About Chris Lee
Born 1980. Chris Lee is a Canadian ice hockey player.
Chris Lee (born October 3, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), where he won the Gagarin Cup in 2014 and 2016.
Lee represented his country at the 2017 IIHF World Championship, and the 2018 Winter Olympics; winning a silver and bronze medal respectively.
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 2011β12 season with Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). For the 2011β12 DEL season, Lee won the Defenceman of the Year award. He played in the Elitserien with FΓ€rjestad BK for the 2012β13 season.
After a successful first season in 2013β14 helping Russian club Metallurg Magnitogorsk claim the Gagarin Cup, Lee was signed to a three-year contract extension on October 16, 2014. He helped the team recapture the championship in 2018, whilst also leading all defenceman in playoff scoring with 13 points (tied with Nikita Zaitsev and Sami LepistΓΆ).
International play
Lee originally represented a European-based Team Canada at the Deutschland Cup in 2013 and 2017. During the 2017 IIHF World Championship, Lee was added to the Canada roster after a freak injury suffered by fellow defenceman Tyson Barrie at the team hotel. He made his full international debut with Canada, contributing an assist in a 3β2 victory over host team France on May 11, 2017; Canada went on to win the silver medal losing to Sweden in the gold medal game.
Lee played for Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics. where they won a bronze medal.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996β97 Orillia Terriers OPJHL 50 2 11 13 64 β β β β β 1997β98 Parry Sound Shamrocks NOJHL 26 2 9 11 27 β β β β β 1998β99 Couchiching Terriers OPJHL 51 1 15 16 143 β β β β β 1999β2000 Couchiching Terriers OPJHL 1 0 0 0 0 β β β β β 1999β2000 Parry Sound Shamrocks OPJHL 48 27 28 55 46 β β β β β 2000β01 Potsdam State SUNYAC 28 2 6 8 26 β β β β β 2001β02 Potsdam State SUNYAC 27 8 14 22 42 β β β β β 2002β03 Potsdam State SUNYAC 28 14 22 36 37 β β β β β 2003β04 Potsdam State SUNYAC 27 17 32 49 30 β β β β β 2004β05 Florida Everblades ECHL 68 5 22 27 16 15 2 9 11 6 2005β06 Florida Everblades ECHL 52 10 27 37 56 8 2 1 3 4 2006β07 Florida Everblades ECHL 37 6 19 25 22 9 3 1 4 0 2006β07 Albany River Rats AHL 3 0 1 1 4 β β β β β 2006β07 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 1 0 0 0 0 β β β β β 2006β07 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 32 4 13 17 16 6 3 0 3 6 2007β08 Iowa Stars AHL 68 7 21 28 42 β β β β β 2008β09 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 66 6 24 30 36 5 0 3 3 2 2009β10 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 79 9 30 39 30 4 0 1 1 0 2010β11 KΓΆlner Haie DEL 43 6 15 21 34 5 2 0 2 16 2011β12 Adler Mannheim DEL 52 13 32 45 18 10 1 3 4 4 2012β13 FΓ€rjestad BK SEL 54 12 29 41 30 10 7 5 12 6 2013β14 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 47 12 19 31 48 21 3 6 9 10 2014β15 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 60 9 37 46 55 10 0 4 4 8 2015β16 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 60 9 28 37 38 22 3 10 13 8 2016β17 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 60 14 51 65 46 18 1 20 21 22 2017β18 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 26 1 9 10 28 11 2 7 9 4 AHL totals 249 26 89 115 128 15 3 4 7 8 KHL totals 253 45 144 189 215 82 9 47 56 52
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2017 Canada WC 7 0 2 2 4 2018 Canada OG 6 0 5 5 0 Senior totals 13 0 7 7 4
Awards and honours Award YearDEL Defenseman of the Year 2012 KHL All-Star Game 2014, 2015, 2017 Gagarin Cup 2014, 2016 First All-Star Team 2016
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Who is Chris Lee?
Canadian ice hockey defenceman
When was Chris Lee born?
Chris Lee was born on 3 October 1980 in Georgian Bay.
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Chris Lee is an ice hockey player.
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Chris Lee is Canadian.
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