Chris Bala
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| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg/13 st 13 lb) |
| ECHL Team F. teams |
Reading Royals Ottawa Senators |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | September 24, 1978 , Alexandria VA, USA |
| NHL Draft | 58th overall, 1998 Ottawa Senators |
| Pro career | 2001 – present |
Chris Bala (born September 24, 1978 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American professional ice hockey player.
Bala was drafted 58th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft from Harvard University and managed to play six regular season games for the Senators during the 2001–02 NHL season, scoring one assist. He never managed to play another NHL game though, playing in the American Hockey League for most of his career. He was contracted to the Minnesota Wild and the Colorado Avalanche but never saw any ice time with those teams. He currently plays for the Reading Royals in the ECHL.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997–98 | Harvard University | NCAA | 33 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 23 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1998–99 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 28 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Harvard University | NCAA | 30 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Harvard University | NCAA | 32 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001–02 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 70 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002–03 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 51 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 61 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004–05 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 58 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 46 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 58 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007–08 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| NCAA Totals | 95 | 40 | 44 | 84 | 55 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| ECHL Totals | 106 | 36 | 54 | 90 | 57 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
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