Curtis Huppe (born February 21, 1979) is a Canadian former ice hockey forward.

Curtis Huppe
Born (1979-02-21) February 21, 1979 (age 45)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Muskegon Fury
Greenville Grrrowl
Greensboro Generals
Jackson Bandits
Arkansas RiverBlades
Cincinnati Cyclones
South Carolina Stingrays
Belfast Giants
Coventry Blaze
Corpus Christi IceRays
Hull Stingrays
Manchester Phoenix
Guildford Flames
Milton Keynes Lightning
Playing career 2000–2015

Career

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Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Huppe began his junior career in the Western Hockey League for the Medicine Hat Tigers, Lethbridge Hurricanes and the Tri-City Americans. After a brief spell in the United Hockey League for the Muskegon Fury during their playoff run, Huppe spent the next four seasons in the East Coast Hockey League, where he played for Greenville Grrrowl, Greensboro Generals, Jackson Bandits, Arkansas RiverBlades, Cincinnati Cyclones and the South Carolina Stingrays.[1]

In 2004, Huppe joined the Belfast Giants and quickly became a huge fan favourite at the Odyssey Arena. He represented the Giants for three seasons, helping the side to the Elite League Championship in 2005/06 playing on the giants most successful line with Theo Fleury and Ed Courtenay.

Huppe finished his stint with the Belfast Giants in 2007.[2]

On June 12, 2007, he was announced as having signed for the Coventry Blaze.

On March 9, 2008, Coventry Blaze retained the Elite League Championship, with Huppe scoring the Championship winning goal against the Belfast Giants. Huppe finished the 2008 Elite League season with an impressive 74 points in 58 games, his most productive year to date.

On April 24, 2008, Huppe announced his retirement from Hockey, but was tempted out of retirement by former Coventry Blaze colleague Sylvain Cloutier in December 2008 and went on to play in the CHL for Corpus Christi Icerayz where he played for a couple of months. On April 29, 2009, Huppe signed a contract with the Hull Stingrays as player assistant coach, marking a return to the Elite League and re-uniting him with Cloutier who is now the Head-coach of the Stingrays.[3] it was at the end of this season Huppe decided not to remain with the club and gave his notice for the 2nd year of his 2-year contract and was then signed up by Manchester Phoenix in the English Premier League where he accumulated 61 goals and 54 assists and won another league championship.

On May 16, 2011, Huppe was announced as signing for Guildford Flames Ice Hockey Club who were 2010-11 English Premier League Playoff Winners. It was here Huppe won another league championship in the 11/12 season and again in the 12/13 season. Huppe finally parted ways with the Guildford Flames in November 2014 after returning from injury and signed for the rest of the season with his former team the Belfast Giants playing his first game against Braehead on 28 December 2014. On January 30, 2015, he was released from his contract by the Belfast Giants to return to Milton Keynes.

Career statistics

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 55 5 3 8 24 4 1 0 1 0
1996–97 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 68 11 7 18 72 4 0 0 0 0
1997–98 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 26 7 4 11 30
1997–98 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 37 7 17 24 35 2 0 0 0 0
1998–99 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 48 33 23 56 34
1998–99 Tri-City Americans WHL 18 12 10 22 10 12 4 2 6 12
1999–00 Tri-City Americans WHL 17 7 12 19 23 4 0 1 1 2
1999–00 Muskegon Fury UHL 11 3 3 6 6
2000–01 Greenville Grrrowl ECHL 20 4 5 9 2
2000–01 Greensboro Generals ECHL 47 18 23 41 23
2001–02 Jackson Bandits ECHL 12 1 1 2 2
2001–02 Arkansas RiverBlades ECHL 10 1 1 2 6
2001–02 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 46 20 16 36 14 3 1 0 1 0
2002–03 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 72 23 36 59 64 4 0 1 1 2
2003–04 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 71 27 27 54 44 7 2 4 6 4
2004–05 Belfast Giants EIHL 28 16 13 29 28 8 3 2 5 8
2005–06 Belfast Giants EIHL 33 21 20 41 44 7 6 2 8 4
2006–07 Belfast Giants EIHL 42 24 28 52 60
2007–08 Coventry Blaze EIHL 46 32 32 64 32 4 2 1 3 4
2008–09 Corpus Christi IceRays CHL 28 8 6 14 16
2009–10 Hull Stingrays EIHL 52 19 23 42 36 2 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Manchester Phoenix EPIHL 54 59 51 110 56 3 2 3 5 2
2011–12 Guildford Flames EPIHL 35 29 25 54 20 2 1 0 1 0
2012–13 Guildford Flames EPIHL 50 50 31 81 42 4 4 2 6 0
2013–14 Guildford Flames EPIHL 8 4 3 7 4
2014–15 Guildford Flames EPIHL 5 4 1 5 6
2014–15 Belfast Giants EIHL 2 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Milton Keynes Lightning EPIHL 16 4 6 10 0 3 3 0 3 0
EIHL totals 203 112 116 228 200 21 11 5 16 16

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