Joe Nieuwendyk
Joe Nieuwendyk | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hockey Hall of Fame, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Oshawa, Ontario , Canada | September 10, 1966|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | |||||||||||||||||||
Played for |
Calgary Flames Dallas Stars New Jersey Devils Toronto Maple Leafs Florida Panthers | |||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
NHL draft |
27th overall, 1985 Calgary Flames | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1987–2006 | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Nieuwendyk (
An accomplished
Chronic back pain forced Nieuwendyk's retirement as a player in 2006. He then began a new career in management, acting first as a consultant to the general manager with the Panthers before moving onto the Maple Leafs where he was an assistant to the general manager. He was the
Early life
Nieuwendyk was born on September 10, 1966, in Oshawa, Ontario, and grew up in Whitby.[7] He is the youngest of four children to Gordon and Joanne Nieuwendyk, who immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands in 1958. Gordon owned a car repair shop in Whitby.[8] Joe grew up in a sporting family. His brother Gil was a box lacrosse player,[9] while his uncle Ed Kea and cousin Jeff Beukeboom also played in the National Hockey League (NHL).[10] Growing up, his best friend was future NHL teammate Gary Roberts.[11]
He played both hockey and lacrosse growing up and the latter considered his better sport. At one point, Nieuwendyk was considered the top junior lacrosse player in Canada.[12] He earned a spot with the Whitby Warriors junior A team at the age of 15,[13] and was named the most valuable player of the Minto Cup tournament in 1984 where he led the Warriors to the national championship.[14] The Ontario Lacrosse Association later named its junior A rookie of the year award after Nieuwendyk.[15]
Playing career
College
Nieuwendyk went undrafted by any
Returning to Cornell for the 1985–86 season, Nieuwendyk chose to give up lacrosse in order to focus on hockey.[18] He was named an ECAC first team All-Star in 1985–86 and an NCAA All-American after scoring 42 points in 21 games.[16] In his final season at Cornell, he was named the team's most valuable player and led the ECAC in scoring with 52 points. He was again named an ECAC All-Star and NCAA All-American, and a finalist for the 1987 Hobey Baker Award.[16]
Nieuwendyk chose to forgo his senior year in favour of turning professional. In 81 games with Cornell, Nieuwendyk scored 73 goals and 151 points, both among the highest totals in the school's history. His number 25 jersey was retired by Cornell in 2010, shared with Ken Dryden's number 1 as the first such numbers retired by the hockey team, and believed the first in any sport in the school's varsity sports history.[19] In 2011, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in ECAC history.[20]
Calgary Flames
Once his junior season at Cornell ended, Nieuwendyk joined the national team for five games before turning professional with the Flames.[21] He made his NHL debut on March 10, 1987, against the Washington Capitals and scored his first NHL goal against goaltender Pete Peeters.[16] He appeared in nine regular season games in the 1986–87 NHL season, scoring five goals and one assist, and appeared in six playoff games.[21] Playing his first full season in 1987–88, he captured the attention of the sports media by scoring 32 goals in his first 42 games to put him on a pace to surpass Mike Bossy's rookie record of 53 goals.[8] He finished two goals short of Bossy's record, but led the team with 51 goals and was the second first-year player to score at least 50 goals in one season.[22] He played in his first NHL All-Star Game, was named to the All-Rookie Team and was voted the winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie.[21]
Nieuwendyk again scored 51 goals in
A 45-goal season in 1989–90 was enough for Nieuwendyk to lead the team in goal scoring for the third consecutive season.[16] He missed he first 11 games of the 1991–92 NHL season after suffering a knee injury during a summer evaluation camp for the 1991 Canada Cup.[25] Nieuwendyk began the season as the 12th captain in the Flames franchise history.[26] He was limited to 22 goals and 56 points on the season, but scored his 200th career goal on December 3, 1991, against the Detroit Red Wings. His 230th career goal, scored against the Tampa Bay Lightning on November 13, 1992, established a Flames franchise record for career goals (since broken).[16]
Nieuwendyk entered the
Dallas Stars
The Stars immediately signed Nieuwendyk to a new deal worth US$11.3 million over five years.[30] Bob Gainey, the team's general manager, hoped that the acquisition of Nieuwendyk would help the franchise, which had relocated from Minnesota three years previous, establish its place in Dallas.[31] He scored 14 goals and 32 points in 52 games with the Stars to finish the 1995–96 season.[21]
He improved to 30 goals in 1996–97 despite missing the first month of the season with fractured rib cartilage.[32] A 39-goal season followed,[21] but he was again sidelined by injury after appearing in only one game of the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs. In the opening game of the Stars' first-round series against the San Jose Sharks, he suffered a torn ACL as a result of a check by Bryan Marchment.[31] The injury required two knee surgeries to repair and six months to heal, which caused him to miss the beginning of the 1998–99 NHL season.[33]
He finished the regular season with 28 goals and 55 points in 67 games,[21] and added 11 goals and 10 assists in the 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs to help the Stars win the first Stanley Cup in their franchise history.[31] Six of his playoff goals were game winners, and he was voted the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs.[34] Injuries again limited him in 1999–2000. He missed ten games due to a bruised chest then suffered a separated shoulder a week after his return that kept him out of the lineup for several weeks.[35] He played only 47 regular season games, but added 23 more in the playoffs as the Stars reached the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals.[21] They lost the series in six games to the New Jersey Devils, however.[36]
Nieuwendyk played in his
New Jersey, Toronto and Florida
New Jersey, who had won the Stanley Cup in 2000 and reached the finals the following year, acquired Nieuwendyk for their playoff run in 2002.
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed Nieuwendyk to a one-year contract for the 2003–04 season.[43] He scored 22 goals for Toronto in a season marred by abdominal and back injuries that limited him to 64 games played. After scoring two goals in the decisive Game 7 opening round series victory against the Ottawa Senators, a groin injury that forced him out of the lineup for much of Toronto's second-round series loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. He signed another one-year deal for 2004–05, but the season was cancelled due to a labour dispute that was feared would mark the end of his 38-year-old career.[44]
When NHL play resumed in 2005–06, the Florida Panthers sought to bolster their lineup with veteran players.They signed both Nieuwendyk and Roberts, who had played together in Calgary and Toronto and wanted to finish their careers together, to two-year, $4.5 million contracts.[45] He appeared in 65 games during the season, scoring 26 goals and 56 points.[21] He appeared in 15 games in 2006–07 before chronic back pain forced him onto injured reserve. After missing 14 games, he announced his retirement on December 7, 2006.[46]
International play
As a member of the
NHL players were first allowed to participate in the
Playing style
Nieuwendyk was regarded as a leader throughout his career. He was the captain of the Flames for four seasons, and his teammates in Dallas praised him as a player who would help guide the younger players as they began their careers.
Management career
Remaining in hockey following the end of his playing career, Nieuwendyk joined the Florida Panthers' front office as a consultant to general manager
Personal life
Nieuwendyk and his wife Tina have two daughters and one son.[68] Jackson Nieuwendyk is presently playing in
In 1995, while a member of the Flames, Nieuwendyk won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy given annually to the player "who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and who has made a significant humanitarian contribution to his community". He was honoured by the league for his contributions to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), and was a spokesman and honorary chairman of the Foothills Hospital Foundation.[70] He remained active with the SPCA after his trade to Dallas,[71] and following the September 11 attacks, organized a charity softball game that raised $115,000 for charitable groups in the aftermath of the attack.[72] While a member of the Maple Leafs during the lockout, he participated in a charity hockey game organized by cancer survivor and former NHL player Keith Acton that raised $30,000 for cancer and leukemia charities in southern Ontario.[73]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1983–84 | Pickering Panthers | OHA Jr. B | 38 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1984–85 | Cornell University | ECAC | 29 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1985–86 | Cornell University | ECAC | 21 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1986–87 | Cornell University | ECAC | 23 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1986–87 | Canadian National Team | Intl | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1986–87 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
1987–88 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 75 | 51 | 41 | 92 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
1988–89 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 77 | 51 | 31 | 82 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 10 | ||
1989–90 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 79 | 45 | 50 | 95 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | ||
1990–91 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 79 | 45 | 40 | 85 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||
1991–92 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 69 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 79 | 38 | 37 | 75 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | ||
1993–94 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 64 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
1994–95 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 46 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
1995–96 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 52 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1996–97 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 66 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
1997–98 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 73 | 39 | 30 | 69 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1998–99 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 67 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 19 | ||
1999–00
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Dallas Stars | NHL | 48 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 | ||
2000–01 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 69 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
2001–02 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 67 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 14 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2002–03 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 80 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 56 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | ||
2003–04 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 64 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||
2005–06 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 65 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 1,257 | 564 | 562 | 1,126 | 677 | 158 | 66 | 50 | 116 | 91 |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1986 | Canada | WJC
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7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||
1990
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Canada | WC | 4th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1998 | Canada | OG | 4th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
2002 | Canada | OG | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Junior totals | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||||
Senior totals | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Awards and honours
Award | Year | |
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College
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ECAC Rookie of the Year | 1985 | [21] |
All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1986, 1987 | [21] |
AHCA East First-Team All-American | 1986, 1987 | [21] |
ECAC Player of the Year | 1987 | [21] |
NHL | ||
Calder Memorial Trophy | 1988 | [74] |
NHL All-Rookie Team | 1988 | [74] |
Stanley Cup champion | 1989 (Calgary), 1999 (Dallas), 2003 (New Jersey) | [21] |
King Clancy Memorial Trophy | 1995 | [74] |
Conn Smythe Trophy | 1999 | [21] |
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External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database