Curtis Billsten

Curtis Billsten
Born (1986-09-10) September 10, 1986
Calgary, AB, CAN
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for ECHL
Idaho Steelheads
Victoria Salmon Kings
CHL
Laredo Bucks
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 20082011

Curtis Billsten (born September 10, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Billsten was born in Calgary, but raised in St. Albert, Alberta.[1] He played major junior hockey from 2003 to 2007 in the Western Hockey League, scoring 67 goals and 89 assists for 156 points, while earning 275 penalty minutes, in 279 games played.

Following a year spent at the University of British Columbia, Billsten turned professional to play the 2008–09 season in the ECHL where he played 2 games with the Idaho Steelheads and 60 with the Victoria Salmon Kings, registering a total of 39 points and a plus 19 on the season.

On December 1, 2009, Billsten was signed by the Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League,[2] where he scored 43 points in 41 regular season games, and added one more in 7 playoff contests to close out the Bucks' 2009–10 CHL season.

Billsten played the 2010-11 season in Germany, after which he returned to Calgary where he enrolled in the carpentry program at SAIT Polytechnic.[1] He currently plays for the expansion Okotoks Drillers of the Chinook Hockey League.

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