Chris Kontos

Chris Kontos

Born: December 10, 1963
Age: 60
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Biography

Christopher T. "Chris" Kontos (born December 10, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian former National Hockey League forward who is best known for his surprising 9 goals in 11 playoff games while he was a member of the Los Angeles Kings and his shocking franchise opening night 4 goal performance (with the Tampa Bay Lightning) against that season's Vezina Trophy winner Ed Belfour.

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Career

During the 1981-82 OHL season he scored 42 goals, and after the season was drafted with the 15th selection in the first round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He split his time in both the NHL and minor leagues in his first two seasons.

He was member of the Tulsa Oilers (CHL) team that suspended operations on February 16, 1984, playing only road games for final six weeks of 1983-84 season. Despite this adversity, the team went on to win the league's championship. Kontos spent the first half of 1985-86 playing in Finland before returning to finish the year in the AHL. On January 21, 1987, Kontos was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Ron Duguay, finishing his tenure with the Rangers with 38 points in 78 games. He would score 25 points in 67 games with the Penguins over two seasons before being dealt to the Los Angeles Kings on February 5, 1988.

He played only six regular season games for the Kings in 87-88 tallying 12 points (another career highlight was a 6-point game against Chicago where Kontos had 1 goal and 5 assists), and scored a goal in his first NHL playoffs. The following year, after returning from playing in Switzerland he scored three points in seven games, and his 9 playoff goals would help the Kings advance to the second round. He played only 11 games (6 regular season, 5 playoff) with Los Angeles after the 1988-89 playoff run, and decided to join the Canadian National Team in 1991-92.

When the Tampa Bay Lightning started play in 1992-93, Kontos signed on as a free agent. His surprising 4 goal-performance led the upstart Tampa Bay Lightning to a 7-3 shocker of the Chicago Blackhawks on October 7, 1992. He scored 27 goals in 66 games, second only to Brian Bradley. His Lightning record 4 goals in one game has since been tied by Martin St. Louis in 2014. He would return to the National Team in 93-94, help Canada win a silver medal at the 1994 Olympics losing to Sweden in a heartbreaking shoot out after overtime. Kontos continued to play in Sweden for(Skellefteå AIK 94-95), the IHL and Germany before retiring in 1998.

Career statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1980-81 Sudbury Wolves OHL 56 17 27 44 36
1981-82 Sudbury Wolves OHL 12 6 6 12 18
1981-82 Toronto Marlboros OHL 59 36 56 92 68 10 7 9 16 2
1982-83 Toronto Marlboros OHL 28 21 33 54 23
1982-83 New York Rangers NHL 44 8 7 15 33
1983-84 New York Rangers NHL 6 0 1 1 8
1983-84 Tulsa Oilers CHL 21 5 13 18 8
1984-85 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 48 19 24 43 30
1984-85 New York Rangers NHL 28 4 8 12 24
1985-86 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 21 8 15 23 12 5 4 2 6 4
1985-86 Ilves Tampere SM-liiga 36 16 15 31 30
1986-87 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 36 14 17 31 29
1986-87 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 31 8 9 17 6
1987-88 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 16 8 16 24 4
1987-88 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 10 3 6 9 8
1987-88 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 36 1 7 8 12
1987-88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 2 10 12 2 4 1 0 1 4
1988-89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 7 2 1 3 2 11 9 0 9 8
1989-90 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 42 10 20 30 25
1989-90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 2 2 4 4 5 1 0 1 0
1990-91 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 69 26 36 62 19 11 9 12 21 0
1991-92 Courmaosta HC Italy-A 7 10 8 18 4
1992-93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 66 27 24 51 12
1994-95 Skelleftea AIK Swe-1 36 21 27 48 30
1995-96 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 81 26 44 70 13 17 5 8 13 0
1996-97 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 11 1 3 4 4
1996-97 Quebec Rafales IHL 19 8 3 11 0
1996-97 Manitoba Moose IHL 40 17 18 35 12
1997-98 Revier Lions DEL 26 10 4 14 14
NHL Totals 230 54 69 123 103 20 11 0 11 12

Awards

He won the 1983-84 CHL Championship (Adams Cup) as a member of the Tulsa Oilers team coached by Tom Webster.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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