Joe Nieuwendyk
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (89 kg) |
| Pro Clubs | Florida Panthers Calgary Flames Dallas Stars New Jersey Devils Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | September 10, 1966, Oshawa, ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 27th overall, 1985 Calgary Flames |
| Pro Career | 1986 – 2006 |
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.
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 in history who has been awarded the Minto Cup MVP (1984) and the Conn Smythe Trophy (1999).
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[edit] 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.
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.
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.
on December 19, 1995, 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.
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.
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.
[edit] Awards
- ECAC's First All-Star Team - 1986, 1987
- All-American - 1986, 1987
- Calder Trophy - 1988
- NHL All-Rookie Team - 1988
- King Clancy Memorial Trophy - 1995
- Conn Smythe Trophy - 1999
- Played in 4 NHL All-Star Games - 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994
- Winter Olympics Gold Medal Hockey Men's - 2002
- Stanley Cup - 1989(Calgary Flames), 1999(Dallas Stars), 2003(New Jersey Devils)
[edit] 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
[edit] International play
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Ice Hockey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Ice Hockey | |
Played for Canada in:
- 1986-87 National Team
- 1986 World Junior Championships (silver medal)
- 1990 World Championships
- 1998 Winter Olympics
- 2002 Winter Olympics (gold medal)
[edit] 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.
[edit] See also
- List of NHL players
- List of NHL seasons
- Captain (hockey)
- List of NHL statistical leaders
- List of NHL players with 1000 points
- List of NHL players with 500 goals
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| Preceded by Rotating captains |
Calgary Flames captains 1991-95 |
Succeeded by Theoren Fleury |
| Preceded by Steve Yzerman |
Winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy 1999 |
Succeeded by Scott Stevens |
| Preceded by Adam Graves |
Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy 1995 |
Succeeded by Kris King |
| Preceded by Luc Robitaille |
Winner of the Calder Trophy 1988 |
Succeeded by Brian Leetch |
Categories: 1966 births | Calder Trophy winners | Calgary Flames draft picks | Calgary Flames players | Canadian ice hockey centres | Conn Smythe Trophy winners | Cornell Big Red ice hockey players | Dallas Stars players | Florida Panthers players | King Clancy Memorial Trophy winners | Living people | National Hockey League 50-goal seasons | New Jersey Devils players | Olympic competitors for Canada | Olympic gold medalists for Canada | People from Durham Region, Ontario | People from Oshawa | Stanley Cup champions | Toronto Maple Leafs players | Winter Olympics medalists
