The Centreville, Ontario native has had to battle his way through the different levels of hockey as his small stature required him to find other ways of succeeding and surviving. In 2004 the 16-year-old forward managed to make the Napanee Raiders team which plays in the Junior ‘C’ loop and has players as old as 21 years. He played well enough to have earned several year-end team awards including Most Valuable Player, Best Plus/Minus, Rookie of the Year and Playoff Scoring Leader. He also caught the eyes of the Dukes brain trust and was called up to play six Junior ‘A’ games as an affiliate and didn’t look out of place.

The next season Chris made the Dukes full-time and played mostly on a checking line and became a top penalty killer as well. His second season saw his role increase as he helped the team reach the OJHL Playoff Finals. Two more seasons with the Dukes saw him have the best point production of his career as he finished with 81 points, double his best prior points season.

After graduating from the Dukes Chris went on to NCAA Oswego State University of New York, and while his first two seasons would be considered quiet ones, he has turned it up a notch this year recording 17 points in just 19 games. Now a junior majoring in marketing, he has helped the Lakers to reach second ranked status in the country and recorded his first hat trick last month in a 6 to 4 win over Brockport.

DID YOU KNOW?
Chris holds the Dukes franchise record for assists in the regular season with 57 in 2008-2009