Chris Casto

Chris Casto (born December 27, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League (AHL).

Chris Casto
Born (1991-12-27) December 27, 1991
Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Right
AHL team
Former teams		 Free Agent
Providence Bruins
Chicago Wolves
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present

Playing career

Amateur

Casto played three seasons for the Hill-Murray Pioneers in Maplewood, Minnesota. He played in 3 state tournaments helping the Pioneers to their third state championship in 2008.

In 2010 Casto was drafted 16th overall by the Lincoln Stars of the United States Hockey League and played the 2010–11 season with the team.

For the 2011–12 season Casto moved to the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs for his freshman year. That year the Bulldogs reached the final of the Northeast region but lost to the eventual Frozen Four champion Boston College Eagles.

Casto remained at UMD for his sophomore season and was named to the WCHA All Academic Team.[1]

Professional

On March 26, 2013, the Boston Bruins announced they had signed Casto to an entry level contract for the 2013–14 season and on March 29, 2013, he signed an amateur tryout contract with the Providence Bruins allowing him to finish the season with the P-Bruins.[2][3]

For the 2013–14 season Casto began the year at Boston Bruins training camp before being assigned to Providence on September 20, 2013.[4] Casto played the majority of the season with Providence however he was briefly assigned to the South Carolina Stingrays for one game on December 12, 2013.[5]

Casto again took part in Boston Bruins training camp in September 2014 however was assigned to Providence on September 28, 2014.[6] He played the remainder of the 2014–15 season with Providence.

The Boston Bruins invited Casto to take part in training camp again in 2015 however he was again reassigned to Providence on September 29, 2015.[7]

After four full seasons in the Bruins organization, Casto left the club as a free agent without breaking through to the NHL. On July 1, 2017, he was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with expansion club, the Vegas Golden Knights.[8]

On September 25, 2018, having been unable to gain NHL interest, Casto signed a one-year AHL deal with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.[9]

Career statistics
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Hill-Murray Pioneers USHS — 2 10 12 — — — — — —
2008–09 Hill-Murray Pioneers USHS 31 2 13 15 — — — — — —
2009–10 Hill-Murray Pioneers USHS 25 11 17 28 18 3 2 1 3 0
2010–11 Lincoln Stars USHL 58 6 19 25 40 2 0 0 0 0
2011–12 University of Minnesota Duluth WCHA 41 2 11 13 14 — — — — —
2012–13 University of Minnesota Duluth WCHA 36 3 6 9 16 — — — — —
2012–13 Providence Bruins AHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2013–14 Providence Bruins AHL 52 3 8 11 23 12 0 2 2 13
2013–14 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 10000 — — — — —
2014–15 Providence Bruins AHL 62111123550002
2015–16 Providence Bruins AHL 687162347 3 0 1 1 5
2016–17 Providence Bruins AHL 5911112401614516
2017–18 Chicago Wolves AHL 6118929 — — — — —
2018–19 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 43491321 — — — — —
AHL totals 349 17 63 80 195 36 1 7 8 36

References
  1. "10-All-time, WCHA All-Academic Team Members and Scholar-Athletes, by School" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  2. "B's Sign Bartkowski and Casto". Boston Bruins. March 26, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  3. @@AHLBruins (March 29, 2013). "Transaction: D Chris Casto has been signed to an ATO" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. Caryn Switaj (September 20, 2013). "Bruins Make Next Round of Camp Cuts". Boston Bruins. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  5. "Stingrays Receive Defenseman Chris Casto from Providence". South Carolina Stingrays. December 12, 2013. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  6. "Bruins Make 11 Roster Transactions". Boston Bruins. September 28, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  7. "Bruins Make Roster Transactions". Boston Bruins. September 29, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  8. "Golden Knights sign 6 free agents". Las Vegas Sun. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  9. "Casto brings experience to Sound Tigers defense". Connecticut Post. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
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