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 Chris Chelios was
born on January 25, 1962 in Chicago,
Illinois, USA. He played his
collegiate hockey with the
University of Wisconsin of the WCHA.
He was Montreal's 5th choice,
drafted 40th overall in the 1981 NHL
amateur entry draft. He got his
first taste of NHL play in the
1983-84 season and was a regular on
the Canadiens blue line by the next
season. He was a member of the
Canadiens Stanley Cup winning team
from 1986 and Chelios became the
first American born player to win
the Norris trophy as the league's
best defenseman in the 1989-90
season. Chelios though would soon be
moving back home as he was traded by
Montreal in the summer of 1990 to
the Chicago Blackhawks for Denis
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His stint with the
Chicago Blackhawks solidified Chris
Chelios' standing as the most
menacing skilled defenseman in the
league. He was known as a player who
would do anything to win, regarded
by most as a player other NHL
players hated playing against. Even
as Chris amassed over 2,000 penalty
minutes, his offensive numbers were
never too far behind his gritty
play. Chelios would win two more
Norris trophies during while in
Chicago and led the team in points
during the 1995-96 season. His time
in Chicago came to an end at the
1999 NHL trade deadline when he was
dealt to the Detroit Red Wings for
defenseman Anders Ericksson and two
first-round draft picks (1999 and
2001). The move to Detroit did not
yield a Red Wing three-peat, but
Chelios helped Detroit win the
Stanley Cup in 2002.
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