Cade Fairchild

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| caption = Fairchild with the Chicago Wolves in 2013

| alt =

| name = Cade Fairchild

| image = Cade Fairchild (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 230px

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|1|15}}

| birth_place = Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 180

| position = Defense

| shoots = Left

| team = Free Agent

| league =

| prospect_league =

| prospect_team =

| former_teams = St. Louis Blues
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Rögle BK
Dinamo Riga
KalPa

| draft = 96th overall

| draft_year = 2007

| draft_team = St. Louis Blues

| ntl_team =

| career_start = 2011

| career_end =

}}

Cade Patrick Fairchild (born January 15, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for KalPa in the Finnish Liiga. He was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the 4th round (96th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

Fairchild competed at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships where he won a gold medal as a member of Team USA.{{cite web| url =http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3389083 | title = U.S. National Under-18 Team Takes On No. 14 Clarkson University and SUNY Plattsburgh | publisher = OurSportsCentral.com | date = 2006-04-05 | accessdate = 2010-02-03}} He was also a member of the USA U-18 team at the 2007 IIHF U-18 World Championship, where he led all defensemen in points.

Playing career

Prior to turning professional, Fairchild attended the University of Minnesota where he was the top scoring defenseman with the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team which competes in NCAA's Division I in the WCHA conference.{{cite web| url = http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/13282/wcha201112_season_preview_part_two/ | title = WCHA 2011-12 season preview part two | publisher = HockeysFuture.com | date = 2011-09-25 | accessdate = 2011-09-30}} On March 18, 2011, Fairchild was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the St. Louis Blues.{{cite web| url = http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=556419 | title = Blues Sign Prospect Cade Fairchild | publisher = St. Louis Blues | date = 2011-03-18 | accessdate = 2011-03-18}}

On November 29, 2011, Fairchild made his NHL debut playing 14 shifts in the Blues' 2-1 victory over the home team Washington Capitals. Five days after his NHL debut, Fairchild was returned to the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League (AHL).{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=605475 | title = Fairchild returned to AHL by Blues | publisher = National Hockey League | date = 2011-12-04 | accessdate = 2011-12-05}}

In 2012, Fairchild was named an AHL All-Star, and also named to the AHL All Rookie Team. He was recalled 4 times to St. Louis and played 5 games, tallying 1 assist.{{cite web| url = http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1214497477/Rivermen-get-Cheechoo-trio-of-All-Stars-from-Blues | title = Rivermen get Cheechoo, trio of All-Stars from Blues | publisher = pjstar.com | date = 2012-03-02 | accessdate = 2012-03-02}}

During the 2013–14 season, having had his season hampered by injury and his development stagnating within the Blues organization, on March 12, 2014 Fairchild was traded by St. Louis to the Phoenix Coyotes and assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates.{{cite web | url = http://theahl.com/pirates-pick-up-fairchild-stalberg-p190939 | title = Pirates pick up Fairchild, Stalberg | publisher = American Hockey League | date = 2014-03-12 | accessdate = 2014-03-12 | archive-date = 2014-03-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140313053502/http://theahl.com/pirates-pick-up-fairchild-stalberg-p190939 | url-status = dead }}

Fairchild was not re-signed by the Coyotes, and on July 8, 2014, he agreed to a one-year with Russian club, Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the KHL.{{cite web| publisher = Kontinental Hockey League | date = 2014-07-08 | accessdate = 2014-07-08 | language = Russian | url = http://www.khl.ru/news/2014/07/08/225236.html | title = Transfer news: Kontinental Hockey League}} He left Metallurg after a second season with the club and took up an offer from Sweden, signing with Rögle BK on July 9, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roglebk.se/artikel/gim6aiqen-3k501/|title=Rögle värvar back från KHL|access-date=2016-07-09}}

In October 2018, Fairchild joined KalPa in the Finnish Liiga from Dinamo Riga in the Kontinental Hockey League.{{cite web |title=Vahvistusta puolustukseen - Cade Fairchild liittyy KalPaan |url=https://kalpa.fi/fi-fi/article/2018-2019/vahvistusta-puolustukseen-cade-fairchild-liittyy-kalpaan/4265/ |website=kalpa.fi |accessdate=12 February 2019 |date=29 October 2018}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2005–06

| U.S. National Development Team

| NAHL

| 36

| 8

| 9

| 17

| 10

| —

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| 2006–07

| U.S. National Development Team

| NAHL

| 13

| 1

| 6

| 7

| 16

| —

2007–08

| University of Minnesota

| WCHA

| 40

| 2

| 13

| 15

| 22

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| University of Minnesota

| WCHA

| 35

| 9

| 24

| 33

| 52

| —

2009–10

| University of Minnesota

| WCHA

| 39

| 4

| 17

| 21

| 36

| —

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| 2010–11

| University of Minnesota

| WCHA

| 35

| 6

| 18

| 24

| 12

| —

2011–12

| Peoria Rivermen

| AHL

| 68

| 8

| 26

| 34

| 32

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 0

| —

2012–13

| Peoria Rivermen

| AHL

| 43

| 0

| 8

| 16

| —

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| 2013–14

| Chicago Wolves

| AHL

| 33

| 2

| 19

| 21

| 18

| —

2013–14

| Kalamazoo Wings

| ECHL

| 2

| 0

| 2

| —

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| 2013–14

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 14

| 0

| 4

| 6

| —

2014–15

| Metallurg Novokuznetsk

| KHL

| 53

| 4

| 10

| 14

| 28

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Metallurg Novokuznetsk

| KHL

| 56

| 4

| 18

| 22

| 16

| —

2016–17

| Rögle BK

| SHL

| 50

| 6

| 24

| 30

| 14

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| Rögle BK

| SHL

| 20

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 16

| —

2018–19

| Dinamo Riga

| KHL

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

| —

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| 2018–19

| KalPa

| Liiga

| 41

| 3

| 10

| 13

| 18

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 5

! 0

! 1

! 0

! —

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! colspan="3" | KHL totals

! 115

! 9

! 28

! 37

! 44

! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2006

| United States

| U17

| {{silver2}}

| 6

| 1

| 2

| 0

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| 2006

| United States

| WJC18

| {{gold1}}

| 6

| 0

2007

| United States

| WJC18

| {{silver2}}

| 7

| 1

| 6

| 7

| 10

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008

| United States

| WJC

| 4th

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 4

2009

| United States

| WJC

| 5th

| 6

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 2

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! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 31

! 3

! 11

! 14

! 16

Awards and honors

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

!

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3" | College

WCHA All-Rookie Team

| 2007–08

|{{cite book|last=National Hockey League|title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2012|year=2011|publisher=Dan Diamond and Associates, Inc.|page=[https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse_u6g5/page/293 293]|isbn=978-1-894801-22-5|url=https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse_u6g5/page/293}}

WCHA All-Academic Team

| 2010–11

|{{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/awards.php?award=NCAA%20%28WCHA%29%20All-Academic%20Team | title = NCAA (WCHA) All-Academic Team | publisher = eliteprospects.com | date = 2011-04-03 | accessdate = 2011-04-03}}