Chris Stewart (born April 7, 1961) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and manager. He was most notable as the head coach and general manager of the Colorado Eagles while they were in the Central Hockey League and the ECHL.

Career

As a head coach, Stewart has won three

Ray Miron President's Cup The Ray Miron President's Cup is a trophy that was awarded to the playoff champion of the Central Hockey League (CHL) from 2002 until 2014, when the remaining CHL teams joined the ECHL. The trophy was known as The William "Bill" Levins Memorial Cup ...

s. He won his first Central Hockey League championship with the 1998–99

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, and won two more with the Colorado Eagles (then of the CHL) in the 2004–05 and 2006–07 seasons. He initially retired as head coach of the Eagles in 2008 before returning to the position in 2010. He retired for a second time in 2016 but remained with the Eagles as general manager. The Eagles won back-to-back

Kelly Cup The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the playoff champion of the ECHL. The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997. Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup, named after former American Hockey League president Jack Riley. Th ...

s in his last two seasons as general manager before the organization joined the American Hockey League in 2018. As the Eagles became the AHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche, he was replaced as general manager by the Avalanche's assistant general manager, Craig Billington, in 2018.

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* 1961 births Living people Canadian ice hockey coaches Central Hockey League coaches ECHL coaches Prince Albert Raiders coaches St. Albert Saints players Ice hockey people from Red Deer, Alberta Canadian ice hockey defencemen {{Canada-icehockey-coach-stub