Craig Lyons (born December 25, 1972) is a

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former professional

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and

inline hockey Roller inline hockey, or inline hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. The sport ...

player. Lyons played three seasons (1990–1993) of major junior hockey with the

Kamloops Blazers The Kamloops Blazers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League (WHL). The team plays in the B.C. Division of the Western Conference, is based out of Kamloops, British Columbia, and play home games at Sandman Centre. The Blazers o ...

of the

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(WHL), helping his team to win the

1992 Memorial Cup The 1992 Memorial Cup occurred May 9–17 at the Coliseum in Seattle. It was the 74th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the Western ...

. He went on to play eleven seasons of professional hockey, mostly in the

West Coast Hockey League The West Coast Hockey League was a professional minor ice hockey league active in the western United States from 1995 to 2003. The number of teams ranged from six to nine. The teams were located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nev ...

(WCHL) where he suited up for 364 regular season contests. He was named to the WCHL First All-Star Team for the 1996–97, 1997–98 and 2000–01 seasons. During the

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he scored 117 points to lead the WCHL in points, and was selected as the WCHL's Most Valuable Player. Lyons also played four seasons of professional inline hockey with

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, skating with the

Sacramento River Rats The Connecticut Coasters were a Roller Hockey International franchise based in New Haven, Connecticut, that played only in the 1993 season before moving to California and becoming the Sacramento River Rats. Their team colors were teal, purple, and ...

Los Angeles Blades The Los Angeles Blades were a professional inline hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. The Blades played in Roller Hockey International from 1993–1997 and played their home games at the Great Western Forum. Two other franchises have us ...

, and

San Jose Rhinos The San Jose Rhinos were an inline hockey team in Roller Hockey International from 1994-97 and 1999 (the RHI did not operate in 1998). In its second year, the team won the Murphy Cup with a victory over the Montreal Roadrunners in the championship ...

between 1995 and 1999. Lyons, along with Kelly Askew, currently operates 'Shoot 2 Score Hockey' in

San Clemente, California San Clemente (; Spanish for " St. Clement") is a city in Orange County, California. Located in the Orange Coast region of the South Coast of California, San Clemente's population was 64,293 in at the 2020 census. Situated roughly midway betwee ...

.~~~The San Clemente Journal ~~~

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* 1972 births Living people Canadian ice hockey right wingers Colorado Gold Kings players Fresno Falcons players Guildford Flames players Kamloops Blazers players Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players South Carolina Stingrays players Springfield Indians players Utah Grizzlies (IHL) players Ice hockey people from Calgary Long Beach Ice Dogs (WCHL) players Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL) players Los Angeles Blades players Sacramento River Rats players San Jose Rhinos players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1970s-stub