{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = ChrisMeloffWHA.png |caption=Meloff in 1972 photo | image_size = | position = Defence | played_for = Ottawa Nationals | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 169 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|7}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | draft = 108th overall | draft_team = Minnesota North Stars | draft_year = 1972 | career_start = 1972 | career_end = 1975 }} '''Christopher D. "Chris" Meloff''' (born May 7, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA).<ref name="hdc">{{cite web|title=1972 NHL Amateur Draft -- Chris Meloff|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1972/72108.html|publisher=Hockey Draft Central|accessdate=March 27, 2014}}</ref> Drafted in the seventh round of the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft by the Minnesota North Stars, Meloff opted to play in the WHA after being selected by the Ottawa Nationals in the WHA General Player Draft.<ref name="hdc"/> He played the 1972–73 WHA season with the Nationals.<ref name="ep">{{cite web |title=Chris Meloff at eliteprospects.com |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/118497/chris-meloff |website=www.eliteprospects.com |access-date=October 16, 2023}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! 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 |- |1968–69 ||Markham Seal-A-Wax|| MJBHL || ! colspan="11"|Statistics Unavailable |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1969–70 ||Peterborough Petes ||OHA|| 52 ||10|| 35 ||45|| 112 || — || — || — || — || — |- |1970–71 ||Toronto Marlboros|| OHA|| 34 ||3 ||20 ||23 ||98 || — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1970–71 ||Kitchener Rangers|| OHA|| 33 ||5 ||19 ||24 ||72 || — || — || — || — || — |- |1971–72 ||Kitchener Rangers ||OHA ||59 ||4|| 37 ||41 ||83 || — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" ||1972–73|| Ottawa Nationals|| WHA ||28 ||1 ||6 ||7 ||40 || — || — || — || — || — |- |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1973–74|| Jacksonville Barons ||AHL ||31 ||0 ||5 ||5 ||61 || — || — || — || — || — |- |1973–74 ||Mohawk Valley Comets ||NAHL|| 17|| 1|| 6 ||7 ||13 || — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1974–75 ||Mohawk Valley Comets|| NAHL ||69 ||6 ||23|| 29 ||123 ||4|| 0|| 0 ||0|| 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"| WHA totals ! 28!! 1 !!6!! 7 !!40 ! — !! — !! — !! — !!— |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Ice hockey stats}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meloff, Chris}} Category:1952 births Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:Ice hockey people from Toronto Category:Jacksonville Barons players Category:Kitchener Rangers players Category:Living people Category:Minnesota North Stars draft picks Category:Mohawk Valley Comets (NAHL) players Category:Ottawa Nationals players Category:Peterborough Petes (ice hockey) players Category:Toronto Marlboros players Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1950s-stub}}