Phil Housley
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Phillip F. Housley (born March 9, 1964 in South St. Paul, Minnesota) was an ice hockey player who played for the Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, and Toronto Maple Leafs. Housley currently coaches high school hockey for the Stillwater Ponies of Stillwater, Minnesota.[1]
Housley is the top scoring U.S.-born player, with 1,232 points (338-894), and is behind only Bryan Trottier and Brett Hull in scoring among American players in the National Hockey League. (However, both Trottier and Hull are Canadian born.)
He is considered one of the best American defenseman ever, alongside fellow Americans Chris Chelios and Brian Leetch. However, Housley never won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's Top Defenseman, thanks in large part to playing in the same era and reaching his peak years at the same time as the likes of Ray Bourque, Paul Coffey, Chris Chelios and Brian Leetch (the four combined to win every Norris Trophy between 1985 and 1997). As a result, Housley is considered to be one of the most under-rated defensemen in hockey history and although not widely known, he was certainly one of the league's elite defensemen of the early 1990s, often leading all defensemen in regular season scoring.
Housley never won the Stanley Cup, coming closest with the Capitals in 1998, where they were swept in the Stanley Cup Finals by the Detroit Red Wings. He played more NHL games without winning the Stanley Cup than any player in NHL history. Scott Mellanby is the active NHL player who has played the most games without winning the coveted trophy: 1,362 at the start of the 2006-07 season.
On Janaury 21, 2000, Housley played in his 1,257th NHL Game, the most ever at the time by an American, breaking the record held by Craig Ludwig. Housley went on to play in 1,495 NHL games. He held the record for games played by an American-born player for nearly seven years, until it was broken, on November 24, 2006, by Chris Chelios.
Housley was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004. and is currently eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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[edit] Career Statistics
Regular Season
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM
1982-83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 77 19 47 66 39
1983-84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 75 31 46 77 33
1984-85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 73 16 53 69 28
1985-86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 69 15 47 62 54
1986-87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 78 21 46 67 57
1987-88 Buffalo Sabres NHL 74 29 37 66 96
1988-89 Buffalo Sabres NHL 72 26 44 70 47
1989-90 Buffalo Sabres NHL 80 21 60 81 32
1990-91 Winnipeg Jets NHL 78 23 53 76 24
1991-92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 74 23 63 86 92
1992-93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 18 79 97 52
1993-94 St. Louis Blues NHL 26 7 15 22 12
1995 Calgary Flames NHL 43 8 35 43 18
1995-96 Calgary/New Jersey NHL 81 17 51 68 30
1996-97 Washington Capitals NHL 77 11 29 40 24
1997-98 Washington Capitals NHL 64 6 25 31 24
1998-99 Calgary Flames NHL 79 11 43 54 52
1999-00 Calgary Flames NHL 78 11 44 55 24
2000-01 Calgary Flames NHL 69 4 30 34 24
2001-02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 15 24 39 34
2002-03 Chicago/Toronto NHL 58 6 23 29 26
NHL Totals 1495 338 894 1232 822
[edit] See also
- List of members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame
- List of retired NHL players
- List of NHL statistical leaders
- List of NHL seasons
- List of NHL players with 1000 points
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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