Jay Wells

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CanadaCanada  Jay Wells Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 18, 1959
place of birth Paris , Ontario , Canada
Nickname The hammer
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
number # 24
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1979 , 1st round, 16th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1976-1979 Kingston Canadians
1979-1988 Los Angeles Kings
1988-1990 Philadelphia Flyers
1990-1992 Buffalo Sabers
1992-1995 New York Rangers
1995-1996 St. Louis Blues
1996-1997 Tampa Bay Lightning

Gordon Jay Wells (born May 18, 1959 in Paris , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach. In his 18-season career, he played for the Los Angeles Kings , Philadelphia Flyers , Buffalo Sabers , New York Rangers , St. Louis Blues and the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . In 1994 he won the Stanley Cup with the Rangers . Most recently he was assistant coach for the American Hockey League club Manitoba Moose .

Career

Jay Wells was born in the small ontarian town of Paris . In his youth he played for the Kingston Canadians in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League . In the Canadiens, the player completed a total of three seasons. At the end of his third and final junior season, Wells was inducted into the OMJHL's First All-Star team. In the 1979 NHL Entry Draft , the Canadian was selected in the first round in a total of 16th position by the Los Angeles Kings .

Wells began the 1979/80 NHL season with Los Angeles' farm team , the Binghamton Dusters , in the American Hockey League . In Binghamton, the defender completed 28 games and was then part of the Kings' regular squad. Jay Wells spent a total of nine seasons with the Kings, he was particularly noticeable for his body-hugging game; so he received 226 penalty minutes in 79 completed games in the 1985/86 season . In each of his nine seasons in Los Angeles, the player achieved penalty minutes in the three-digit range.

On September 29, 1989, shortly before the start of the 1988/89 season , Jay Wells was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers . Los Angeles received the player Doug Crossman in return . In Philadelphia, he maintained his tough pace and reached in 133 games for the Flyers 313 penalty minutes before he was transferred again on March 5, 1990: The player was together with a four-round draft pick for the 1991 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Kevin Maguire as well as a second round draft pick for the 1990 NHL Entry Draft sent to the Buffalo Sabers . Almost two years later, on March 9, 1992, the Sabers transferred him to the New York Rangers in exchange for Randy Moller .

The player stayed in New York until the end of the 1994/95 season . In the previous season he won the Stanley Cup with the Rangers after the Vancouver Canucks were defeated in the final . On July 31, 1995, Wells was sent to the St. Louis Blues , the New York Rangers received Doug Lidster in return . After a season with the Blues, the defender signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning before the start of the 1996/97 season , for which he played 21 games to end his career following this season.

After his active career, he initially worked for one season as assistant coach of the American Hockey League team Portland Pirates , and from 1998 to 2001 as assistant coach at the Hershey Bears . After a break, he worked again as an assistant coach in 2008/09 , this time at the AHL club Manitoba Moose .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
1976-77 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 59 4th 7th 11 90 14th 1 1 2 20th
1977-78 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 68 9 13 22nd 195 5 1 2 3 6th
1978-79 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 48 6th 21st 27 100 11 2 7th 9 29
1979-80 Binghamton Dusters AHL 28 0 6th 6th 48 - - - - -
1979-80 Los Angeles Kings NHL 43 0 0 0 113 4th 0 0 0 11
1980-81 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 5 13 18th 155 4th 0 0 0 27
1981-82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 60 1 8th 9 145 10 1 3 4th 41
1982-83 Los Angeles Kings NHL 69 3 12 15th 167 - - - - -
1983-84 Los Angeles Kings NHL 69 3 18th 21st 141 - - - - -
1984-85 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 2 9 11 185 3 0 1 1 0
1985-86 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 11 31 42 226 - - - - -
1986-87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 7th 29 36 155 5 1 2 3 10
1987-88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 2 23 25th 159 5 1 2 3 21st
1988-89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 67 2 19th 21st 184 18th 0 2 2 51
1989-90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 59 3 16 19th 129 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabers NHL 1 0 1 1 0 6th 0 0 0 12
1990-91 Buffalo Sabers NHL 43 1 2 3 86 1 0 1 1 0
1991-92 Buffalo Sabers NHL 41 2 9 11 157 - - - - -
New York Rangers NHL 11 0 0 0 24 13 0 2 2 10
1992-93 New York Rangers NHL 53 1 9 10 107 - - - - -
1993-94 New York Rangers NHL 79 2 7th 9 110 23 0 0 0 20th
1994-95 New York Rangers NHL 43 2 7th 9 36 10 0 0 0 8th
1995-96 St. Louis Blues NHL 76 0 3 3 67 12 0 1 1 2
1996-97 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 21st 0 0 0 13 - - - - -
OMJHL overall 175 19th 41 60 285 30th 4th 10 14th 55
NHL overall 1098 47 216 263 2359 113 3 14th 17th 213

( 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. ↑ a b c d nhl.com, Jay Wells - Notes. Retrieved June 4, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Wells, Jay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wells, Gordon Jay (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , Ontario