Joe Nieuwendyk

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CanadaCanada  Joe Nieuwendyk Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2011
Joe Nieuwendyk
Date of birth September 10, 1966
place of birth Oshawa , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1985 , 2nd lap, 27th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
1984-1987 Cornell University
1987-1995 Calgary Flames
1995-2002 Dallas Stars
2002-2003 New Jersey Devils
2003-2005 Toronto Maple Leafs
2005-2006 Florida panthers

Joseph "Joe" Nieuwendyk (* 10. September 1966 in Oshawa , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and - functionary . The center played over 1200 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1987 and 2006 and recorded well over 1000 scorer points . He played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames , Dallas Stars , New Jersey Devils , Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers and won the Stanley Cup with Calgary ( 1989 ), Dallas ( 1999 ) and New Jersey ( 2003 ) , making him one of only eleven players who won the trophy with three teams. After he had already received the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie in the league in 1988, he was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs when the Dallas Stars won the title. At the international level, he represented the Canadian national team at the Winter Olympics in 1998 and 2002 and became Olympic champion with them in 2002. He has also been a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame since 2011 . After the end of his active career, Nieuwendyk acted as General Manager of the Dallas Stars from 2009 to 2013 .

Career as a player

Before his ice hockey career, Joe Nieuwendyk was a successful lacrosse player and played with Gary Roberts in the Whitby Warriors . In 1984 he was named Most Valuable Player in the Canadian Junior League.

Nieuwendyk attended Cornell University and played for their ice hockey team. In the 1985 NHL Entry Draft , he was voted 27th by the Calgary Flames in the second round. After the end of the university season he played for the Canadian national team and joined the Flames for nine games at the end of the 1986/87 season .

Since he had played less than 25 NHL games in 1986/87, only the 1987/88 season was counted as his rookie season. During this season he scored 51 goals, making him one of the few players who scored over 50 goals in their rookie season. It was almost natural that he would win the Calder Memorial Trophy for this . In the 1988/89 season he again scored 51 goals and helped with another ten goals in the playoffs to bring the Stanley Cup to Calgary for the first time . With 50 assists in the 1989/90 season , he achieved a new personal record with 95 points. In the mid-1990s, the Flames wanted to prepare for the future and separated from Nieuwendyk after nine years. For the rights to Jarome Iginla he was given to the Dallas Stars .

Initially, the stars were one of the league's weaker teams, and in its first season in Dallas, the team missed the playoffs. In addition, he never reached the 70-point mark in Dallas, which he had exceeded six times in Calgary. But in his role as a playmaker, he continued to have a very high value for the team. The stars upgraded with players like Brett Hull , Pat Verbeek and Ed Belfour and brought the Stanley Cup to Dallas for the first time in the 1998/99 season . Joe Nieuwendyk contributed eleven goals and ten assists in the playoffs and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the best player in the finals . At the 2002 trading deadline, the Stars handed Nieuwendyk over to the New Jersey Devils . Here he was able to win his third Stanley Cup with the third team in the 2002/03 season.

After this success he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs , where he also met his childhood friend and teammate from his time in Calgary, Gary Roberts. He played a decent season there. To strike 2004/05 Joe Nieuwendyk was a free agent . The salary cap regulation was the main reason that the Leafs Nieuwendyk and Roberts, who each earned 4.5 million US dollars, had to give up. Both moved to the Florida Panthers to play here on their third joint station. In the 2005/06 season they missed the playoffs there.

Already in the 2005/06 season Nieuwendyk had to struggle with severe back problems and had to pause a total of 17 games. Nevertheless, he started the 2006/07 season . Two weeks after the start of the season, he had to sit out for five games due to a knee injury. However, only five days after his return, his back problems returned. In November 2006 he failed several times, but kept coming back on the ice.

On December 6, 2006, Joe Nieuwendyk finally announced the end of his career after doctors told him that his chronic back problems would no longer get better. He had played his last game on November 28, 2006, when the Panthers lost 1-0 to the Montréal Canadiens in a shootout .

In 2011 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

After the active career

After the end of his playing career, Nieuwendyk was initially a consultant in the management of the Florida Panthers and then assistant to the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. On June 1, 2009, he was named general manager of the Dallas Stars. He held this position for four years until Jim Nill succeeded him in 2013. Subsequently, he worked for the Carolina Hurricanes as a scout and consultant from 2014 to 2018 .

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 Pickering Panthers OHA Jr.-B 38 30th 28 58 35 - - - - -
1984/85 Cornell University ECAC 29 21st 24 45 30th
1985/86 Cornell University ECAC 21st 21st 21st 42 45
1986/87 Cornell University ECAC 23 26th 26th 52 26th
1986/87 Hockey Canada International 5 2 0 2 0
1986/87 Calgary Flames NHL 9 5 1 6th 0 6th 2 2 4th 0
1987/88 Calgary Flames NHL 75 51 41 92 23 8th 3 4th 7th 2
1988/89 Calgary Flames NHL 77 51 31 82 40 22nd 10 4th 14th 10
1989/90 Calgary Flames NHL 79 45 50 95 40 6th 4th 6th 10 4th
1990/91 Calgary Flames NHL 79 45 40 85 36 7th 4th 1 5 10
1991/92 Calgary Flames NHL 69 22nd 34 56 55 - - - - -
1992/93 Calgary Flames NHL 79 38 37 75 52 6th 3 6th 9 10
1993/94 Calgary Flames NHL 64 36 39 75 51 6th 2 2 4th 0
1994/95 Calgary Flames NHL 46 21st 29 50 33 5 4th 3 7th 0
1995/96 Dallas Stars NHL 52 14th 18th 32 41 - - - - -
1996/97 Dallas Stars NHL 66 30th 21st 51 32 7th 2 2 4th 6th
1997/98 Dallas Stars NHL 73 39 30th 69 30th 1 1 0 1 0
1998/99 Dallas Stars NHL 67 28 27 55 34 23 11 10 21st 19th
1999/00 Dallas Stars NHL 48 15th 19th 34 26th 23 7th 3 10 18th
2000/01 Dallas Stars NHL 69 29 23 52 30th 7th 4th 0 4th 4th
2001/02 Dallas Stars NHL 67 23 24 47 18th - - - - -
2001/02 New Jersey Devils NHL 14th 2 9 11 4th 5 0 1 1 0
2002/03 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 17th 28 45 56 17th 3 6th 9 4th
2003/04 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 22nd 28 50 26th 9 6th 0 6th 4th
2004/05 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Florida panthers NHL 65 26th 30th 56 46 - - - - -
2006/07 Florida panthers NHL 15th 5 3 8th 4th - - - - -
ECAC total 73 68 71 139 101
NHL overall 1257 564 562 1126 677 158 66 50 116 91

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1986 Canada June World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 5 7th 12 6th
1990 Canada WM 4th Place 1 0 0 0 0
1998 Canada Olympia 4th Place 6th 2 3 5 2
2002 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 1 1 2 0
Juniors overall 7th 5 7th 12 6th
Men overall 20th 8th 11 19th 8th

( 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 )

Achievements and Awards

International

Personal

Nieuwendyk is a nephew of Ed Kea and a cousin of Jeff Beukeboom , who both played in the NHL.

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personal data
SURNAME Nieuwendyk, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nieuwendyk, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Oshawa , Ontario , Canada