Chris was born in Windsor, Ontario and first played lacrosse there at the age of 13. He decided to play goal at that age and has never changed his mind, despite, or perhaps because of, a few hard shots to the head over the years.

Chris played three seasons as a Junior player for Six Nations and two for Sarnia and was named team MVP in 1996.

He played in the WLA for North Shore in 1998 and 1999 and for the Okanogan Thunder in 2000. In 2001 he tended goal for Six Nations in the OLA.

He turned a lot of heads in his first year as an Adanac when Dallas Eliuk missed the season due to surgery and Chris was called on to be the veteran goalie. He played superbly that year including in the playoffs and followed up in 2003 by earning the Leo Nicholson Trophy as top WLA goaltender as well as being named to the WLA First All-Star team.

With Eliuk again unavailable in 2004 due to surgery Chris started the season by allowing only 23 goals against in the first four games although the team eventually succumbed to the loss of several key players. His WLA stats through 2006 include 3170 saves on 4128 shots in 108 games for a 77% save average.

Chris played in the NLL for Buffalo, the New York Saints and Columbus before signing with the Calgary Roughnecks in 2004, where he enjoyed the championship run along with former Adanac teammates Tracey Kelusky and Kevin Howard. He added a second NLL championship ring to his collection in 2006 playing with Adanacs Pat Coyle and Dan Stroup in Colorado where he earned praise for his goaltending in some very key Mammoth victories. His statistics included 4 wins and 3 losses with a 78.8% save percentage, a hair better than teammate Gee Nash. Through last season with Colorado his NLL stats include 5 assists in 55 games with a save average of 73%.

Chris also enjoys snowboarding, working out, reading physiology and similar texts, playing the guitar and taking in a good flick at the cinema or the home theatre as well as road biking and squash in the off-season. Chris oversees the operations of Studio 55, an elite high-performance training facility in downtown Vancouver. His spouse Shelley runs her own business called Earth Ink Garden Design and earned one of her clients in Coquitlam an award for curb appeal this year. As for cooking, Chris said, “It’s all about the barbeque dinners and Sunday breakfasts!” Chris does have excellent taste in restaurants (The Banana Leaf is a favourite).

The people most important in his lacrosse career include his father, Joe, and the legendary Cap Bomberry.