{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1980)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | caption = Evans with the Worcester IceCats during the 2004-05 season | alt = | image = Blake Evans.jpg | image_size = 230px | position = Centre | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 202 | team = | league = | played_for = Peoria Rivermen (ECHL)<br>Worcester IceCats (AHL)<br>Peoria Rivermen (AHL)<br>Milano Vipers (Serie A)<br>Vålerenga (GET)<br>Sparta Warriors (GET) | ntl_team = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|7|2|mf=y}} | birth_place = Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada | draft = 251st overall | draft_team = Washington Capitals | draft_year = 1998 | career_start = 1996 | career_end = 2014 }}
'''Blake Evans''' (born July 2, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre, who last played for Kyle Elks in the SVHL.
== Draft == Born in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Evans was drafted 251st overall by the Washington Capitals in the 1998 NHL entry draft but never played in the National Hockey League.
== Career ==
=== Early career === He started his career with the WHL team Spokane Chiefs in 1996. After one and a half season, he was traded to the Tri-City Americans (also in the WHL) along with Regan Darby for Zenith Komarniski on 6 October 1997.<ref name="NHL">{{cite web|title=Blake Evans – Player profile|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8467554&view=notes|work=NHL.com|accessdate=19 September 2010}}</ref>
On 8 January 2001, he got traded to Regina Pats (WHL) along with Jeff Feniak for Shawn Belle, Joey Bastien, Justin Lucyshyn and future considerations. He made the WHL East Second All-Star Team the same year. A few months after he was re-signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Blues on 11 April 2001, and assigned to the Worcester IceCats and later the Peoria Rivermen.<ref name="NHL" />
=== Moving abroad === On 30 August 2006, he was signed as a free agent by the Milano Vipers of the Italian Serie A.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blake Evans nuovo regista rossoblu|url=http://www.vipers.mi.it/news.php?id=1978|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722042606/http://www.vipers.mi.it/news.php?id=1978|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2011|accessdate=19 September 2010|newspaper=Vipers.mi.it|date=30 August 2006|language=Italian}}</ref>
On 20 May 2008, he joined former team mate Regan Kelly in the Norwegian club Vålerenga.<ref>{{cite news|title=Spets til Vålerenga|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2008/05/23/536028.html|accessdate=19 September 2010|newspaper=Dagbladet.no|date=23 May 2008|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | WHL |- | East Second Team All-Star | 2001 | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Blake}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Norway Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Canadian ice hockey centres Category:HC Milano players Category:Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan Category:Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players Category:Regina Pats players Category:Sparta Sarpsborg players Category:Spokane Chiefs players Category:Tri-City Americans players Category:Vålerenga Ishockey players Category:Washington Capitals draft picks Category:Worcester IceCats players Category:Sportspeople from Kindersley Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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