Chris Neil
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| Position | Right Wing |
| Shoots | Right |
| Nickname(s) | Neiler |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg/15 st 5 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Ottawa Senators Binghamton Senators Durham Thundercats Grand Rapids Griffins Mobile Mysticks Muskegon Fury North Bay Centennials Orangeville Crushers |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | June 18, 1979 , Markdale, ON, CAN Grey County |
| NHL Draft | 161st Overall, 1998 Ottawa Senators |
| Pro career | 2001 – present |
Chris Neil (born June 18, 1979 in Markdale, Ontario Grey County) is a Canadian right winger for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Early years
Neil started out playing minor hockey in the town of Flesherton, Ontario. He later played for the Grey-Bruce Highlanders of the South-Central Triple A Hockey League before getting his junior hockey start with the Junior "B" Orangeville Crushers. He is an alumnus of the Ontario Hockey League's North Bay Centennials.
[edit] NHL career
Chris Neil was drafted by Ottawa in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut on October 3rd, 2001 against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The next night, he got his first assist in a game against the Montreal Canadiens. On October 30 Chris scored his first goal against the Atlanta Thrashers. During that season, Chris Neil played 72 games and scored 17 points.
During the 2002–03 season, Chris had 10 points in 68 games and 147 penalty minutes, the most penalty minutes of any Ottawa Senator. The next year, Chris again led the Senators with 194 penalty minutes. The year after the NHL lockout of 2004–2005, Neil had career high point total with 33 points, and received 204 penalty minutes. That summer, he signed a 3 year, $3.3 million contract with the Ottawa Senators.
He led the league in hits during the 2006–07 season.
[edit] Personal
- Before Neil was married, he and teammate Mike Fisher were roommates.
- Wife's name is Caitlin.
- On June 1, 2007, at 11:05 p.m., Neil and his wife, Caitlin, celebrated the birth of their first child named Hailey Jean, weighing 6 lbs. and 10 ounces. In the next game, he scored an important goal which he dedicated to her.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995–96 | Orangeville Crushers | MWJBHL | 43 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996–97 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 65 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 150 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 59 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 231 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998–99 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 66 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 215 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 1998–99 | Muskegon Fury | UHL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 61 | ||
| 1999–00 | Mobile Mysticks | ECHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 39 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | 51 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 301 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | ||
| 2000–01 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | 78 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 354 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | ||
| 2001–02 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 72 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 231 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2002–03 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 68 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 147 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | ||
| 2003–04 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 82 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 194 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||
| 2004–05 | Durham Thundercats | WOAA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004–05 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | ||
| 2005–06 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 79 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 204 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 177 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 2007–08 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 68 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 199 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | ||
| NHL Totals | 451 | 58 | 66 | 124 | 1152 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 111 | ||||
