On Tuesday April 19, former SUNY Potsdam hockey player and All-American Chris Lee ’04 helped lift his Kontinental Hockey League team to its second title in three seasons. Lee scored the game-winning goal in game seven of the championship series to lift Metallurg Magnitogorsk to a 3-1 victory over CSKA Moscow.
Lee was named the Gagarin Cup Finals best defenseman after playing in six of the series’ seven contests. He was +4 in the finals with two goals and two assists, including the series winner. Lee also blocked 18 shots and averaged more ice time than any other player in the series at 29:06 per game.
In his three seasons with Metallurg, Lee has played in 167 games with 30 goals and 84 assists for 114 points. In postseason play, Lee has six goals and 20 assists for 26 additional points.
In addition to his three seasons in the KHL, which is widely considered to be second only to the NHL in the world in prestige and talent, Lee is a veteran of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), and the AHL.
In four seasons with the Bears from 2000-2004, Lee compiled 41 goals and 74 assists for 115 points, while playing both defense and forward. He became Potsdam’s fifth hockey All-American after his senior season in 2003-04. He is tied for 10th place on the Bears’ all-time scoring list and was inducted into Potsdam’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013.
