Chris Lee (ice hockey)

Chris Lee
Born (1980-10-03) October 3, 1980
MacTier, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
KHL team
Former teams
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Albany River Rats
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights
Iowa Stars
WBS Penguins
Kölner Haie
Adler Mannheim
Färjestad BK
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2004present

Chris Lee (born October 3, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

Undrafted, Lee played 249 regular-season games in the American Hockey League for the Albany River Rats, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, Iowa Stars, Bridgeport Sound Tigers., and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

He played the 2011–12 season with Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[1] For the 2011–12 DEL season, Mr. Lee won the Defenceman of the Year award.[2] He played in the Elitserien with Färjestad BK for the 2012–13 season.[3]

After a successful first season in 2013–14 helping Russian club Metallurg Magnitogorsk claim the Gagarin Cup, Lee was signed to a three-year contract extension on October 16, 2014.[4] He helped the team recapture the championship in 2016, whilst also leading all defenceman in playoff scoring with 13 points (tied with Nikita Zaitsev and Sami Lepistö).

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Orillia Terriers OPJHL 50 2 11 13 64
1998–99 Couchiching Terriers OPJHL 51 1 15 16 143
1999–00 Couchiching Terriers OPJHL 1 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Parry Sound Shamrocks OPJHL 48 27 28 55 46
2000–01 SUNY-Potsdam NCAA 28 2 6 8 26
2001–02 SUNY-Potsdam NCAA 27 8 14 22 42
2002–03 SUNY-Potsdam NCAA 28 14 22 36 37
2003–04 SUNY-Potsdam NCAA 27 17 32 49 30
2004–05 Florida Everblades ECHL 68 5 22 27 16 15 2 9 11 6
2005–06 Florida Everblades ECHL 52 10 27 37 56 8 2 1 3 4
2006–07 Florida Everblades ECHL 37 6 19 25 22 9 3 1 4 0
2006–07 Albany River Rats AHL 3 0 1 1 4
2006–07 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 1 0 0 0 0
2006–07 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 32 4 13 17 16 6 3 0 3 6
2007–08 Iowa Stars AHL 68 7 21 28 42
2008–09 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 66 6 24 30 36 5 0 3 3 2
2009–10 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 79 9 30 39 30 4 0 1 1 0
2010–11 Kölner Haie DEL 43 6 15 21 34 5 2 0 2 16
2011–12 Adler Mannheim DEL 52 13 32 45 18 10 1 3 4 4
2012–13 Färjestad BK SEL 54 12 29 41 30 10 7 5 12 6
2013–14 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 47 12 19 31 48 21 3 6 9 10
2014–15 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 60 9 37 46 55 10 0 4 4 8
AHL totals 249 26 89 115 128 15 3 4 7 8

References

  1. "Eagles add Chris Lee". Adler Mannheim. 2011-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  2. "Chris Lee 2011-2012 DEL Defenceman of the Year". Elite Prospects. 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  3. "Chris Lee (Färjestad BK)". Färjestad BK. 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  4. "Contract extension signed with Chris Lee". 'Metallurg Magnitogorsk. 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-16.

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