Chris Lee (ice hockey coach)

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Coaching stations
2005-2007 Eisbären Juniors Berlin U18 (Ass.)
2007-2009 Eisbären Juniors Berlin (Ass.)
2009-2013 FASS Berlin
2013-2014 Eisbären Berlin (Ass.)
2014-2016 Ice pirates Crimmitschau
2017-2019 Eisbären Juniors Berlin

Chris Lee (born March 11, 1980 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , † June 12, 2019 in Berlin ) was a Canadian - American ice hockey coach and from 2017 until his death coach of the U20 team of the Eisbären Juniors Berlin . Lee was the son of Peter-John Lee .

Player career

Lee ended his playing career in 2002.

Coaching career

Lee began his coaching career in the youth department of the Eisbären Berlin and was assistant trainer for the U18 polar bears from 2005 to 2007 and assistant trainer for the Eisbären Juniors Berlin from 2007 to 2009 . In 2009 he took up the post of head coach at FASS Berlin , before joining the Eisbären Berlin coaching staff in the German Ice Hockey League in 2013 as an assistant . In the 2013/14 season he was responsible for video analysis and player development for the Eisbären.

In May 2014 Lee was hired by the ice pirates Crimmitschau from the DEL2 as head coach. In the 2015/16 season he led the Ice Pirates back into the championship round for the first time in eight years. In December 2016 it came to a separation after the team lost four of the previous five games and was second to bottom of the DEL 2 .

In the summer of 2017, he returned to the Eisbären Juniors Berlin and took over as head coach for the U20 team.

In June 2019, he died surprisingly at the age of 39 in his Berlin apartment. He leaves behind a wife and three children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Berliner-Kurier.de: Victory start at the European Trophy: Eisbären: Lee is promoted - Berliner-Kurier.de. In: berliner-kurier.de. August 14, 13, accessed February 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Chris Lee becomes a trainer in Crimmitschau . "Tagesspiegel". May 20, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ The polar bear team 2013/2014 . "Polar Bear Berlin". February 1, 2016. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 1, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eisbaeren.de
  4. ↑ Chris Lee takes on the role of trainer for the Ice Pirates . "eishockey-magazin.de". May 20, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  5. Jump down : Ice pirates fire coach Chris Lee . In: TAG24 . ( tag24.de [accessed December 20, 2016]).
  6. ↑ http://www.eisbaeren-juniors.de/2017/07/chris-lee-wird-neuer-dnl-trainer-der-eisbaeren-juniors-berlin/
  7. ↑ Eisbären Berlin and Eisbären Juniors mourn coach Chris Lee. In: Website of the Eisbären Berlin. June 13, 2019, accessed on June 13, 2019 (German).
  8. ↑ Oliver Knaack: son of polar bear manager Peter John Lee dies at the age of only 39. In: Berliner Zeitung . June 13, 2019, accessed June 19, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-American ice hockey coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 2019
Place of death Berlin