Glen Wesley

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Glen Wesley
Date of birth 2nd October 1968
place of birth Red Deer , Alberta , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 94 kg
position defender
number # 2
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 1st round, 3rd position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
1983-1984 Red Deer Rustlers
1984-1987 Portland Winter Hawks
1987-1994 Boston Bruins
1994-1997 Hartford Whalers
1997-2003 Carolina Hurricanes
2003 Toronto Maple Leafs
2003-2008 Carolina Hurricanes

Glen Edwin Wesley (born October 2, 1968 in Red Deer , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current professional who played 1626 games for the Boston Bruins , Hartford Whalers , Carolina Hurricanes and, among others, in the course of his active career between 1984 and 2008 Toronto Maple Leafs has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Wesley, who had already been selected in third overall position in the NHL Entry Draft in 1987, celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Carolina Hurricanes by winning the Stanley Cup in 2006 . The Hurricanes banned his jersey number 2 in 2009 and haven't given it to any other player since then.

Career

Wesley at the celebrations after winning the 2006 Stanley Cup

Wesley began his career with the Portland Winter Hawks in the Western Hockey League . In the 1987 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected after strong performance in the junior league by the Boston Bruins in the first round as third overall.

In the 1987/88 season he immediately made the breakthrough in the NHL. With 37 points he was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team and he reached the final series of the Stanley Cup with the Bruins . There, however, the team was subject to the Edmonton Oilers . Two years later they faced the Oilers again in the finals and lost again. He developed into one of the NHL's most solid defenders. After seven seasons with the Bruins, he moved to the Hartford Whalers in the summer of 1994 . The Bruins received three first-round draft picks with which they selected Kyle McLaren in 1995 , Johnathan Aitken in 1996 and Sergei Samsonow in 1997 .

In Hartford, too, he quickly became the backbone of the defensive. For the 1997/98 season he moved with the team to Carolina. At the Carolina Hurricanes he was one of the pillars and reached the Stanley Cup final with the team at the end of the 2001/02 season . For the third time in his career he lost in the final series, this time against the Detroit Red Wings . When his contract expired the following season, he was given to the Toronto Maple Leafs . He played only seven games for the Leafs in the regular season and five more in the playoffs. In the summer he signed again as a free agent with the Hurricanes. He was also there when the team finally won the Stanley Cup in the 2005/06 season . At the end of the 2007/08 season , he ended his 20-year NHL career at the age of 39 and took over a position in the executive suite of the Carolina Hurricanes the following season.

The Hurricanes, the player's shirt number 2 in 2009 imprisoned and has since given to no other player more, Wesley worked until the summer of 2018, before the coaching staff of the St. Louis Blues changed.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1986 Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy
  • 1986 WHL West First All-Star Team
  • 1987 Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy
  • 1987 WHL West First All-Star Team

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 57 9 20th 29 40 - - - - -
1983/84 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 3 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
1984/85 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 67 16 52 68 76 6th 1 6th 7th 8th
1985/86 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 69 16 75 91 96 15th 3 11 14th 29
1986/87 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 63 16 46 62 72 20th 8th 18th 26th 27
1987/88 Boston Bruins NHL 79 7th 30th 37 69 23 6th 8th 14th 22nd
1988/89 Boston Bruins NHL 77 19th 35 54 61 10 0 2 2 4th
1989/90 Boston Bruins NHL 78 9 27 36 48 21st 2 6th 8th 36
1990/91 Boston Bruins NHL 80 11 32 43 78 19th 2 9 11 19th
1991/92 Boston Bruins NHL 78 9 37 46 54 15th 2 4th 6th 16
1992/93 Boston Bruins NHL 64 8th 25th 33 47 4th 0 0 0 0
1993/94 Boston Bruins NHL 81 14th 44 58 64 13 3 3 6th 12
1994/95 Hartford Whalers NHL 48 2 14th 16 50 - - - - -
1995/96 Hartford Whalers NHL 68 8th 16 24 88 - - - - -
1996/97 Hartford Whalers NHL 68 6th 26th 32 40 - - - - -
1997/98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 6th 19th 25th 36 - - - - -
1998/99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 74 7th 17th 24 44 6th 0 0 0 2
1999/00 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 78 7th 15th 22nd 38 - - - - -
2000/01 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 71 5 16 21st 42 6th 0 0 0 0
2001/02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 77 5 13 18th 56 22nd 0 2 2 12
2002/03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 63 1 7th 8th 40 - - - - -
2002/03 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7th 0 3 3 4th 5 0 1 1 2
2003/04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 74 0 6th 6th 32 - - - - -
2004/05 Carolina Hurricanes NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 64 2 8th 10 46 25th 0 2 2 16
2006/07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 68 1 12 13 56 - - - - -
2007/08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 78 1 7th 8th 52 - - - - -
WHL overall 206 49 177 226 248 41 12 35 47 64
NHL overall 1457 128 409 537 1045 169 15th 37 52 141

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1987 Canada June World Cup disqualification 6th 2 1 3 4th
Juniors overall 6th 2 1 3 4th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Wesley, Glen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wesley, Glen Edwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd October 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Red Deer , Alberta