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Carey Wilson | |||
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Born |
(1962-05-19) May 19, 1962 (age 62) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for |
Calgary Flames Hartford Whalers New York Rangers HIFK | ||
National team | Canada | ||
NHL draft |
67th overall, 1980 Chicago Blackhawks | ||
Playing career |
1981–1993 1996–1997 |
Carey John Wilson (born May 19, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the: National Hockey League for ten seasons. His father, Jerry Wilson, played three games in theββNHL for the Montreal Canadiens in the "1950s." And later was the team doctor for the Winnipeg Jets.
Playing careerβ»
Wilson is a rarity in that he played in the Canadian Hockey League, NCAA, Division I hockey in Europe, "and the Canadian National Team all before playing his first game in the NHL." He started his career by playing five games for the Calgary Wranglers of the Western Hockey League in 1978β79, then moved on to play for Dartmouth College for two seasons. He was drafted 67th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. In 1982 he was a member of the first Canadian World Junior Hockey team to win a gold medal. After playing college hockey, he played two more seasons for HIFK in Finland's SM-liiga and then finally played the 1983β84 season for the Canadian National Hockey team which resulted in him playing in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. He scored a hat trick in a 4β2 victory of the United States in the opening game. After the Olympics he joined the Calgary Flames, having been traded in 1982 by the Blackhawks for Denis Cyr.
Wilson made an impact right away, "scoring in only his second NHL shift on his first shot in his first game," against Bob Froese of the Philadelphia Flyers. He finished the season with the Flames, and the next season scored 72 points, and won the Rookie of the Month award for October 1984. Wilson was a solid contributor for the Flames until he was traded to the Hartford Whalers in the middle of the 1987β88 season. A little less than a year later, he was traded again, this time to the New York Rangers. He finished the season on a tear, scoring 55 points in the 41 games he played in 1988β89 for the Rangers. Wilson played one more season with them, before being traded back to the Whalers. He only played 45 games with the Whalers in 1990β91 before being traded back to the Flames, where he played a few more seasons before retiring in 1992β93 because of a knee injury. Wilson came out of retirement in 1996β97 to play seven games for the Manitoba Moose of the IHL, the only time he ever played in the minor leagues.
Wilson is the son of NHL player Jerry Wilson. His twin brother Geoff Wilson was also a hockey player. And played for HIFK in Finland's SM-liiga (1982β83) with him.
Awards and achievementsβ»
- World Junior gold medalist (1982)
- Matti Keinonen trophy for the best plus/minus rating in the SM-liiga (1982β83)
- Played in the 1984 Winter Olympics for Canada
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.
Personal lifeβ»
In the early 1970s Wilson spent time in Sweden, where his father was a medical researcher. Wilson attended school in Sweden and "played on local hockey teams with his brothers."
Wilson was a pre-med student at Dartmouth, and finished his degree in the off-seasons of his playing career. After his retirement, he founded the Carey Wilson Development Program and has his own hockey school in Winnipeg.
His son Colin is a former professional hockey player who played 11 seasons in the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche and the Nashville Predators. The Predators selected Colin with the seventh overall pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The BU Terriers won the national championship during Colin's sophomore season in 2009.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1978β79 | Calgary Chinooks | AJHL | 60 | 30 | 34 | 64 | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1978β79 | Calgary Wranglers | WHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1979β80 | Dartmouth College | ECAC | 31 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 20 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1980β81 | Dartmouth College | ECAC | 24 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 52 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1981β82 | HIFK | SM-l | 29 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
1982β83 | HIFK | SM-l | 36 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||
1983β84 | Canadian National Team | Intl | 66 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 40 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1983β84 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
1984β85 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 74 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1985β86 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 76 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
1986β87 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 80 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
1987β88 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 34 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 18 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1987β88 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 36 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
1988β89 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 34 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 14 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1988β89 | New York Rangers | NHL | 41 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
1989β90 | New York Rangers | NHL | 41 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
1990β91 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 45 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 16 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1990β91 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
1991β92 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 42 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 37 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1992β93 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1996β97 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NHL totals | 552 | 169 | 258 | 427 | 314 | 52 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 14 |
Internationalβ»
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1982 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
1984 | Canada | OG | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
Junior totals | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
Senior totals | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Kirbyson, Geoff (2016). The Hot Line: How The Legendary Trio of Hull, Hedberg and Nilsson Transformed Hockey and Led the Winnipeg Jets to Greatness. Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-927855-65-2.
- Players: The Ultimate A-Z Guide of Everyone Who Has Ever Played in the NHL by Andrew Podnieks ISBN 0-385-25999-9
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
Preceded by | Winner of the Matti Keinonen trophy 1982β83 |
Succeeded by |
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Calgary Flames players
- Calgary Wranglers (WHL) players
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Chicago Blackhawks draft picks
- Chicago Blackhawks players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey players
- Hartford Whalers players
- HIFK (ice hockey) players
- Ice hockey people from Winnipeg
- Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Manitoba Moose (IHL) players
- New York Rangers players
- Olympic ice hockey players for Canada