Chris Kotsopoulos

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = 230px | position = Defence | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 215 | played_for = New York Rangers<br>Hartford Whalers<br>Toronto Maple Leafs<br>Detroit Red Wings | ntl_team = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | draft = Undrafted | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = 1978 | career_end = 1990 }} '''Chris Kotsopoulos''' ({{langx|el|Χρήστος Κωτσόπουλος}}; born November 27, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 479 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the New York Rangers, Hartford Whalers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Detroit Red Wings. As a youth, he played in the 1971 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.<ref>{{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=2019-01-10|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He is the former Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey analyst on AM1220 WQUN.

==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1974–75 | Wexford Raiders | OPJHL | 30 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 128 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 59 || 3 || 13 || 16 || 169 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1976–77 | Acadia University | CIAU | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1977–78 | Acadia University | CIAU | 17 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 72 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1978–79 | Toledo Goaldiggers | IHL | 62 || 6 || 22 || 28 || 153 | 6 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 48 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1979–80 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 75 || 7 || 27 || 34 || 149 | 10 || 4 || 5 || 9 || 28 |- | 1980–81 | New York Rangers | NHL | 54 || 4 || 12 || 16 || 153 | 14 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 63 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1981–82 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 68 || 13 || 20 || 33 || 147 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1982–83 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 68 || 6 || 24 || 30 || 125 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1983–84 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 72 || 5 || 13 || 18 || 118 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1984–85 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 33 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 53 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1985–86 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 61 || 6 || 11 || 17 || 83 | 10 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 14 |- | 1986–87 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 43 || 2 || 10 || 12 || 75 | 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1987–88 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 21 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 19 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1988–89 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 57 || 1 || 14 || 15 || 44 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1989–90 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1989–90 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 24 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 4 | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! ALIGN="center" | 479 ! ALIGN="center" | 44 ! ALIGN="center" | 109 ! ALIGN="center" | 153 ! ALIGN="center" | 827 ! ALIGN="center" | 31 ! ALIGN="center" | 1 ! ALIGN="center" | 3 ! ALIGN="center" | 4 ! ALIGN="center" | 91 |}

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==External links== *{{icehockeystats|legends=13225}} *[https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kotsoch01.html Profile at hockey-reference.com] *http://www.chriskotsopoulos.com *https://web.archive.org/web/20120613221629/http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/37240-Getting-To-Know-Chris-Kotsopoulos.html

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kotsopoulos, Chris}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Adirondack Red Wings players Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:Canadian people of Greek descent Category:Sportspeople of Greek descent  Category:Detroit Red Wings players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Hartford Whalers players Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen Category:New Haven Nighthawks players Category:New York Rangers players Category:Quinnipiac University people Category:Ice hockey people from Scarborough, Ontario Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players Category:Windsor Spitfires players