Education
Huppe finished his stint with the Belfast Giants in 2007.
Huppe finished his stint with the Belfast Giants in 2007.
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. 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 Editor Courtenay.
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 29 April 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.
On May 16, 2011 Huppe was announced as signing for Guildford Flames Ice Hockey Club who were 2010-2011 English Premier League Playoff Winners.
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 28th December 2014. On the 30th of January 2015 he was released from his contract by the Belfast Giants to return to Milton Keynes.