Chris McAllister

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{BLP sources|date=February 2023}}

{{distinguish|Chris McAllister (American football)|Chris McAlister}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Chris McAllister.jpg

| caption = McAllister with the San Antonio Rampage in 2006

| image_size = 230 px

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 250

| played_for = Vancouver Canucks
Toronto Maple Leafs
Philadelphia Flyers
Colorado Avalanche
New York Rangers

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|06|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

| draft = 40th overall

| draft_year = 1995

| draft_team = Vancouver Canucks

| career_start = 1995

| career_end = 2010

}}

Christopher J. McAllister (born June 16, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche and New York Rangers.

Playing career

McAllister was drafted 40th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. After playing with the Canucks, McAllister played 56 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1998–2000 before playing with the Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche, and the New York Rangers.

McAllister played in the Elite Ice Hockey League for the Newcastle Vipers during the NHL lockout.{{cite web |title=Vipers bring in 'giant' of NHL. – Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vipers+bring+in+%60giant%27+of+NHL.-a0126774285 |via=The Free Library |access-date=April 24, 2022 |date=January 7, 2005}} He signed with the Phoenix Coyotes on August 11, 2005.{{cite web |title=CHRIS MCALLISTER |url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=733&hubname=nhl |website=TSN.ca |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509231607/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=733&hubname=nhl |archive-date=May 9, 2007 |quote=11-Aug-05: Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Phoenix Coyotes.}} He spent one full season with the Coyotes' AHL affiliate the San Antonio Rampage before signed for the Kalamazoo Wings of the UHL. McAllister recorded NHL career totals of four goals, seventeen assists and 634 penalty minutes in 301 regular season games as well as one assist in nine playoff games. He is currently an instructor at a hockey school in Superior, Colorado. On August 30, 2009 Chris signed a contract with the Wichita Thunder of the CHL.{{cite web|url=http://www.americanprohockey.com/2009/08/wichita-signs-former-nhl-player.html|title=Wichita signs former NHL player|publisher=AmericanProHockey.com|date=2009-08-30|accessdate=2010-07-20}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Chris McAllister is considered to be one of the tallest players ever in NHL history.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! 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

1992–93

| Saskatoon Blades

| WHL

| 4

0002

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Saskatoon Blades

| WHL

| 2

0005

| —

1994–95

| Saskatoon Blades

| WHL

| 65

2810134

| 10

00028
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Syracuse Crunch

| AHL

| 68

022142

| 16

00034
1996–97

| Syracuse Crunch

| AHL

| 43

314108

| 3

0006
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Syracuse Crunch

| AHL

| 23

01171

| 5

00021
1997–98

| Vancouver Canucks

| NHL

| 36

123106

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Syracuse Crunch

| AHL

| 5

00024

| —

1998–99

| Vancouver Canucks

| NHL

| 28

112 | 63

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 20

02239

| 6

0114
1999–00

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 36

03368

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| Philadelphia Flyers

| NHL

| 60

224124

| 2

0000
2001–02

| Philadelphia Flyers

| NHL

| 42

055113

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Philadelphia Flyers

| NHL

| 19

00021

| —

2002–03

| Philadelphia Phantoms

| AHL

| 4

00012

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Colorado Avalanche

| NHL

| 14

01126

| 1

0000
2003–04

| Colorado Avalanche

| NHL

| 34

00062

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 12

01112

| —

2004–05

| Newcastle Vipers

| EIHL

| 16

05536

| 10

03310
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| San Antonio Rampage

| AHL

| 59

369171

| —

2006–07

| Kalamazoo Wings

| UHL

| 40

279118

| 18

26830
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 46

01192

| 2

0002
2008–09

| Newcastle Vipers

| EIHL

| 52

2911134

| 2

1126
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Wichita Thunder

| CHL

| 55

11314171

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 301 !! 4 !! 17 !! 21 !! 634

! 9 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 4

References

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