Geoffrey Kenneth Kinrade (born July 29, 1985) is a

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professional

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player. He is currently an

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who most recently played under contract with

Severstal Cherepovets Hockey Club Severstal is a professional ice hockey club based in Cherepovets, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Founded in 1956, the club was originally known as Stroitel (Builder) Cher ...

of the

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(KHL). He is a previous member of the

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team of the Swiss Nationaliga A, as well as for HC Plzeň 1929 of the

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and the

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of the

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(NHL). Kinrade has played one game in the NHL. He has two brothers, one of whom is Mike Kinrade, the professional free-ride mountain biker.

Playing career

Born in

Nelson, British Columbia Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the British Columbia Interior, Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The city is known for its collection of restored heritage buildings that date ba ...

, Kinrade played junior hockey with the Cowichan Valley Capitals of the British Columbia Hockey League. He then attended

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until 2009. He played ten games with the Norfolk Admirals after his college season was over in 2009. He made his NHL debut on April 9, 2009 for Tampa against the

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. On July 10, 2009 he signed a one-year,

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with the

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. Kinrade played two seasons with Binghamton after that, capping his time in Binghamton with a

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championship in 2011. After the 2010–11 season, Kinrade signed with HC Plzen 1929 of the Czech Extraliga. Mid-season he moved to SC Bern of the Swiss Nationaliga A. In December 2012, Kinrade was a member of Team Canada winning the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. At the end of the 2012-13 season, SC Bern won the Swiss National Championship. On June 1, 2017, Kinrade continued his career in the KHL, signing a one-year deal with Chinese outfit, Kunlun Red Star. He made 26 appearances with Kunlun before he left the club in a trade to

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod () is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The team's home arena is Trade Union Sport Palace. The team used to play it ...

on November 16, 2017. As a free agent into the 2018–19 season, Kinrade belatedly signed a one-year contract to continue in the KHL with Severstal Cherepovets on December 27, 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinrade, Geoff 1985 births Living people Admiral Vladivostok players HC Ambrì-Piotta players SC Bern players Binghamton Senators players Cowichan Valley Capitals players Ice hockey people from British Columbia KHL Medveščak Zagreb players HC Kunlun Red Star players Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players Norfolk Admirals players Sportspeople from Nelson, British Columbia HC Plzeň players Severstal Cherepovets players Tampa Bay Lightning players Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players Undrafted National Hockey League players Canadian ice hockey defencemen 21st-century Canadian sportsmen

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