Chris McAlpine

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United StatesUnited States  Chris McAlpine Ice hockey player
Date of birth 1st December 1971
place of birth Roseville , Minnesota , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 98 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 7th lap, 137th position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1990-1994 University of Minnesota
1994-1997 Albany River Rats
1997-2000 St. Louis Blues
2000 Tampa Bay Lightning
Atlanta Thrashers
2000-2002 Chicago Blackhawks
2002-2003 Los Angeles Kings
2005 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

Christopher Walter McAlpine (born December 1, 1971 in Roseville , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player who worked for the New Jersey Devils , St. Louis Blues , Tampa Bay Lightning , Atlanta Thrashers from 1990 to 2004, among others , Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League .

Career

Chris McAlpine began his career as a hockey player in the team of the University of Minnesota , for which he was active from 1990 to 1994 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With his team he won the championship of the university league Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1993 and 1994 . Especially in the 1993/94 season he was able to convince and was named the most valuable player in the WCHA, as well as being elected to the league's first all-star team. As a high school player, the defender was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the seventh round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft as the 137th player . For this he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1994/95 season and immediately won the prestigious Stanley Cup with the Devils in his rookie year . In parallel, he came to 48 appearances for New Jersey's farm team , the Albany River Rats , in the American Hockey League , with which he won the Calder Cup . In the following year and a half he only ran for the River Rats in the AHL and was eventually transferred to the St. Louis Blues .

From February 1997 to January 2000, McAlpine played regularly for the St. Louis Blues in the NHL. He then had two short-term engagements with the NHL teams of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Atlanta Thrashers , before he was signed as a free agent by the Chicago Blackhawks on July 27, 2000 . For these, as well as for their AHL farm team Norfolk Admirals , he competed in the following two years before he also joined the Los Angeles Kings as a free agent in August 2002 . For the Californians and their AHL farm team Manchester Monarchs , however, he was only able to play a total of 24 games because he suffered a hernia in an NHL game against the San Jose Sharks in January 2003 . On September 11, 2003, the American signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Wild , but announced his resignation a little later without having denied a single mission for the team. Finally he laced his skates again towards the end of the 2004/05 season in a total of 24 games for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks from the AHL. He then officially ended his career at the age of 33.

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 8th 289 6th 24 30th 245
Playoffs 4th 28 0 1 1 18th

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personal data
SURNAME McAlpine, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McAlpine, Christopher Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 1st December 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Roseville , Minnesota , USA