Christopher Campoli (born July 9, 1984) is a
Canadian
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professional
ice hockey
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player for the
Dundas Real McCoys of the
Ontario Hockey Association
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's
Allan Cup Hockey. He played for the
Chicago Blackhawks
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,
Ottawa Senators
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,
New York Islanders
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, and
Montreal Canadiens
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in the
National Hockey League
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(NHL).
Playing career
Junior
Campoli played
minor ice hockey
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in the
Greater Toronto Hockey League
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(GTHL) for the Mississauga Senators. He played in the 1998
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
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with a team from
Vaughan
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. He then played four years in the
Ontario Hockey League
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for the
Erie Otters, from 2000 to 2004, the final season as team captain. He volunteered at the Erie Unit of the
Shriners Hospital for Children, playing
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Arts an ...
and
board game
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s with the children, and assisting staff by taking height and weights of the patients. His charity work in and around the city of
Erie, Pennsylvania
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, earned him the
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy as the OHL's top humanitarian in
2003-04.
Campoli attended
John Cabot Catholic Secondary School for two years before leaving to play for the Erie Otters.
Professional

Campoli was a seventh-round selection, 227th overall by the
New York Islanders
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in the
2004 NHL Entry Draft. He appeared in 80 games with the Islanders in his rookie NHL season of
2005–06, recording nine goals and twenty five assists. Campoli scored his first goal in his first game on his first shot when he beat
Buffalo Sabres
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goaltender
Ryan Miller on a rebound to tie the game at one at the 6:40 mark of the first period.
A groin injury towards the end of training camp, coupled with changes to the Islander coaching staff delayed Campoli's 2006–07 season debut. Following the trade of
Alexei Zhitnik, Campoli was recalled from the
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
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of the
American Hockey League
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(AHL). On July 16, 2007, Campoli was signed to a three-year extension by the Islanders. On November 3, 2008, Campoli became the first player since
Ken Doraty in 1934 to score in overtime twice in a game against the
Columbus Blue Jackets
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when he fired an initial shot past goaltender
Fredrik Norrena that went through the netting, but was not seen by the officials, then circled around, shot and scored again.
On February 20, 2009, Campoli was traded by the Islanders, along with
Mike Comrie, to the Ottawa Senators for
Dean McAmmond and a first-round draft pick in 2009.
On February 28, 2011, Campoli was traded by the Senators, along with a conditional 2011 seventh-round draft pick, to the Chicago Blackhawks for a conditional 2011 second-round draft pick and
Ryan Potulny. After committing a costly turnover that allowed Alexander Burrows to score the series-winning goal against the Blackhawks, Campoli entered the 2011 off-season as a restricted free agent. According to Blackhawks general manager
Stan Bowman
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, the two sides were far apart in contract negotiations and on July 15, 2011, Bowman announced that Campoli would not be returning to the team for the following season.
He was signed as a free agent by the
Montreal Canadiens
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to a one-year deal just prior to the
2011–12 season on September 26, 2011. He recorded two goals and nine assists with the Canadiens but they did not renew his contract.
After failing to find an NHL club for the
lockout shortened
2012–13 season, on February 7, 2013, he signed with Swiss club
EHC Biel
EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the te ...
of the National League A for the remainder of the season. Campoli opted to remain in the NLA the following season, signing a one-year contract with fellow Swiss club,
HC Lugano, on July 29, 2013. Early into the
2013–14 season, after only 8 games with Lugano, Campoli opted to leave the Swiss league and transfer for the remainder of the season to the Swedish Hockey League with HV71. Having established a regular role on the blueline on February 21, 2014, Campoli agreed to a two-year contract extension to remain with HV71. He finished the season with 3 goals and 9 points in 33 games.
Two years after concluding his professional career, Campoli returned to playing, agreeing to join senior men's team the Stoney Creek Generals to compete for the
Allan Cup
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on October 18, 2018.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Awards and honours
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
Bridgeport Sound Tigers players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Chicago Blackhawks players
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
EHC Biel players
Erie Otters players
HC Lugano players
HV71 players
Montreal Canadiens players
New York Islanders draft picks
New York Islanders players
Ottawa Senators players
Ice hockey people from North York
21st-century Canadian sportsmen