Ken Linseman

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Ken Linseman
Date of birth August 11, 1958
place of birth Kingston , Ontario , Canada
Nickname The Council
size 180 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
number # 13
Shot hand Left
Draft
WHA Amateur Draft 1977 , 10th lap, 83rd position
Birmingham Bulls
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 1st round, 7th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1974-1977 Kingston Canadians
1977-1988 Birmingham Bulls
1978-1982 Philadelphia Flyers
1982-1984 Edmonton Oilers
1984-1990 Boston Bruins
1990 Philadelphia Flyers
1990-1991 Edmonton Oilers
1991 Toronto Maple Leafs
1991-1992 Asiago Hockey

Kenneth S. "Ken" Linseman (born August 11, 1958 in Kingston , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 1049 games for the Philadelphia Flyers , Edmonton Oilers , Boston Bruins and Toronto between 1974 and 1992 Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League and the Birmingham Bulls in the World Hockey Association on the left winger position . Linseman celebrated his greatest success with winning the Stanley Cup in 1984 .

Career

Ken Linseman played in his youth for three seasons for the Kingston Canadians in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League before he was selected in the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft in the tenth round at a total of 83rd position by the Birmingham Bulls . After a season with the Bulls, he was selected in the first round of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft in seventh position by the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League , for which he was selected after a few appearances for their farm team , the Maine Mariners , in the American Hockey League first ran. In the NHL, he quickly earned the reputation of a plague and was nicknamed "The Rat" due to his style of play and his appearance on the ice .

After a total of four seasons, the versatile striker was transferred to the Hartford Whalers at the beginning of the 1982/83 season together with Greg Adams , a first- and a third-round draft pick for the NHL Entry Draft in 1983 , the Flyers received Mark Howe and also in return a third-round draft pick for the same draft. On the same day Linseman was sent together with Dan Nachbaur from the Whalers to the Edmonton Oilers , Hartford received for the two players Risto Siltanen and Brent Loney . For the Oilers he played together with Glenn Anderson and Mark Messier in a row and ended the season by winning the Stanley Cup . Linseman scored the decisive goal to win the championship. At the end of the successful second season in Alberta , the Canadian was transferred to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Mike Krushelnyski .

After more than five years with the Bruins, his game began to lose some pressure and he was transferred again in the middle of the 1989/90 season . This time to the Philadelphia Flyers, where he once started his NHL career. The Boston Bruins received Dave Poulin in return . After he had finished the season in Philadelphia, he returned at the beginning of the following season for a year back to the Edmonton Oilers, for which he could play only 56 of 82 possible games due to injury.

His final station in the NHL had Linseman in the 1991/92 season with the Toronto Maple Leafs , for which he only played two games. He moved to the Italian Serie A1 for Asiago Hockey , for which he played a handful of games before finally ending his career.

International

With the Canadian national team Linseman took part in the Canada Cup 1981 , which he finished with the team in second place. He was used in four of the seven games and prepared a goal.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1974/75 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 59 19th 28 47 70 8th 2 5 7th 8th
1975/76 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 65 61 51 112 92 7th 5 0 5 18th
1976/77 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 63 53 74 127 210 10 9 12 21st 54
1977/78 Birmingham Bulls WHA 71 38 38 76 126 5 2 2 4th 15th
1978/79 Maine Mariners AHL 38 17th 22nd 39 106 - - - - -
1978/79 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 30th 5 20th 25th 23 8th 2 6th 8th 22nd
1979/80 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 22nd 57 79 107 17th 4th 18th 22nd 40
1980/81 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 51 17th 30th 47 150 12 4th 16 20th 67
1981/82 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 24 68 92 275 4th 1 2 3 6th
1982/83 Edmonton Oilers NHL 72 33 42 75 181 16 6th 8th 14th 22nd
1983/84 Edmonton Oilers NHL 72 18th 49 67 119 19th 10 4th 14th 65
1984/85 Boston Bruins NHL 74 25th 49 74 126 5 4th 6th 10 8th
1985/86 Boston Bruins NHL 64 23 58 81 97 3 0 1 1 17th
1986/87 Boston Bruins NHL 64 15th 34 49 126 4th 1 1 2 22nd
1987/88 Boston Bruins NHL 77 29 45 74 167 23 11 14th 25th 56
1988/89 Boston Bruins NHL 78 27 45 72 164 - - - - -
1989/90 Boston Bruins NHL 32 6th 16 22nd 66 - - - - -
1989/90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 29 5 19th 24 30th - - - - -
1990/91 Edmonton Oilers NHL 56 7th 29 36 94 2 0 1 1 0
1991/92 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1991/92 Asiago Hockey Series A1 5 3 3 6th 4th 7th 3 4th 7th 47
OMJHL overall 187 133 153 286 372 25th 16 17th 33 80
NHL overall 860 256 551 807 1727 113 43 77 120 325

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1981 Canada Canada Cup 2nd place 4th 0 1 1 4th
Men overall 4th 0 1 1 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dan Diamond (Ed.): Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, 1998, p. 1235, ISBN 0-8362-7114-9
personal data
SURNAME Linseman, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Linseman, Kenneth S. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , Ontario