Chris Dingman

Chris Dingman, was drafted by the Seattle Thunderbirds, of the Western Hockey League in the first round, 11th overall, in the 1991 Western Hockey League bantam Draft. In order for the Thunderbirds to solidify their goaltending for the 1992 Memorial Cup Tournament, Dingman became the player to be named later in a blockbuster trade that saw his rights, Jeff Jubinville, Jesse Wilson and Andrew Reimer go to the Brandon (Manitoba)Wheat Kings, for future Detroit Red Wing goaltender, Chris Osgood, at the 1991-92 WHL trade deadline. Dingman, made his debut in the Western Hockey League, with the Wheat Kings as a 16 year old in the 1992-93 season. As a rookie, he scored 10 goals, 17 assists for 27 points and 64 penalty minutes. In 1994, he was Selected by the Calgary Flames in the first round, 19th overall, in the National Hockey League's Entry Draft. In the four seasons he skated with the "Wheaties", Dingman averaged around 20 goals for 50 points a season. A knee injury, as a 19 year old, shortened his 1995-96 season. After spending a season in the minors with the St John Flames of the American Hockey League in the 1996-97 Season, Dingman made his NHL debut with the Calgary Flames. In 70 games as a rookie, he scored 3 goals, 3 assists for 6 points, while racking up 149 penalty minutes. Once again, Dingman was involved in another big trade that sent him to the Colorado Avalanche, with Theoren Fleury,for Rene Corbet, Wade Belak, the rights to Robyn Regehr (Regehr was playing for the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL at the time) and a conditional draft choice, on Febuary 28, 1999. Dingman spent the next 3 seasons with the Avalanche. He played in 110 games and was a member of the 2001 Stanley Cup Championship team. After spending most of the 2001-2002 season with the Carolina Hurricanes, Dingman found his way to the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he spent the next two-and a-half seasons and winning his 2nd Stanley Cup, as a member of that 2004 Championship team.