Chris Valicevic
Encyclopedia
Chris Valicevic is a former professional ice hockey
defenseman who spent the majority of his career with the ECHL Louisiana IceGators.
, and was named to the ECHL All-Star Game seven times, an ECHL record. Of those seven times he was named to the All-Star team, he was named to the First Team All-ECHL team five time, also an ECHL record. Valicevic was also named ECHL Most Valuable Player for the 1998-1999 season. Valicevic retired with 460 assists and 611 points, which made him the career regular season and postseason leader among defensemen in assists and points. His 102 postseason games are also an ECHL record.
In 2008, Valievic was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame. Valicevic was joined by ECHL founder Henry Brabham
, the league's first commissioner Patrick J. Kelly
, and goalie Nick Vitucci
as members of the Hall of Fame's inaugural class.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
defenseman who spent the majority of his career with the ECHL Louisiana IceGators.
ECHL
Valicevic spent seven seasons with the Louisiana IceGatorsLouisiana IceGators
The original Louisiana IceGators were an ECHL team based in Lafayette, Louisiana from 1995 until the end of the 2005 season. The team played its home games at the Cajundome and were last an affiliate of the NHL Minnesota Wild and the AHL Houston Aeros....
, and was named to the ECHL All-Star Game seven times, an ECHL record. Of those seven times he was named to the All-Star team, he was named to the First Team All-ECHL team five time, also an ECHL record. Valicevic was also named ECHL Most Valuable Player for the 1998-1999 season. Valicevic retired with 460 assists and 611 points, which made him the career regular season and postseason leader among defensemen in assists and points. His 102 postseason games are also an ECHL record.
In 2008, Valievic was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame. Valicevic was joined by ECHL founder Henry Brabham
Henry Brabham
Henry Brabham is the founder of the ECHL, formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League.Founded in 1988, the ECHL is a minor professional ice hockey league that serves as a development league for the NHL...
, the league's first commissioner Patrick J. Kelly
Patrick J. Kelly
Patrick J. Kelly was one of the founders and the first commissioner of the East Coast Hockey League in 1989. Kelly was named Commissioner Emeritus of the ECHL following the 1995–96 season, after serving as Commissioner for the first eight seasons of the ECHL. The league playoff champions wins a...
, and goalie Nick Vitucci
Nick Vitucci
Nick Vitucci is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. Currently, he is the head coach of the ECHL's Toledo Walleye....
as members of the Hall of Fame's inaugural class.
Awards
- 1993-94: ECHL All-Star
- 1995-96: ECHL All-Star
- 1995-96: ECHL Defenseman Of The Year
- 1996-97: ECHL All-Star
- 1996-97: ECHL Defenseman Of The Year
- 1997-98: ECHL All-Star
- 1997-98: ECHL Defenseman Of The Year
- 1998-99: ECHL All-Star
- 1998-99: ECHL Defenseman Of The Year
- 1998-99: ECHL Most Valuable Player
- 1999-00: ECHL All-Star
- 2000-01: ECHL All-Star
- 2007-08: Named To The ECHL Hall Of Fame