Chris Kotsopoulos ( el, Χρήστος Κωτσόπουλος; born November 27, 1958) is a Canadian former professional
ice hockey
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player who played 479 games in the
National Hockey League
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. He played for the
New York Rangers
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,
Hartford Whalers
The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its existence in Hartford, Connecticut. The club played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 until 1979, and in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1979 to ...
,
Toronto Maple Leafs
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, and
Detroit Red Wings. As a youth, he played in the 1971
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
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with a
minor ice hockey
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team from
Toronto
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.
He is the former
Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey
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analyst on AM1220 WQUN.
Career statistics
References
External links
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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
1958 births
Living people
Adirondack Red Wings players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Canadian people of Greek descent
Detroit Red Wings players
Hartford Whalers players
New Haven Nighthawks players
New York Rangers players
Quinnipiac University people
Ice hockey people from Scarborough, Ontario
Toronto Maple Leafs players
Undrafted National Hockey League players
Windsor Spitfires players
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