JC Lipon

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JC Lipon
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Lipon with the Straubing Tigers in 2024
Born (1993-07-10) July 10, 1993 (age 30)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
DEL team
Former teams		 Straubing Tigers
Winnipeg Jets
Dinamo Riga
IK Oskarshamn
HC Sochi
Sibir Novosibirsk
NHL Draft 91st overall, 2013
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 2013–present

JC Lipon [1] (born July 10, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He has previously played for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Playing career

Lipon was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the third round (91st overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

He played junior hockey for the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. He made his NHL debut for the Jets on January 18, 2016. [2] On August 15, 2016, the Winnipeg Jets signed Lipon to a one-year, two-way contract worth $650,000. [3]

On August 17, 2020, Lipon left the Winnipeg Jets organization as a free agent and signed his first contract abroad with Latvian based, Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). [4] In his first season abroad in 2020–21, Lipon made an impact with Dinamo Riga, collecting 8 goals and 20 points through 37 regular season games. With Riga well out of playoff contention, Lipon left the club to join Swedish top tier club, IK Oskarshamn of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), for the remainder of the season on February 16, 2021. [5]

As a free agent in the following off-season, Lipon opted to return to the KHL, agreeing to a one-year contract with Russian based, HC Sochi, on August 24, 2021. [6] In the 2021–22 season, Lipon recorded 3 goals and 10 points through 27 regular season games with Sochi before he was traded to HC Sibir Novosibirsk on December 27, 2021. [7]

On July 26, 2022, having left the KHL as a free agent, Lipon signed a one-year contract in Germany with Straubing Tigers of the DEL. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2008–09Regina Pat Canadians SMHL 4349132652134
2009–10 Kamloops Blazers WHL 53310133830000
2010–11 Kamloops BlazersWHL6531821111—————
2011–12 Kamloops BlazersWHL691946651111027920
2012–13 Kamloops BlazersWHL61365389115156172320
2013–14 St. John's IceCaps AHL 7293241136140114
2014–15 St. John's IceCapsAHL7552126163—————
2015–16 Manitoba Moose AHL4513173087—————
2015–16 Winnipeg Jets NHL 90115—————
2016–17 Manitoba MooseAHL71121830129—————
2017–18 Manitoba MooseAHL68172138103910113
2018–19 Manitoba MooseAHL60111526121—————
2019–20 Manitoba MooseAHL61131831100—————
2020–21 Dinamo Riga KHL 378122074—————
2020–21 IK Oskarshamn SHL 802225—————
2021–22 HC Sochi KHL27371031—————
2021–22 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL5000550222
2022–23 Straubing Tigers DEL 532021415771122
2023–24 Straubing TigersDEL34131023361163911
NHL totals90115—————
KHL totals6911193011050222

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2010 Canada Western U17 8th50554
2013 Canada WJC 4th500027
Junior totals1006531

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References

  1. ↑ "JC Lipon Team Canada's underdog at world juniors - NHL on CBC Sports - Hockey news, opinion, scores, stats, standings". Cbc.ca. 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  2. ↑ Rob Vanstone (2016-01-20). "Regina's JC Lipon makes his NHL debut with the Winnipeg Jets | Regina Leader-Post". Leaderpost.com. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  3. ↑ Mitch Rosset (2016-08-15). "JC Lipon lands new deal with Winnipeg Jets". globalnews.ca.
  4. ↑ "Forward JC Lipon joins the DINAMO RIGA". Dinamo Riga. August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ "JC Lipon joins from Dinamo Riga" (in Swedish). IK Oskarshamn. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sochi signs Canadian JC Lipon" (in Russian). HC Sochi. August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sibir complete acquisition of JC Lipon" (in Russian). HC Sibir Novosibirsk. December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  8. ↑ "JC Lipon comes to Tigers" (in German). Straubing Tigers. July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
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