Chris Chelios
Chris Chelios ( born January 25, 1962 as Christos Kostas Tselios in Chicago, Illinois ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player of Greek descent. In the NHL, he was active 1984-2010 for the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and Atlanta Thrashers. His cousin, Nikos Tselios was also a professional hockey player. 2013 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Career
Chelios played during his junior time at the Moose Jaw Canucks of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Here the defender was able to draw attention to itself both on offense, but also by its robust body use. NHL Entry Draft 1981, he was drawn by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round as the 40th, but remained yet in Moose Jaw and then played for two years for the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
Only at the end of the 1983/84 season he was inducted into the NHL. After twelve little spectacular games in the regular season he made ten points scorer attention to themselves in 15 playoff games. In his first full season Chelios started then right. At 22 he was a fairly old rookie who in 74 games left a big impression in the league with 64 points scorer. He was elected to the All- Rookie team and the NHL had in many other years, which may Calder Memorial Trophy win, but since Mario Lemieux also debuted this year, Chelios was only the second place.
In the next season 1985/86 he won with the Canadiens their first Stanley Cup. Outstanding was his performance in the 1988/89 season, when he was elected to the First All -Star team and was named the best defender in the NHL with the James Norris Trophy. Seven seasons, he remained in Montreal and was in his last season and the first American captain of the Canadiens. In the summer of 1990, Chelios was issued in exchange for Denis Savard in his native city to the Chicago Blackhawks.
His start in Chicago was good, in the 1992/93 season when he was the James Norris Trophy win again, he had been there, but finally won the hearts of the fans. Also, even before he became the team captain in 1995, he was the figurehead and face the Blackhawks.
The 37 -year-old Chelios in 1999 was certainly no longer the outstanding player, he 's been late 80s to mid -90s, but he was still able to help a good team and so the Detroit Red Wings took him 1999 into their ranks.
After a regular season 2000/ 01 he retired in November 2001, a knee injury and had large portions of the season 2001 /02 pause. He returned to the following season and won in 2002 with the Red Wings their second Stanley Cup.
Also in 2002 he won the American selection the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.
Chelios, who was in January 2007, 45 years old, signed a contract with the Red Wings for the season 2006/07. After the retirement of his teammates Steve Yzerman, he is the active player with the most NHL games.
On April 21, 2007 game against the Calgary Flames, he was the oldest defender, the one Unterzahltor succeeded in the NHL playoffs. After the end of the 2006/07 season Chelios won the inaugural Mark Messier Leader of the Year Award for his outstanding leadership qualities.
Also for the 2007/2008 season, signed with the Detroit Red Wings manager Ken Holland again a contract with Chris Chelios. On January 8, 2008 Chelios was 45 years and 348 days, the second- oldest NHL player of all time. He has Moe Roberts overhauled and has only Gordie Howe in front of him, who has played 52 years for the Hartford Whalers. In the same year, Chelios won with Detroit for the third time the Stanley Cup.
After he rarely for Detroit came into use in the 2008 /09 season, his contract was not renewed in the summer of 2009. In wanting to professionally engage in the sport of ice hockey Despite his announcement, also at age 47, he was given until August no offers from other NHL teams. He signed a 25 - game contract with the Chicago Wolves, the farm team of the Atlanta Thrashers. He fulfilled this and yet another 25 - game contract with the Wolves and subsequently received a contract that allowed him also with the Atlanta Thrashers in the NHL to play. He graduated yet 7 games in the NHL before he finished his career after the 2009/10 season. In 2011 he was honored with induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and two years later was admitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Cheli's Children's Foundation
Chelios in 1986 founded a foundation that raises money for abused or seriously ill children, 1990-1996, together with Jeremy Roenick, since then alone again. Every year there are several events taking place, eg the Chris Chelios Charity Golf Classic or the Chris Chelios Hockey Camp.
Cheli 's Chili
Chelios has two bars with the name " Cheli 's Chili Bar ". The first LO Established in 2003 in Dearborn (Michigan ), the second in 2006 in the city of Detroit in a three story house. Previously, he also had a restaurant in Chicago, which was closed after the change to the Red Wings.
On the morning of January 2, 2007, the restaurant manager and chef of " Cheli 's Chili " were found stabbed to death on the second floor of the house. The police then set a 17- year-old former employee, who a few months earlier had been dismissed. He could be identified through video surveillance at the bar. On August 22, 2007, the offender was found guilty of first-degree murder. Two weeks later, his sentence was fixed at life imprisonment with no chance of early parole.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- U20 Junior World Cup 1982
- 1984 Winter Olympics
- Canada Cup 1984
- Canada Cup 1987
- Canada Cup 1991
- World Cup of Hockey 1996
- 1998 Winter Olympics
- 2002 Winter Olympics
- World Cup of Hockey 2004
- 2006 Winter Olympics
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )