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Joseph Nieuwendyk (born September 10, 1966 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a former Canadian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He won the Stanley Cup three times and was considered to be one of the best face-off men in the NHL. He announced his retirement from professional hockey due to chronic back problems on December 6, 2006, effective immediately. He was hired by the Florida Panthers as a Special Consultant to the General Manager, on April 26, 2006. The position an ice hockey player plays can be divided into three basic categories: Forwards Centre Wingers Defenceman Goaltender ...
Centre or center in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. ...
A shot in ice hockey is an attempt by a player to score a goal by striking the puck with his stick in the direction of the net. ...
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Weight, in the context of human body weight measurements in the medical sciences and in sports is a measurement of mass, and is thus expressed in units of mass, such as kilograms (kg), or units of force such as pounds (lb). ...
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The U.S. National Prototype Kilogram, which currently serves as the primary standard for measuring mass in the U.S. It was assigned to the United States in 1889 and is periodically recertified and traceable to the primary international standard, The Kilogram, held at the Bureau International des Poids et...
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team who play in the Ft. ...
The Calgary Flames are a professional hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and play out of the Pengrowth Saddledome. ...
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. ...
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
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is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Oshawa (estimated 2004 population 150 000; metropolitan population 296 298) is a city on Lake Ontario located approximately 60 km east of downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked...
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The NHL Entry Draft is a collective meeting in which the franchises of the National Hockey League systematically select the rights to available amateur players who meet the eligibility requirements to play professional hockey in the NHL. // The first NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 5, 1963 at the...
The first draft outside of Montreal. ...
The Calgary Flames are a professional hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and play out of the Pengrowth Saddledome. ...
is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
Oshawa (estimated 2004 population 150 000; metropolitan population 296 298) is a city on Lake Ontario located approximately 60 km east of downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
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The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (French: ) is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team who play in the Ft. ...
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Prior to professional hockey Joe was an exceptional lacrosse player and won the Minto Cup MVP in 1984 with the Whitby Warriors. He is the only person who has been awarded the Minto Cup MVP and the Conn Smythe Trophy (1999). The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior mens lacrosse team of Canada. ...
Conn Smythe Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Conn Smythe Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the most valuable player during the National Hockey Leagues Stanley Cup playoffs. ...
Playing career
Prior to coming to the NHL in the 1986-87 season, Joe Nieuwendyk attended Cornell University and while there, he played for their hockey team for three seasons. In 1986 and 1987 he was named to the ECAC's First All-Star Team and was selected as an All-American. In 1987 Joe was also nominated as a Hobey Baker finalist, but the trophy was awarded to Tony Hrkac. As fate would have it the two of them would win a Stanley Cup together while playing on the 1998-99 Dallas Stars team. After university, he played for the Canadian National Team. “NHL†redirects here. ...
The 1986-87 NHL season was the 70th season of the National Hockey League. ...
Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. ...
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a College Athletic Conference comprising schools that compete in 35 mens and womens sports. ...
Canadian National Team or Team Canada can mean various things: Canadian national mens hockey team Canadian national womens hockey team Canada mens national soccer team Canadian national mens basketball team Canadian national baseball team Canadian Olympic team. ...
Joe Nieuwendyk's first season in the NHL was a short one. He only played 9 games. Because he played fewer than 25 games, his second season (1987-88) in the NHL was considered his rookie year. His rookie season saw him set a career high in goals with 51 and become one of only a handful of players to score more than 50 goals in their first NHL season. Mike Bossy (53), Wayne Gretzky (51), Teemu Selänne (76), and most recently, Alexander Ovechkin (52) have all scored more than 50 goals as first year NHLers. He won the Calder Trophy as best rookie and was also named to the NHL All-Rookie Team. The 1987-88 NHL season was the 71st season of the National Hockey League. ...
Michael Mike Bossy (born in Montreal, Quebec, on January 22, 1957) was an ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders during their four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s. ...
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born January 26, 1961) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently part-owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. ...
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Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin (Russian: ; born September 17, 1985 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. ...
The Calder Memorial Trophy, is a National Hockey League trophy, presented annually to the best rookie of the year as voted upon by the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the regular season. ...
The NHL All-Rookie Team is chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers Association from the best rookies in the National Hockey League at each position for the season just concluded based on their performance in that year. ...
Nieuwendyk played on five different teams in his career, and won Stanley Cups with three of them. The Calgary Flames drafted him in the second round (27th overall) in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and he played for Calgary from 1986-87 to 1994-95. While in Calgary, he won a Stanley Cup in 1989 and set career highs with 51 goals (twice), 50 assists, and 95 points. He served as team captain from 1991 to 1995. The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (French: ) is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...
The Calgary Flames are a professional hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and play out of the Pengrowth Saddledome. ...
The first draft outside of Montreal. ...
The 1994-95 NHL season was the 78th regular season of the National Hockey League. ...
The 1988-89 NHL season was the 72nd season of the National Hockey League. ...
The puck dents the top of the net for a goal as the goaltender fails to block the shot A goal in ice hockey provides a team with one point. ...
In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to the two previous players of the scoring team who touched or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, meaning that they were assisting in the goal. ...
Point in ice hockey has two meanings: When it is given to individual hockey players, it refers to either a goal or assist a player earns during a game. ...
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on December 19, 1995, after a protracted holdout, Joe was traded to the Dallas Stars (in exchange for prospect Jarome Iginla) where he won another Stanley Cup and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. During that run he would tie a then record six game-winning goals (previously set by Joe Sakic). He played in Dallas from 1995-96 to 2001-02. During the 2001-02 season, he was traded to the New Jersey Devils where he won his third Stanley Cup with his third different team. After playing just over a season in New Jersey (94 games), he signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 2003-04 NHL season. The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. ...
Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla, commonly known as Jarome Iginla, (born July 1, 1977 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames. ...
Conn Smythe Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Conn Smythe Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the most valuable player during the National Hockey Leagues Stanley Cup playoffs. ...
The 1995-96 NHL season was the 79th regular season of the National Hockey League. ...
The 2001-02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League. ...
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
The 2003-04 NHL season was the 87th regular season of the National Hockey League. ...
Due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout, he didn't play during the 2004-05 NHL season and he became an unrestricted free agent prior to the start of the 2005-06 NHL season. Mike Keenan, General manager of the Florida Panthers, signed both Joe Nieuwendyk and Gary Roberts to contracts worth $4.5 million each. The Leafs, under the new cap system, couldn't match that offer to keep Nieuwendyk and Roberts as the Leafs had only $9 million left to spend under the cap and still needed to sign at least 7 other players. Interestingly enough, this was the third time that these childhood friends, Roberts and Nieuwendyk, played on the same team at the same time. They started their career together in Calgary and played together in Toronto and then in Florida. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The 2004-05 NHL season would have been the 88th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ...
In North American professional sports, particularly baseball, football, and basketball, a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired, and the player is able to sign a contract with another team. ...
The modernized NHL shield logo was introduced for the 2005-06 season. ...
Michael Edward Keenan (born October 21, 1949 in Bowmanville, Ontario) is the former General Manager of the Florida Panthers. ...
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The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team who play in the Ft. ...
Gary Roberts (born May 23, 1966, in North York, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins. ...
On December 6, 2006, Nieuwendyk decided to retire from the game due to chronic back problems, ending a career that lasted 20 NHL seasons. He finished his career with 564 goals and 562 assists for a total of 1,126 points. At the time of his retirement, he was tied for 48th place in NHL history in points with Mike Bossy, who also was forced to retire due to back problems. Michael Mike Bossy (born in Montreal, Quebec, on January 22, 1957) was an ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders during their four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s. ...
Awards The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a College Athletic Conference comprising schools that compete in 35 mens and womens sports. ...
All-American, a Broadway musical with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams, opened in New York on March 19, 1962, and played 80 performances. ...
The Calder Memorial Trophy, is a National Hockey League trophy, presented annually to the best rookie of the year as voted upon by the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the regular season. ...
King Clancy Memorial Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The King Clancy Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and who has made a significant humanitarian contribution in his community. ...
Conn Smythe Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Conn Smythe Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the most valuable player during the National Hockey Leagues Stanley Cup playoffs. ...
A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ...
The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (French: ) is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...
Career statistics | | | Regular season | | Playoffs | | Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | | 1984-85 | Cornell University | NCAA | 29 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 1985-86 | Cornell University | NCAA | 21 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 45 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 1986-87 | Cornell University | NCAA | 23 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 1986-87 | Canada 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 | 31 | 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 | 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 | 1257 | 564 | 562 | 1126 | 677 | 158 | 66 | 50 | 116 | 91 | Stats as of December 6, 2006 Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...
The Canadian national mens hockey team is overseen by Hockey Canada. ...
The Calgary Flames are a professional hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and play out of the Pengrowth Saddledome. ...
“NHL†redirects here. ...
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. ...
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team who play in the Ft. ...
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team who play in the Ft. ...
December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
International play Played for Canada in: Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ...
The Ice Hockey World Junior Championships refer to ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for certain age groups. ...
The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ...
The mens gold medal game: Russia vs Czech Republic 1998 was the first year that featured women in ice hockey competition. ...
2002 Winter Olympic Games Ice hockey games were held at the E Center and Peaks Ice Arena in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah. ...
Lacrosse Nieuwendyk was also a lacrosse player. He won a Minto Cup and was the Minto Cup MVP in 1984 with the Whitby Warriors alongside long-time friend Gary Roberts. In his honor, the Ontario Lacrosse Association's Junior A League annually bestows the Joe Nieuwendyk Award to its most outstanding rookie. The Dive Shot. Lacrosse is a team sport that is played with ten players (mens field), six players (mens box), or twelve players (womens field), each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a hard rubber ball with the aim...
The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior mens lacrosse team of Canada. ...
Gary Roberts (born May 23, 1966, in North York, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins. ...
See also National Hockey League The list of National Hockey League (NHL) players is divided into the following lists: By specific groups Current players List of every NHL player List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame List of members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame List of NHL...
A list of National Hockey League seasons since inception of the league: 1917-18 | 1918-19 | 1919-20 | 1920-21 | 1921-22 | 1922-23 | 1923-24 | 1924-25 | 1925-26 | 1926-27 | 1927-28 | 1928-29 | 1929-30 | 1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36...
In ice hockey each team has a designated captain. ...
This is a list of NHL Statistical leaders. ...
The following is a list of ice hockey players who have scored 1000 points in the National Hockey League. ...
In ice hockey, scoring 500 regular-season goals is considered a highly significant achievement for National Hockey League players. ...
References
External Links - Picture of Joe Nieuwendyk's Name on the 2003 Stanley Cup Plaque
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