Chris LiPuma

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Defense

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|23|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2004

| draft = Undrafted

| played_for = Tampa Bay Lightning
San Jose Sharks
Orlando Solar Bears
Chicago Wolves
Orlando Seals

}}

Christopher Paul LiPuma (born March 23, 1971) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman.

Biography

LiPuma was born in Chicago, Illinois. As a youth, he played in the 1984 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Chicago Young Americans minor ice hockey team.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}

LiPuma played 72 games in the National Hockey League: 64 with the Tampa Bay Lightning and eight with the San Jose Sharks.{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3140 |title=Chris LiPuma Stats and Profile |website=hockeydb.com}}

He is also well known for his play in the International Hockey League.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1988–89 \| Kitchener Rangers \| OHL \| 59	7	13	20	101 \| 5	0	1	1	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1989–90 \| Kitchener Rangers \| OHL \| 63	11	26	37	125 \| 17	1	4	5	16
1990–91 \| Kitchener Rangers \| OHL \| 61	6	30	36	145 \| 4	0	1	1	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1991–92 \| Kitchener Rangers \| OHL \| 61	13	59	72	115 \| 14	4	9	13	34
1992–93 \| Atlanta Knights \| IHL \| 66	4	14	18	379 \| 9	1	1	2	35
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1992–93 \| Tampa Bay Lightning \| NHL \| 15	0	5	5	34 \| —	—	—	—	—
1993–94 \| Atlanta Knights \| IHL \| 42	2	10	12	254 \| 11	1	1	2	28
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1993–94 \| Tampa Bay Lightning \| NHL \| 27	0	4	4	77 \| —	—	—	—	—
1994–95 \| Atlanta Knights \| IHL \| 41	5	12	17	191 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994–95 \| Nashville Knights \| ECHL \| 1	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1994–95 \| Tampa Bay Lightning \| NHL \| 1	0	0	0	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Atlanta Knights \| IHL \| 48	5	11	16	146 \| —	—	—	—	—
1995–96 \| Tampa Bay Lightning \| NHL \| 21	0	0	0	13 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1996–97 \| Kentucky Thoroughblades \| AHL \| 48	6	17	23	93 \| 4	0	3	3	6
1996–97 \| San Jose Sharks \| NHL \| 8	0	0	22 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98 \| Orlando Solar Bears \| IHL \| 13	1	4	5	63 \| —	—	—	—	—
1997–98 \| San Antonio Dragons \| IHL \| 60	1	10	11	116 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| Chicago Wolves \| IHL \| 34	0	10	10	186 \| —	—	—	—	—
1999–00 \| Chicago Wolves \| IHL \| 42	0	4	4	98 \| 5	0	0	0	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| Chicago Wolves \| IHL \| 64	2	5	7	184 \| 2	0	0	0	8
2001–02 \| Baton Rouge Kingfish \| ECHL \| 70	3	31	34	228 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Orlando Seals \| ACHL \| 51	10	21	31	263 \| 6	0	1	1	6
2003–04 \| Orlando Seals \| WHA2 \| 30	1	14	15	112 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| IHL totals ! 410 !! 20 !! 80 !! 100 !! 1617 ! 27 !! 2 !! 2 !! 4 !! 79
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 72 !! 0 !! 9 !! 9 !! 146 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —