Chris Phillips
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Chris Phillips (born March 9, 1978) is a Canadian businessman and former professional ice hockey player.
Phillips was a member of the Ottawa Senators for his entire career, which began with the 1997–98 season and ended with the 2015–16 season.
He was regarded as a stay-at-home defenceman.
The Senators drafted him first overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
Phillips retired in 2016 after spending a season on the injured list.
Phillips played 1,179 games with Ottawa in the regular season making him the longest serving player in Senators franchise history.
In addition, he played in 114 playoff games.
Personal life
Phillips and his wife Erin live in Ottawa and have three children. He is the nephew of retired Edmonton Oilers radio broadcaster Rod Phillips.
In September 2012, it was revealed that Phillips was initiating a $7.5-million lawsuit against his former agent, Stacey McAlpine, to recover lost money as a result of bad real estate deals. The suit, launched at the Ontario court in Ottawa, alleges that Phillips was misled by McAlpine and hasn't been able to recover monies invested or access more than $5.5 million of his money being handled by McAlpine. The suit came one month after Phillips' former Ottawa teammate Dany Heatley initiated similar legal proceedings against McAlpine.
Playing career
Phillips was born in Fort McMurray, Alberta. He began his junior career with the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League in 1993–94, where he scored six goals and 22 points in 56 games. Phillips had three assists in ten playoff games. He rejoined the Oil Barons in 1994-95, where he saw his offensive output rise to 16 goals and 48 points in 48 games. Phillips had four goals and six points in 11 post-season games. Phillips was also a member of the Alberta team in the 1995 Canada Winter Games, where he was also the captain of the Alberta team.
Phillips played for the Prince Albert Raiders of the WHL in 1995-96, where he scored ten goals and 30 assists in 61 games as a rookie with the Raiders. Phillips was a member of the San Josef Campagne in 18 games, with two goals and 12 assists. Phillips was drafted first overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators after the season and was drafted first overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
Phillips was recalled by the Senators to the Los Angeles Raiders in 1996-97. He had three goals and 26 points in 32 games in PA. Late in the season, Prince Albert sold Phillips to the Lethbridge Hurricanes.
Phillips spent the 1996-97 season with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, where he scored four goals and 22 points in 26 games, leading the club to finish first place in the Central Division.
Phillips finished second in team scoring with 25 points, four goals, and 21 assists, assisting Lethbridge to win the President's Cup and a berth at the 1997 Memorial Cup held in Hull, Quebec.
Phillips had two goals and five points in five games as the Hurricanes ended the tournament in second place, losing to the Hull Olympiques in the final.
Phillips was selected to the Memorial Cup all-star team in 1996-97 and the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy, which is given to the top defenseman in the WHL, was awarded to the top defenseman in the WHL.
Phillips made his NHL debut in the 1997–98 season with the Ottawa Senators, scoring five goals and 16 points, assisting the team in finishing above.500 for the first time in team history. Phillips had two assists in 11 playoff games as Ottawa defeated the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the 1998 Stanley Cup Playoffs before losing to the Washington Capitals in the second round.
Phillips played in 48 games between the Senators and the senators in 34 games before going pointless in three playoff games.
In 65 games, he saw his point total increase during the 1999–2000 season, as Phillips had five goals and 19 points. Phillips had an assist in six playoff games.
Phillips had a good season with the club in 2000–01, scoring two goals and 14 points, but he suffered from a late-season injury, which culminated in him playing in only one playoff game with the Senators. He scored his first ever playoff goal against Curtis Joseph of the Toronto Maple Leafs in that game.
In 63 games, Phillips scored six goals and 22 points as a member of the Senators blue line in 2001–02. Phillips did not score a single point in 12 playoff games.
Phillips helped the Senators win the Presidents' Trophy in 2002-03, which is given to the team with the most outstanding regular season record in the NHL. Phillips had three goals and 19 points in 78 games. Phillips had a memorable goal for the Senators in game six of the Eastern Conference finals against the New Jersey Devils, with a goal of overtime as Ottawa battled off elimination. The Senators lost their seventh game, but Phillips had a fruitful playoff run, scoring two goals and six points in 18 games.
Phillips played in all 82 games for the first time in his career, 2003–04, scoring seven goals and 23 points for the Senators. Phillips had some overtime magic in the Senators' fourth game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and he had the winning goal in the fourth game of the Senators' first round series. Toronto won the series in seven games, but it was Phillips' only point of the series.
Phillips signed with Bryn's IF of the SEL, where he had five goals and eight points in 27 games during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. Phillips had a goal and three points in nine playoff games.
He returned to the Senators in 2005-06, where Phillips had a goal and 19 points in 68 games. Phillips played in his 500th game in his career on December 26, 2005. Phillips had two goals in nine playoff games.
Phillips had his best offensive season of his career in 2006-07, with eight goals and 26 points in all 82 games. Phillips had a +36 rating, which placed him at the top of the NHL leaderboard. The Senators named Phillips as an alternate captain before the season. Phillips played more than 23 minutes in the playoffs, shutting down the best offensive players of the Senators, as he helped the team advance to the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, where the Senators lost in five games to the Anaheim Ducks. Phillips had no points in 20 playoff games, and in Game 5 of the Finals, Phillips scored what turned out to be the cup-winning goal for Anaheim for Anaheim into his own net.
Phillips had five goals and 18 points in 81 games in 2007, but the Senators' playoff run was short, as the Pittsburgh Penguins were swept in the first round against the Pittsburgh Penguins, who were held pointless in four games.
The Senators failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1996. Phillips had another good season, scoring six goals and 22 points in 82 games, but he ended with a -14 rating, the first time since 1999-99 that Phillips was a minus player.
The Senators returned to the playoffs in 2009-2010, and Phillips was instrumental in his career's high of eight goals and 24 points, his second highest point total of his career, and he appeared in all 82 games in a row. Phillips had no points in six playoff games.
Phillips had a poor 2010–11 season, scoring just nine points, his lowest point total since 1998–99, and had a -35 rating, as Ottawa failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.
Phillips had a much better season as a Senator in 2011-2012. With a plus-minus of +12 in 80 games played, he ended the season with 5 goals and 19 points on the season. The Senators returned to the Stanley Cup playoffs after being defeated in 7 games by the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference quarter finals.
Phillips served as the Senators' NHLPA team representative during the 2012–13 NHL lockout and was close to the talks. He was skeptical of how the NHL presented their definition of hockey-related income (HRR), a key topic in the ongoing labour conflict. "They essentially changed the name, where there will be no accountability in terms of HRR tracking," Phillips said, so they could basically give us whatever number they wanted to." Phillips' view was shared by several players, including Josh Gorges and Brian Gionta. Phillips accused the NHL of "dirty tricks" that were preventing negotiations from happening.
Phillips signed a two-year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators worth $2.5 million on March 5, 2014.
Phillips appeared in his 1,179th game as a member of the Ottawa Senators on February 5, 2015. This was a new franchise record, set by former team captain Daniel Alfredsson for the most games played for the club.
Phillips sustained a fractured disc in his back in the summer of 2015, rendering him unable to participate in the Ottawa Senators training camp. He then missed the entire 2015–16 season before deciding to resign on May 26, 2016. With his 1293 regular season and playoff games with the club, he became the longest serving player in franchise history. Phillips will have his jersey number (#4) retired by the team on October 5, 2019, according to the Senators, who announced it on October 5, 2019. He will be the second player to have their jersey retired by the franchise, the other being Daniel Alfredsson.
Other ventures and post-retirement work have brought about other ventures and post-retirement.
Phillips was co-owner of Big Rig, a microbrewery company named after his on-ice nickname. It opened a second location and a new production plant in 2014. Its Big Rig Black IPA that received a gold medal at the 2014 Ontario Brewing Awards as well as the gold medal at the 2014 Canadian Brewing Awards. Foodtastic, a Quebec restaurant chain chain, and Phillips sold his Big Rig company in 2019 by the end of the year.
Phillips would be involved in the team's work on community revitalization, company growth, and alumni relations, according to Ottawa Senator Pierre Dorion, who resigned in May 2016. Phillips spent five years as a community and business development consultant before being named the first executive director of the Senators Community Foundation in August 2020. The Senators Community Foundation was established to support the Ottawa Senators Foundation, which had ceased its long-standing partnership with the Senators Foundation in July 2020. Phillips resigned as executive director of the Senators Community Foundation in July 2021 after a dispute with owner Eugene Melnyk. Phillips rejoined the company in September 2022 as its Vice President of Business Operations, a role in which he would have to restore tense relationships with Ottawa companies from the Melnyk period.
When his son was on the team, Phillips served as an assistant coach for the Kanata Lasers.