Charlie Huddy

Charlie Huddy
Date of birth	June 2, 1959
place of birth	Oshawa , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1976-1977	Markham Waxers
1977-1979	Oshawa Generals
1979-1980	Houston Apollos
1980-1981	Wichita wind
1981-1991	Edmonton Oilers
1991-1995	Los Angeles Kings
1995-1996	Buffalo Sabers
1996	St. Louis Blues
1996-1997	Rochester Americans
1997-1998	Huntington Blizzard

Charles William "Charlie" Huddy (* 2. June 1959 in Oshawa , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and current - trainer , who from 1980 to 1996 for the Edmonton Oilers , Los Angeles Kings , Buffalo Sabers and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League played. Since July 2011 he has been assistant coach of the Winnipeg Jets from the National Hockey League.

Career

Huddy played during his junior years with the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League . After no team had considered him in the draft , the Edmonton Oilers signed him from the National Hockey League in 1979 as a free agent . He initially played with the Houston Apollos in the Central Hockey League .

From the 1980/81 season he was used in the NHL with the Oilers. In the first few years he commuted between NHL and CHL, where he now played for Wichita Wind . From the 1982/83 season he had made the final breakthrough. During this season he reached the finals of the Stanley Cup for the first time with the Oilers, where numerous young stars such as Wayne Gretzky , Paul Coffey , Mark Messier and Grant Fuhr played . They were still subject to the New York Islanders . After playing for Canada at the Canada Cup in 1984 , the first two Stanley Cups followed. Three more were to follow by 1990. Especially in the 1984/85 season , he was able to contribute 17 templates in the finals.

In the 1991 NHL Expansion Draft , he was selected by the Minnesota North Stars . But only a few days later they passed it on to the Los Angeles Kings . Huddy switched among other things together with a draft pick, for which the Kings later brought Alexei Schitnik . In return, Todd Elik came to Minnesota. In LA Wayne Gretzky gathered numerous former companions from Edmonton around him. But you couldn't win the hoped-for Stanley Cup. In 1993 the Montreal Canadiens stood in the way of the final.

In February 1995 it was given to the Buffalo Sabers as part of a major swap . Together with three other games, including Alexei Schitnik again, it was given to Philippe Boucher and Grant Fuhr, among others . A year later, his journey to the St. Louis Blues continued. He returned to Buffalo at the end of the season and played another game for the Sabers. Mostly he was used in the American Hockey League with the Rochester Americans .

After his active career, he took over the coaching position with the Huntington Blizzard in the East Coast Hockey League . From 1998 he was assistant coach with the New York Rangers . After two seasons there, he returned to the Edmonton Oilers in 2000. Until 2009 he was active there as the assistant coach of Craig MacTavish . For the 2009/10 season Huddy was hired by the Dallas Stars as an assistant coach and worked in this position until June 2011. On July 15, 2011, he was hired by the Winnipeg Jets as an assistant coach.

Achievements and Awards

1983 NHL Plus / Minus Award 1984 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers 1985 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers

1987 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers 1988 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers 1990 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers

International

• 1984 gold medal at the Canada Cup

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	18th	1,017	99	354	453	785
Playoffs	14th	183	19th	66	85	134

Web links

• Charlie Huddy at hockeydb.com (English)
• Charlie Huddy at legendsofhockey.net (English)