2006-07 Honors: • 12/4/06 CHA Rookie of the Week
• 12/18/06 CHA Rookie of the Week
After playing just four of the first nine games due to coaches decision, cemented himself on BSU third line of defensemen and played 22 of the final 24 games... Made collegiate debut in the Beavers’ 2006-07 season-opener at Maine.
• CHA Rookie of the Week (!2/4)after he notched first point of his career on an assist on Matt Pope’s game-winner in a 1-0 win over Wayne State (Mich.)(12/1)... Moved to +2 in the series posting a pair of assists the following evening for the first multi-point game of his BSU career... Capped the series with 0-3=3 points and +2.
• CHA Rookie of the Week (12/18) for collecting assists in consecutive contests versus Ala.-Huntsville (12/15-16). Spent a career-high 10 minutes in the penalty box after being whistled for five penalties at Colorado College (12/29)... Was tagged for just seven penalties for 14 minutes in the other 25 games he saw time in.
Posted final point of his season helping on a Tyler Lehrke goal in a 3-2 victory over Wayne State (Mich.) (1/5). Fired a career-best five shots versus Ala.-Huntsville (2/17).
NHL
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the seventh round of the 2004 National Hockey League Entry Draft with the 194th overall pick. He becomes the second NHL draftee to join the Bemidji State program since it moved to Division I in 1999, joining Andrew Murray. Murray was drafted by the Columbus Bluejackets in the eighth round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
Prior to BSU
Joins the Bemidji State program after a two-year USHL stint with Sioux Falls... Finished second amongst Stampede defensemen with 5-19=24 points in 57 games played... Added three power-play goals... Tied for 10th amongst USHL defenders with 24 points... Finished with a +10 rating.
Scored 1-7=8 points for the Stampede in 2004-05 with a +2 rating in 53 games played... Also had 54 penalty minutes.
Played for Brainerd (Minn.) High School prior to his USHL tour... Scored 11-33=44 points as a junior in 2003-04.
Personal
Chris Joseph Peluso... Born Aug. 21, 1980... Son of Joe and Patti Peluso... Undecided on a major.
Nephew of former New Jersey Devils standout Mike Peluso... Mike Peluso was New Jersey’s 10th selection, and was the 190th player taken overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft; played 192 games for the Devils from 1993-97, scoring 9-35=44 points with 619 penalty minutes.
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the seventh round of the 2004 National Hockey League Entry Draft with the 194th overall pick. He becomes the second NHL draftee to join the Bemidji State program since it moved to Division I in 1999, joining Andrew Murray. Murray was drafted by the Columbus Bluejackets in the eighth round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.