# Chris Kotsopoulos

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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = 
| image_size = 230px
| position = [Defence](/source/Defenceman)
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 215
| played_for = [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers)<br>[Hartford Whalers](/source/Hartford_Whalers)<br>[Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs)<br>[Detroit Red Wings](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings)
| ntl_team = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|27|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough%2C_Toronto), [Ontario](/source/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](/source/ice_hockey) player who played 479 games in the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League). He played for the [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers), [Hartford Whalers](/source/Hartford_Whalers), [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs), and [Detroit Red Wings](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings). As a youth, he played in the 1971 [Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament](/source/Quebec_International_Pee-Wee_Hockey_Tournament) with a [minor ice hockey](/source/minor_ice_hockey) team from [Toronto](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Regular_season) 
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! colspan="5" | [Playoffs](/source/Playoffs) 
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! [Season](/source/Season_(sports)) 
! Team 
! League 
! GP 
! [G](/source/Goal_(ice_hockey)) 
! [A](/source/Assist_(ice_hockey)) 
! [Pts](/source/Point_(ice_hockey)) 
! [PIM](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey)) 
! GP
! G 
! A 
! Pts 
! PIM 
|- 
| [1974–75](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_OPJHL_season)
| [Wexford Raiders](/source/Wexford_Raiders)
| [OPJHL](/source/Ontario_Junior_Hockey_League)
| 30 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 128
| — || — || — || — || —
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_OMJHL_season)
| [Windsor Spitfires](/source/Windsor_Spitfires)
| [OHL](/source/Ontario_Hockey_League)
| 59 || 3 || 13 || 16 || 169
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1976–77
| [Acadia University](/source/Acadia_University)
| [CIAU](/source/U_Sports_men's_ice_hockey)
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78
| Acadia University
| CIAU
| 17 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 72
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [1978–79](/source/1978%E2%80%9379_IHL_season)
| [Toledo Goaldiggers](/source/Toledo_Goaldiggers)
| [IHL](/source/International_Hockey_League_(1945%E2%80%932001))
| 62 || 6 || 22 || 28 || 153
| 6 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 48
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1979–80](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_AHL_season)
| [New Haven Nighthawks](/source/New_Haven_Nighthawks)
| [AHL](/source/American_Hockey_League)
| 75 || 7 || 27 || 34 || 149
| 10 || 4 || 5 || 9 || 28
|- 
| [1980–81](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_NHL_season)
| [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers)
| [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League)
| 54 || 4 || 12 || 16 || 153
| 14 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 63
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1981–82](/source/1981%E2%80%9382_NHL_season)
| [Hartford Whalers](/source/Hartford_Whalers)
| NHL
| 68 || 13 || 20 || 33 || 147
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| [1982–83](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_NHL_season)
| Hartford Whalers
| NHL
| 68 || 6 || 24 || 30 || 125
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1983–84](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_NHL_season)
| Hartford Whalers
| NHL
| 72 || 5 || 13 || 18 || 118
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| [1984–85](/source/1984%E2%80%9385_NHL_season)
| Hartford Whalers
| NHL
| 33 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 53
| — || — || — || — || —
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1985–86](/source/1985%E2%80%9386_NHL_season)
| [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs)
| NHL
| 61 || 6 || 11 || 17 || 83
| 10 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 14
|- 
| [1986–87](/source/1986%E2%80%9387_NHL_season)
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 43 || 2 || 10 || 12 || 75
| 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 14
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1987–88](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_NHL_season)
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 21 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 19
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| [1988–89](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_NHL_season)
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 57 || 1 || 14 || 15 || 44
| — || — || — || — || —
|-   bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1989–90](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_NHL_season)
| [Detroit Red Wings](/source/Detroit_Red_Wings)
| NHL
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| [1989–90](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_AHL_season)
| [Adirondack Red Wings](/source/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
|}

==References==
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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

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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

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