Chris Yule (born March 29, 1975) is a
Canadian
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-born
Japan
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ese former professional
ice hockey
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player. He played in
Japan
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with
Nippon Paper Cranes
The were an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan.
History
The club was founded as Jūjō Paper Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1993 when Jūjō Paper and Sany ...
of the
Asia League Ice Hockey
Asia League Ice Hockey ( ja, アジアリーグアイスホッケー; ko, 아시아리그 아이스하키) or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and ...
. As of the 2011–2012 ALIH season he holds the record for most goals scored by a single player in their career.
Yule, who was born in
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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, competed at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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as a member of the
Japan men's national ice hockey team
The Japanese national ice hockey team ( ja, アイスホッケー男子日本代表 ''Aisuhokkē Danshi Nippon Daihyō'') is the national men's ice hockey of Japan. They are controlled by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation and a member of the Interna ...
. He has also played with Team Japan at the
1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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, and
2004 IIHF World Championship
The 2004 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship was held between 24 April and 9 May 2004 in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.
It was the 68th ice Hockey World Championships, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
Qualific ...
s.
References
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1975 births
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Japan
Canadian ice hockey centres
Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Japanese ice hockey players
Canadian emigrants to Japan
Kokudo Keikaku players
Living people
Melbourne Ice players
Naturalized citizens of Japan
Nippon Paper Cranes players
Olympic ice hockey players for Japan
Seibu Prince Rabbits players
Ice hockey people from Edmonton
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
Ice hockey players at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games medalists in ice hockey
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