Chad Klassen (born April 16, 1985) is a

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player. He is currently playing with

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in the Austrian Hockey League.

Amateur career

Klassen played five seasons of major junior hockey (2001 – 2006) in the

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(WHL). He went on to play five seasons of Canadian college hockey (2006 – 2011) with the

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in the CWUAA conference of

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(CIS). For his outstanding college hockey play he was twice named to the CIS All-Canadian First Team (2008–09 and 2009–10) and was named the CIS (West) Most Valuable Player for the 2009–10 season.

Awards and honours

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* 1985 births Living people Fehérvár AV19 players Canadian ice hockey centres Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players Saskatoon Blades players Spokane Chiefs players Victoria Salmon Kings players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Hungary {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1980s-stub