October 16, 2009

Lipsett Named Alternate Captain

MOLINE, Ill. -- The Quad City Mallards, proud International Hockey League (IHL) affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, today announced that forward Chris Lipsett has been named an alternate captain for the 2009-10 season. Lipsett will share leadership duties with forward Joel Gasper and defenseman Jason Goulet. The Mallard open their inaugural IHL campaign Saturday night in Flint against the Generals.

Lipsett, who is about to start his fourteenth season, is the longest tenured pro on the Mallards' roster. The 35-year old Ottawa native has played 745 games for 13 teams in eight leagues on two continents since completing his college career at Clarkson in 1996. He was a player-assistant coach with the Rapid City Rush of the Central Hockey League last season.

Last season Lipsett counted Goulet among his Rapid City teammates. Lipsett scored 27 goals and totaled 56 points in 62 games with the Rush and has now scored 27 times or more in each of his last four full seasons; he has scored better than 20 goals in 11 of his last 12 full campaigns. Combining both North American and European play, Lipsett has totaled 304 goals and 313 assists for 617 points over the course of his career. Lipsett's impressive resume includes time in the ECHL with Roanoke, Pee Dee, Alaska and Mississippi; in the AHL with Lowell and Kentucky; in the IHL with Houston; overseas with Sheffield in England and Iserlohn, Freiburg EHC and Regensburg EV in Germany; and most recently in the CHL with first Amarillo and then Rapid City.

Lipsett scored 31 goals and recorded 67 points in 112 career games at Clarkson. He helped the Golden Knights to three NCAA tournament berths in his four collegiate seasons as well as an ECAC regular season title and a conference tournament championship.

This is Lipsett's third stint under Mallards Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Frank Anzalone. He skated for the Mallards' bench boss with the ECHL's Roanoke Express for two full seasons in 1996-97 and 1997-98 and, briefly, in 1998-99 with the American Hockey League's Lowell Lock Monsters.