Behn Wilson

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Behn Wilson
Date of birth December 19, 1958
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 190 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 1st round, 6th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1975-1977 Ottawa 67's
1977 Windsor Spitfires
1977-1988 Kingston Canadians
1978-1983 Philadelphia Flyers
1983-1988 Chicago Black Hawks
1988-1989 Vancouver Canucks

Behn Bevan Wilson (born December 19, 1958 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 668 games for the Philadelphia Flyers and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League in the course of his playing career between 1975 and 1988 of the defense attorney has denied. His younger brother Bart was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Wilson spent 1975 to 1978 a very moving junior career that this period a total of three it franchises of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League saw play. Initially the defender was in the 1975/76 season and the beginning of the following for the Ottawa 67’s . During the season 1976/77 he moved within the league to the Windsor Spitfires . Later in the year he also made his professional debut when he played 13 games for the Kalamazoo Wings in the International Hockey League . The 1977/78 season Wilson finally denied again in the OMJHL, where he was used for the Kingston Canadians . After the season, the defender was selected after he had scored 78 scorer points in 52 games , in the NHL Amateur Draft 1978 in sixth overall position by the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League .

At the beginning of the 1978/79 season , the robust offensive defender immediately received a place in the squad with the Philadelphia Flyers and completed 80 games in his rookie season . In the following years, Wilson remained an integral part of Philadelphia's squad, even if he was repeatedly criticized for his sometimes unfocused game. In addition, he developed into a reputable pugilist. Overall, the Canadian wore the Flyers jersey for five seasons and had his best season in the 1980/81 game year , when he scored 63 points in 77 games and was invited to the 1981 NHL All-Star Game . The year before he had reached the final series of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1980 with the Flyers .

In June 1984 Wilson was given in exchange for Doug Crossman and a second-round vote in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft to the Chicago Black Hawks . There Wilson continued his NHL career successfully in the following three years. Due to a back injury sustained in April 1986 in a playoff game against the Toronto Maple Leafs , the defensive player missed the entire 1986/87 season . Only for the following season did the Canadian return to the league and play 58 games. In October 1987, Wilson left the Blackhawks as he was selected in the NHL Waiver Draft by the Vancouver Canucks . For the Canucks, however, he did not complete a single game in the 1988/89 season because his back injury broke out again. In the summer of 1989 he ended his active career at the age of 30.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1975/76 Ottawa 67's OMJHL 63 5 16 21st 131 12 3 2 5 46
1976/77 Ottawa 67's OMJHL 31 8th 29 37 115 - - - - -
1976/77 Windsor Spitfires OMJHL 17th 4th 16 20th 38 - - - - -
1976/77 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 13 2 7th 9 40 - - - - -
1977/78 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 52 18th 58 76 186 2 1 3 4th 21st
1978/79 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 13 36 49 197 5 1 0 1 8th
1979/80 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 61 9 25th 34 212 19th 4th 9 13 66
1980/81 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 16 47 63 237 12 2 10 12 36
1981/82 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 59 13 23 36 135 4th 1 4th 5 10
1982/83 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 62 8th 24 32 92 3 0 1 1 2
1983/84 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 59 10 22nd 32 143 4th 0 0 0 0
1984/85 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 76 10 23 33 185 15th 4th 5 9 60
1985/86 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 69 13 37 50 113 2 0 0 0 2
1986/87 Chicago Blackhawks NHL not played because of back injury
1987/88 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 58 6th 23 29 166 3 0 0 0 0
1988/89 Vancouver Canucks NHL not played because of back injury
OMJHL overall 163 35 119 154 470 14th 4th 5 9 67
NHL overall 601 98 260 358 1480 67 12 29 41 190

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joe Pelletier: Chicago Blackhawks Legends: Behn Wilson. greatesthockeylegends.com, January 2009, accessed December 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Behn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Behn Bevan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario