Mike York

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Position Center
Shoots Right
Height
Weight		 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
185 lb (84 kg/13 st 3 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 Phoenix Coyotes
New York Rangers
Edmonton Oilers
New York Islanders
Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
Born January 3, 1978 (1978-01-03) (age 30),
Waterford, MI, USA
NHL Draft 136th overall, 1997
New York Rangers
Pro career 1999 – present

Mike York (born January 3, 1978 in Waterford, Michigan) is an American professional ice hockey center who currently plays for the Phoenix Coyotes.

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[edit] Playing career

He is versatile enough to play all three forward positions, although he has mostly played on both wings.

He was born in Waterford, Michigan and played his junior hockey for Detroit Compuware, where he scored 136 goals in 1993–94. He attended Lutheran High School Northwest in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and from there went to Ontario where he played for the MTHL's Thornhill Islanders. It was there that he led the league in scoring and was named rookie of the year. His play in Ontario drew the attention of Michigan State University where he spent four years as a member of the Spartans hockey team. He was a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist and NCAA All-American in 1998 and 1999 and CCHA Player of the Year in 1999.

He was drafted in the 6th round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. While playing for the Rangers, York was part of the "FLY" line, composed of himself, Theoren Fleury and Eric Lindros. He was named to the 1999–2000 NHL All-Rookie team, scoring 26 goals during his rookie season. York was a member of the silver medal winning Team USA in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

He was later dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for defenceman Tom Poti, who had become a target of fans for his perceived indifference. In Edmonton, York became an integral part of the team, playing on the top two lines and also on the penalty kill, where for a time he formed a formidable duo with Todd Marchant. In the 2004–05 season he played in Germany for the Iserlohn Roosters in the Deutsche Eishockey League. He was the second best scorer in the whole league. On August 3, 2005, York was traded from the Oilers to the New York Islanders with a conditional draft pick in exchange for Michael Peca. After a season and a half with the Islanders, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Randy Robitaille and a 5th round draft pick on December 20, 2006. He signed with the Phoenix Coyotes to a 1-year, $1 million contract in the off-season.

[edit] Awards

Played in the 2002 NHL All-Star Game.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1993–94 Detroit Compuware MNHL 85 136 140 276 - - - - - -
1994–95 Thornhill Islanders MTJHL 49 39 54 93 - - - - - -
1995–96 Michigan State NCAA 39 12 27 39 20 - - - - -
1996–97 Michigan State NCAA 37 18 29 47 42 - - - - -
1997–98 Michigan State NCAA 40 27 34 61 38 - - - - -
1998–99 Michigan State NCAA 42 22 32 54 41 - - - - -
1998–99 Hartford AHL 3 2 2 4 0 6 3 1 4 0
1999–2000 New York Rangers NHL 82 26 24 50 18 - - - - -
2000–01 New York Rangers NHL 79 14 17 31 20 - - - - -
2001–02 New York Rangers NHL 69 18 39 57 16 - - - - -
2001–02 Edmonton NHL 12 2 2 4 0 - - - - -
2002–03 Edmonton NHL 71 22 29 51 10 6 0 2 2 2
2003–04 Edmonton NHL 61 16 26 42 15 - - - - -
2004–05 Iserlohn DEL 52 16 46 62 77 - - - - -
2005–06 New York Islanders NHL 75 13 39 52 30 - - - - -
2006–07 New York Islanders NHL 32 6 7 13 14 - - - - -
2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 34 4 4 8 8 - - - - -
NHL totals 515 121 187 308 131 6 0 2 2 2

[edit] International play

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice Hockey
Silver 2002 Salt Lake City Ice Hockey

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