Kyle Helms (born April 21, 1986) is a

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professional

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player. He is currently playing for

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in the third German division, the Oberliga.

Playing career

Helms played for the Streetsville Derbys (OPJHL) and the Cambridge Winter Hawks (MWJHL) in his native Canada, before moving to Germany in 2007. After spending the 2007-08 season with

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, he joined fellow second-division side EV Ravensburg for the following two season. He was set to join the

Hamburg Freezers The Hamburg Freezers were a professional men's ice hockey club from Hamburg, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club announced its withdrawal from the DEL and ceased operations on 24 May 2016 when Anschutz Entertainment Group, ...

of the German top-flight

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(DEL) for the 2010-11 campaign, but had his contract terminated before the season due to medical concerns: Helms had sustained a shoulder injury in January 2010. He signed with another DEL team,

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, instead and spent the 2010-11 season with the club. From 2011 to 2013 he played for the

Augsburger Panther The Augsburger Panther are a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, DEL. The team is based in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. They play their home games at the Curt Frenzel Stadion. Founded in 1878, the team's name was Augsburge ...

in the

(DEL). In 2013, he moved to German

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side

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, where he spent three years and left at the conclusion of the 2015-16 season. In May 2016, he signed with

Heilbronner Falken The Heilbronner Falken (; 'Heilbronn Falcons') are a professional ice hockey team based in Heilbronn, Germany. They currently play in DEL2 DEL2 (also known as Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 or DEL II) is the second tier ice hockey league in Germany ...

of the German DEL2. Helms left the Heilbronn side after three years, signing with Oberliga team MEC Halle 04 in April 2019.

Personal life

Helms' father is a native of

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, Germany.

References

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* 1986 births Living people Augsburger Panther players Canadian ice hockey left wingers Heilbronner Falken players EHC München players Ice hockey people from Ontario Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1980s-stub