{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Kyle Helms | image = | image_size = 230px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|04|21}} | birth_place = Cambridge, Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 176 | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | league = Oberliga | team = Saale Bulls Halle | former_teams = EHC München<br />Augsburger Panther | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2007 | career_end = }}
'''Kyle Helms''' (born April 21, 1986) is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Saale Bulls Halle 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 EV Landsberg, he joined fellow second-division side EV Ravensburg for the following two season.
He was set to join the Hamburg Freezers of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (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.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.schwaebische.de/sport/regionalsport_artikel,-Kyle-Helms-spielt-nicht-fuer-die-Freezers-_arid,4144293.html|title = Kyle Helms spielt nicht für die Freezers|website = Schwäbische.de|language = de-DE|access-date = 2016-03-09}}</ref> He signed with another DEL team, EHC München, instead and spent the 2010-11 season with the club.
From 2011 to 2013 he played for the Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).<ref>[http://del.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=92233&seasonid=7325 Augsburger Panther 2011/2012 Roster]</ref> In 2013, he moved to German DEL2 side EC Bad Nauheim, where he spent three years and left at the conclusion of the 2015-16 season. In May 2016, he signed with Heilbronner Falken of the German DEL2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.del-2.org/nachrichten/del2/2427-falken_verpflichten_henry_martens_und_kyle_helms.html|title=Falken verpflichten Henry Martens und Kyle Helms {{!}} del-2.org|last=GmbH|first=Thomas Röstel, Matthias Geissler - Sports Trade|website=del-2.org|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref> Helms left the Heilbronn side after three years, signing with Oberliga team MEC Halle 04 in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2019/04/21/saale-bulls-halle-verpflichten-angreifer-kyle-helms-aus-heilbronn.html|title=Saale Bulls Halle verpflichten Angreifer Kyle Helms aus Heilbronn|website=www.eishockeynews.de|language=de|access-date=2019-04-21}}</ref>
== Personal life == Helms' father is a native of Hameln, Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.hockeyweb.de/del2/rote-teufel-verpflichten-del-stuermer-kyle-helms-67104|title = Rote Teufel verpflichten DEL-Stürmer Kyle Helms|website = Hockeyweb|access-date = 2016-03-09}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Helms, Kyle}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Augsburger Panther players Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers Category:Heilbronner Falken players Category:EHC München players Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario Category:Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim players Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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