Chris Marinucci

{{Short description|American ice hockey player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Center

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| weight_lb = 175

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|12|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S.

| ntl_team = USA

| career_start = 1990

| career_end = 2004

| draft = 90th overall

| draft_year = 1990

| draft_team = New York Islanders

| played_for = New York Islanders
Los Angeles Kings

}}

Christopher Jon Marinucci (born December 29, 1971) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played briefly in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings and the New York Islanders. He also played with the Denver Grizzlies, Utah Grizzlies, Phoenix Roadrunners, Chicago Wolves, Kokudo Tokyo, Eisbären Berlin, Idaho Steelheads, IF Björklöven and Storhamar Dragons.

At the start of his career, he first played four years with his University of Minnesota Duluth hockey team, earning conference MVP and the Hobey Baker award as college hockey's top player. He then was drafted in 1990 by the New York Islanders and played in the IHL with the Denver Grizzlies and made his debut in the NHL that year. He then moved on to different leagues, including DEL, the Japan and Sweden leagues, and the WCHL and the ECHL. However, he played most of his career with several teams in the IHL. In a 14-year span (1990–2004) he won 3 awards, and his last season was with the Idaho Steelheads in the ECHL. He was part of the cup winning Storhamar Dragons of the Norwegian Elite League 2004, after scoring the game winner of game six in overtime in dramatic fashion as he set up the decisive game seven where the Dragons beat Vålerenga Ishockey in double overtime.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

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! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1988–89

| Grand Rapids High School

| 25

| 24

| 18

| 42

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1989–90

| Grand Rapids High School

| HS-MN

| 28

| 24

| 39

| 63

| 12

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| University of Minnesota Duluth

| 36

| 6

| 10

| 16

| 20

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| University of Minnesota Duluth

| WCHA

| 37

| 6

| 13

| 19

| 41

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| University of Minnesota Duluth

| WCHA

| 40

| 35

| 42

| 77

| 52

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| University of Minnesota Duluth

| WCHA

| 38

| 30

| 31

| 61

| 65

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Denver Grizzlies

| 74

| 29

| 40

| 69

| 42

| 14

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 12

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| New York Islanders

| 12

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Utah Grizzlies

| IHL

| 8

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 8

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Utah Grizzlies

| IHL

| 21

| 3

| 13

| 16

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1996–97

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| IHL

| 62

| 23

| 29

| 52

| 26

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Chicago Wolves

| IHL

| 78

| 27

| 48

| 75

| 35

| 22

| 7

| 6

| 13

| 12

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| Chicago Wolves

| IHL

| 82

| 41

| 40

| 81

| 24

| 10

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 10

| Chicago Wolves

| IHL

| 80

| 31

| 33

| 64

| 18

| 16

| 5

| 4

| 9

| 10

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| 40

| 29

| 30

| 59

| —

| 6

| 5

| 7

| 12

| —

| Eisbären Berlin

| 53

| 10

| 26

| 36

| 24

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 6

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| Idaho Steelheads

| 26

| 12

| 20

| 32

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| IF Björklöven

| 12

| 6

| 7

| 13

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 2

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| Idaho Steelheads

| 13

| 5

| 8

| 13

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Storhamar Dragons

| 17

| 4

| 5

| 9

| 26

| 13

| 6

| 5

| 11

| 41

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! colspan="3" | IHL totals

! 405

! 157

! 208

! 365

! 159

! 62

! 18

! 19

! 37

! 44

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| United States

| WC

| 8

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

Awards and honors

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! Award

! Year

All-WCHA Second Team

All-WCHA First Team

AHCA West First-Team All-American

Ken McKenzie Trophy - 1994–95
IHL Man of the Year - 1998–99

External links

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{{succession box | before = Derek Plante | title=WCHA Player of the Year | years = 1993–94| after=Brian Bonin}}

{{succession box | before = Paul Kariya | title = Winner of the Hobey Baker Award | years = 1993–94 | after = Brian Holzinger}}

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