<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Christopher Robert Higgins owazalwa ngoJuni 2, 1983 ungumdlali waseMelika owayengumdlali we-hockey ongaphansi kwe-ice winger kanye nomqeqeshi wamanje weSkills and Development weVancouver Canucks weNational Hockey League NHL. Ngenkathi edlala i-hockey yasekolishi, wakhethwa njengo-14 jikelele yiMontreal Canadiens emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-NHL Entry Draft ka-2002. Uqede umsebenzi wakhe weminyaka emibili ne-Yale Bulldogs, ethola i-ECAC Hockey Player of the Year njengenkanyezi yesibili, ngaphambi kokuguqula ubuchwepheshe besizini ka-2003-04. Ngemuva kwezinkathi ezimbili neqembu laseCanadiens, iHamilton Bulldogs ye-American Hockey League AHL, wajoyina i-NHL ngo-2005-06. Uqophe izinkathi ezintathu ezilandelanayo zemigomo engama-20 ukuqala umsebenzi wakhe we-NHL ngaphambi kokuba athengiselwe iNew York Rangers ngoJuni 2009. Ngemuva kokuhlala isikhashana neRangers, iCalgary Flames neFlorida Panthers, wajoyina iVancouver Canucks ngoFebhuwari 2011. Emhlabeni jikelele, uHiggins uncintisene ne-United States eMqhudelwaneni Wamazwe Omhlaba Wamazwe Amabili 2002  <response>: no-2003 kanye neNdebe Yomhlaba eyodwa 2009. 