Chris McPhail

Chris McPhail
Born (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Defenceman
Shoots Left
AIHL team
Former teams		 CBR Brave
Canberra Knights
National team  Australia
Playing career 2008–present
Website AIHL profile

Christopher Campbell McPhail (born 21 June 1991) is an Australian semi-professional ice hockey player, who most recently played defenceman for the CBR Brave in the Australian Ice Hockey League.

Playing career

Club career

McPhail showed promise as a youngster winning MVP on several occasions with the Canberra Phoenix. McPhail started playing for the Canberra Knights in 2008 and won rookie of the year. In 2009, Chris was selected as team MVP at the National U18 Championships for IHACT after scoring two goals in four games.[1] McPhail was a prominent member of the Knights squad between 2010 and 2012, playing on the first line before the Knights wound up in 2014 when owner John Raut handed back his AIHL licence.[2][3]

Chris signed with the CBR Brave in March 2014 once the new Canberra team was announced. Chris was one of the first to sign on with the new club.[4]

12 April 2014, McPhail made his CBR Brave debut in the Brave's inaugural AIHL match against the Newcastle North Stars at the Phillip Ice Centre, Canberra.The Brave would go on to lose the match 2-0 in front of 800 people.[5]

26 April 2014, Chris scored his first two goals for the CBR Brave including the second goal in the franchise’s history as Chris helped the Brave to their inaugural AIHL victory, winning 6-2 with a third period demolition over the Sydney Ice Dogs at home in front of a sold out crowd.[6][7]

Chris had a stellar debut season with the Brave in 2014 that culminated in Chris through four goals and three assists for a combined seven points assisting the team finish third in the regular season and reach the AIHL Finals for a shot at the Goodall Cup, the first time a Canberra team has achieved this since 1998.[8] Chris played in his first finals game in the semi-final match against the Melbourne Ice but the Brave lost the match 1-6.[9]

International career

Chris first represented Australia at the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. Australia were participating in Division III Group A that was held in Taipei, Taiwan between 27 February - 5 March 2009.[10] McPhail played in all four of Australia's matches against New Zealand, Taiwan, South Africa and Mongolia. Chris scored on the power play in Australia's 16-1 victory over South Africa in their second match of the Championships.[11] Australia went on to top the table and get promoted to Division II for 2010 edition of the tournament.[12]

McPhail continued his international career with the Australia U20's teams that contested the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III that took place in Istanbul, Turkey and 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II that took place in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania.[13][14]

In the 2010 tournament Chris contributed one assist in the four games he played as Australia secured promotion to division II for the 2011 Championship after defeating Bulgaria and New Zealand in group A to progress to the qualification play-offs. There we beat North Korea to ensure the qualification to division II and set up a Final with Iceland. In the Final Chris assisted the team in winning the gold medal with a 3-1 victory over Iceland.[15]

In 2011 Chris and co were pitted in Division II Group B up against Poland, Hungary, South Korea, Romania and China. Chris again played in all Australia's games this tournament however Australia struggled against tougher opposition and narrowly avoided relegation back to division III thanks to a solitary victory over China in the second match. McPhail contributed 3 assists in the 5 matches as Australia finished fifth out of the six teams in the ladder.[16][17]

Personal

McPhail's hockey idol is Marc-Andre Bergeron. As of 2012, McPhail has been rumored to be dating local Sydney celebrity Maude Garrett, however both parties have denied any meetings ever occurring and McPhail claims to be faithful to his mum. Chris attended Daramalan College until 2009. His most proud moment was performing a traditional Canadian Sun dance before the 2010 Winter Olympics grand final hockey match in his native Vancouver. He was praised for his fluid and provocative movement, and pioneering of new subgenres of the dance.

Career statistics

Chris McPhail
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Ice hockey
IIHF World U18 Championship
2009 Taipei Division III Group A
IIHF World U20 Championship
2010 Istanbul Division III
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Canberra Knights AIHL 10 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2009 Canberra Knights AIHL 11 0 0 0 34 — — — — —
2010 Canberra Knights AIHL 24 2 2 4 0 — — — — —
2011 Canberra Knights AIHL 28 9 13 22 22 — — — — —
2012 Canberra Knights AIHL 5 3 1 4 14 — — — — —
2013 Did not Play — — — — — — — — — — —
2014 CBR Brave AIHL 26 4 3 7 10 1 0 0 0 0
International
Year Team Competition   GP G A Pts PIM +/–
2009 Australia U18 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A 4 1 2 3 0 +14
2010 Australia U20 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III Group A 4 0 1 1 0 +1
2011 Australia U20 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II Group B 5 0 3 3 0 -3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2009 Championship Awards". http://www.iha.org.au/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (2014-02-26). "Canberra Knights on thin ice after 33 years in existence". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  3. ↑ Meister, Chris (2014-02-26). "Knights Fall On Their Sword". Hewitt Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  4. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (2014-03-14). "Canberra launches Brave ice hockey". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  5. ↑ "CBR Brave vs Newcastle North Stars Boxscore". http://www.theaihl.com. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (2014-04-26). "CBR Brave hammer Sydney Ice Dogs for inaugural victory in Australian Ice Hockey League". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  7. ↑ "CBR Brave vs Sydney Ice Dogs Boxscore". http://www.theaihl.com. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. ↑ "2014 AIHL Regular Season Standings". www.theaihl.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  9. ↑ "CBR Brave vs Melbourne Ice - 2014 Semi-Final". www.theaihl.com. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  10. ↑ "Team Roster: Australia AUS" (PDF). http://stats.iihf.com/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. ↑ "Game Summary AUS - RSA" (PDF). http://stats.iihf.com/. 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  12. ↑ "2009 IIHF U18 Championship DIV.III Group A". http://www.iihf.com/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  13. ↑ "2010 Team Roster: Australia AUS" (PDF). http://stats.iihf.com/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  14. ↑ "2011 Team Roster: Australia AUS" (PDF). http://stats.iihf.com/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  15. ↑ "2010 IIHF U20 Championship DIV.III". http://www.iihf.com/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  16. ↑ "2011 IIHF U20 Championship DIV.IIB". http://www.iihf.com/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  17. ↑ "2011 IIHF U20 Championship DIV.IIB Final Ranking" (PDF). http://stats.iihf.com/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. External link in |publisher= (help)

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