Blair Betts
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname(s) | Bettsy |
| Height Weight | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) |
| NHL Team F. Teams | New York Rangers Calgary Flames |
| Nationality | CAN |
| Born | February 16 1980, Edmonton, Alberta |
| NHL Draft | 33rd overall, 1998 Calgary Flames |
| Pro Career | 2001 – present |
Blair Betts (b. February 16, 1980 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey centre. He currently plays for the National Hockey League's New York Rangers. He was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, second round, 33rd overall. He has played 35 games for the Calgary Flames over 3 seasons.
During the 2006-2007 NHL season Betts found success on the Rangers defensive 4th line. He was mostly paired with Colton Orr and Ryan Hollweg. Betts also was a key factor on the penalty kill. He was one of the New York Rangers most consistent faceoff men with 52.3 percent of faceoffs won. He was first on the team with 1186 faceoffs taken. He was also 6th on the team, 1st among forwards, with 98 blocked shots and led the team with 276 minutes and 42 seconds of short handed time on ice.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001-02 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | New York Rangers | NHL | 66 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2006-07 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 24 | |||||||
| NHL Totals | 183 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
