccabiah Games ice hockey tournament in Israel.[4] The team won the gold medal.[5]
He played five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and Erie Otters. In 2002, Pecker was the Player of the Year in the OHL, despite missing six weeks with a broken arm.
Pecker made his professional debut with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League (AHL) in the 2002–03 season. He would spend his entire North American professional career in the AHL, including with the Binghamton Senators, Manitoba Moose, and San Antonio Rampage; with the exception of two brief stints in the ECHL with the San Diego Gulls and Phoenix RoadRunners.
Pecker moved to Europe and signed with HC Lausanne of the Swiss League in 2007. He spent five seasons in the Swiss League, also playing for EHC Visp and EHC Olten. In 2012, he played seven games for the Sheffield Steelers of the EIHL, before retiring from professional hockey in 2013.
| Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 68 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1999–00 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 65 | 33 | 36 | 69 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 2000–01 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 31 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Erie Otters | OHL | 30 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 16 | ||
| 2001–02 | Erie Otters | OHL | 56 | 53 | 46 | 99 | 108 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 36 | ||
| 2002–03 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 77 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 54 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 49 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | San Diego Gulls | ECHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Phoenix Roadrunners | ECHL | 18 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 24 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 78 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 45 | 41 | 55 | 96 | 120 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 33 | ||
| 2008–09 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | EHC Visp | NLB | 25 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 38 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 2009–10 | EHC Visp | NLB | 41 | 40 | 61 | 101 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 12 | ||
| 2009–10 | EV Zug | NLA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | EHC Visp | NLB | 32 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | EHC Olten | NLB | 19 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Sheffield Steelers | EIHL | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 311 | 60 | 82 | 142 | 287 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||