Glen Wesley

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Position	Defense
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 207 lb (94 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Carolina Hurricanes Toronto Maple Leafs Carolina Hurricanes Hartford Whalers Boston Bruins
Nationality	Canada
Born	2 October 1968, Red Deer, AB, Canada
NHL Draft	3rd overall, 1987 Boston Bruins
Pro Career	1987 – present

Glen Edwin Wesley (born 2 October 1968 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey defenseman, who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. He also played for the Boston Bruins, Hartford Whalers and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Wesley was drafted 3rd overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. He has played in 1,311 career NHL games with the Bruins, Whalers/Hurricanes and Maple Leafs, scoring 126 goals and 390 assists for 516 points. He has also scored 52 points in 169 career playoff games. Wesley won his first Stanley Cup on June 19, 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes, ending one of the longest streaks for active players who had not yet won a Stanley Cup.

Wesley, a resident of the United States since he was in his early 20's, is now a naturalized American citizen. He took the Stanley Cup to Camp Lejeune for his day with the Cup.

Wesley was acquired by the Hartford Whalers in what would end up being one of the most lopsided trades in Whalers history when he was acquired from the Boston Bruins for three first round draft picks, the picks turned out to be Kyle McLaren (1995), Johnathan Aitken (1996) and Sergei Samsonov (1997).

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Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1988.
Member of Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes in 2006.
He was the only former member of the Hartford Whalers to be on the 2006 Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes.