Chris DRURY
Shoots: Right
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: August 20, 1976 Trumbull, Connecticut
Career Highlights
Hobey Baker Award Winner (1997)
Sporting News Rookie of the Year (1999)
NHL All-Rookie Team (1999)
Calder Memorial Trophy Winner (1999)
100th NHL game Nov. 22, 1999 at DAL
NHL Firsts
Game: Oct. 10, 1998 vs. OTT
Goal: Oct. 18, 1998 at L.A.
Assist: Oct. 18, 1998 at L.A.
Avalanche Firsts
Game: Oct. 10, 1998 vs. OTT
Goal: Oct. 18, 1998 at L.A.
Assist: Oct. 18, 1998 at L.A.
Career Milestones
Most Goals/Game: 2 (2x) 3/11/99 at PHI
Most Assists/Game: 4 Mar. 4, 2000 at CGY
Most Points/Game: 4 Mar. 4, 2000 at CGY
Point Streak: 6 Games 3/2 - 3/14/00
Goal Streak: 3 games 12/31-1/4/99
Assist Streak: 5 Games 3/2 - 3/12/00
Cons. Games Played: 154 11/14/98-4/9/00
Mult. Pt. Games: 20 2pt., 4 3pt., 1 4pt.
Transactions
Quebec's fifth choice (72nd overall) in the 1994 Entry Draft.
Last Year
Finished his sophomore season 37th on the Avs' all-time franchise scoring list (one of only six to reach the franchise Top 50 in scoring in two years)...
Finished second in the NHL in takeaways (107)...
Recorded ten shots on goal 10/11 at BOS...
Recorded a four-game point streak (1g/3a) 10/6-10/13...
Posted consecutive multiple pt. games 10/11 & 10/13 vs. BOS...
Recorded point streaks of three (10/23-10/28) 3a, four (11/27-12/4) 2g/4a, five (12/8-12/17) 3g/4a and a new career-best six game point (3/2-3/14), including a career-best five-game assist streak (3/2-3/12)...
Recorded 4a, +4 3/7 at CGY, his 15th multiple-pt. game this season and a new personal best for points/assists in a game...
Tallied 22 points (3g/19a) in his final 25 games, including a penalty shot 3/18 vs. DET (goal), first Avs penalty shot since Nov. 1, 1997 vs. CGY (Sakic) PLAYOFFS: Tallied two assists in Game One vs. PHO - CQF...
Points in first three playoff games (1g/3a)...
Posted first multi-point playoff game in Game Two vs. DET -CSF (1g/1a)...
Tallied second multi-point playoff game in Game Four at DET - CSF (1g/1a), including second career OT goal...
Finished +6 in his last 14 games...
Recorded sixth career GW goal in Game Six vs. DAL (CF) with 3:51 remaining in the game, moved past Dale Hunter, Valeri Kamensky and Claude Lemieux into second on franchise list for GW goals (6). Career
1998-99: Claimed NHL Rookie of the Year honors (Calder Trophy Winner)...
Finished the season third among rookie scorers, but had best scoring production among rookies with a point every 25 minutes played...
Led club in goals (5) during the preseason...
First NHL point 10/18 at L.A. (assist), finished with 2g/1a, +3...
Registered season-best five-game point streak 12/27/98-1/4/99 (3g/3a) second-highest among rookies, Four-game assist streak 1/28-2/3/99, Three-game goal streak 12/31/98-1/4/99...
Totaled ten points (6g/4a) in first 25 games, 13 pts. (8g/5a) in last 25 games...
After going scoreless in six straight games in December, only once went more than three games without a point...
Nine of his 20 goals either tied the game or was the game winning goal...
PLAYOFFS: Played in all 19 post-season games...
First career playoff goal was a game winner (Game Three vs. DET - CSF)...
Second GW goal in the CSF vs. DET in Game Six...
Third GW goal in Game Four (CF) vs. DAL (:31 remaining in OT)...
Scored twice, including fourth GW goal, second in consecutive games in Game Five (CF) vs. DAL...
Four GW goals by a rookie equals NHL mark set by Claude Lemieux (1986)...
Tied Joe Sakic and Milan Hejduk for franchise record for most GW goals in a playoff series (2) vs. DET & DAL. College Career
Received most personal honors in the 77-year history of Boston University...
Terriersž all-time leading goal scorer (113) and third in points (214).1998: USA Hockey Magazinežs College Player of the Year...
First Team All-American...
Hockey East Player of the Year...
Hockey East Top Defensive Forward...
Hockey East First Team All-Star.1997: Runner up for Hobey Baker Award...
USA Hockey Magazinežs College Player of the Year...
First Team All-American...
NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team...
Hockey East Player of the Year...
Hockey East First Team All-Star.1996: Hobey Baker Finalist... Second Team All-American...
NCAA East Region All-Tournament Team...
Hockey East First Team All-Star. More...
Chris and brother Ted Drury hosted the fifth annual Travis Roy Golf Tournament in Orange, Connecticut which raised $20,000 for the Travis Roy Foundation...
Took batting practice at Fenway Park in Boston over the summer - hit one over the green monster...
Winning pitcher in the 1989 Little League World Series vs. Taiwan...
First job: Center Ice Hockey Shop...
Favorite Sport (non-hockey) is baseball, favorite team is the New York Yankees...
Would pay to watch Doug Weight play...
Boyhood idols: Don Mattingly and Michael Ferguson.