Chris Valicevic (born April 25, 1968) is an American former professional

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of Croatian ancestry. who spent the majority of his career with the

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...

's Louisiana IceGators. He is the fifth all-time career scorer in the ECHL with 611 points.

ECHL

Valicevic spent seven seasons with the 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

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, Valievic was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame. Valicevic was joined by ECHL founder

Henry Brabham Henry Brabham IV (April 29, 1929 – March 30, 2020) was a founder of the ECHL, formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League. In 2008, he was inducted into the inaugural class of the ECHL Hall of Fame. The Brabham Cup, first awarded in 1989, is ...

, the league's first commissioner Patrick J. Kelly, and

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Nick Vitucci 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 *1999–2000: ECHL All-Star *2000–01: ECHL All-Star *2007–08: Named to the ECHL Hall of Fame

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valicevic, Chris 1968 births Living people American men's ice hockey defensemen Cornwall Aces players Greensboro Monarchs players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Ice hockey players from Michigan Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) players Sportspeople from Mount Clemens, Michigan Portland Rage players New Jersey Rockin' Rollers players Sacramento River Rats players Worcester IceCats players American inline hockey players 20th-century American sportsmen