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Chris Taylor to be Inducted into Amerks Hall of Fame on Saturday, January 10

December 26, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Rochester Americans News Release


(Rochester, NY)... The Rochester Americans announced today that the team will induct Chris Taylor into the Amerks Hall of Fame on Saturday, Jan. 10 when the team hosts the Oklahoma City Barons at The Blue Cross Arena at 7:05 p.m.

Taylor, a former team captain and current assistant coach for the Amerks, will become the 56th member of the exclusive club as selected by the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame Committee when he is inducted in an on-ice ceremony prior to the start of the game. He will also be available to sign autographs for fans in the Hall of Fame area in the upper atrium following the game.

Taylor enjoyed a 19-year professional career that saw him become one of the all-time greats in an Amerks uniform. After spending parts of nine seasons with the Amerks between 1999 and 2011, Taylor finished his career ranked among the franchise's all-time leaders in assists (3rd, 339), games played (4th, 519), points (5th, 481) and goals (10th, 142). He also served as team captain during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons and was an alternate captain during several other campaigns.

A member of the Amerks' 50th Anniversary Team, Taylor is also a three-time Amerks team MVP and scoring champion (2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05) and is the only player in franchise history to achieve those two feats in the same season on three occasions. During his final season as a player in 2010-11, Taylor ranked second on the Amerks in scoring with 51 points (10+41) in 72 games. He also finished second on the team in scoring the previous year with 61 points (17+44) when he returned to Rochester following a three-year stint in Germany, where he played for the Frankfurt Lions. During the 2004-05 campaign, Taylor led the Amerks with 79 points (21+58) in 79 games to help the Amerks capture the MacGregor Kilpatrick Trophy for the AHL's best regular season record and he was honored with the AHL's Fred T. Hunt Award for sportsmanship, determination and dedication to the game of hockey. Taylor also shares the franchise record for most assists in a single game with six, set on Oct. 21, 2005.

During his pro career, Taylor appeared in 149 NHL games with the New York Islanders, Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres, recording 32 points (11+21) and 48 PIM. Of those 149 games, 90 came in a Buffalo uniform. In 2003-04, he set NHL career-highs in games played (54), goals (6), assists (6) and points (12) while with the Sabres. Prior to joining the Sabres/Amerks organization in 1999, Taylor won two Turner Cup Championships with Denver and Utah of the International Hockey League. The Stratford, Ontario native was originally drafted by the Islanders in the second round (27th overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and finished his pro career with 1,297 games played at the NHL, AHL, IHL and European levels.

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