Landon Wilson

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Landon Wilson
Date of birth March 13, 1975
place of birth St. Louis , Missouri , USA
size 191 cm
Weight 103 kg
position Right wing
number # 22
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 1st round, 19th position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1992-1993 Dubuque Fighting Saints
1993-1995 University of North Dakota
1995-1996 Cornwall Aces
1996 Colorado Avalanche
1996-2000 Boston Bruins
2000-2004 Phoenix Coyotes
2004 Pittsburgh Penguins
2004-2005 Espoo Blues
2005-2006 HC Davos
2006-2008 HC Lugano
since 2008 Dallas Stars

Landon Matthew Wilson (born March 13, 1975 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League since 2008 . His father Rick was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Landon Wilson began his career as a hockey player with the Dubuque Fighting Saints, for which he was active in the United States Hockey League in the 1992/93 season . He was then selected in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in the first round as the 19th player of the Toronto Maple Leafs . However, he never played for the Maple Leafs, as they gave him in June 1994 to the Québec Nordiques . After playing for the University of North Dakota University team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association from 1993 to 1995, the attacker made his professional ice hockey debut in the 1994/95 season when he played a total of 21 games for the Cornwall Aces from the American Hockey League accrued. The American began the 1996/97 season with the Colorado Avalanche before moving to the Boston Bruins , for whom he played in the NHL over the next three and a half years as well as in the AHL for their farm team, the Providence Bruins . From 2000 to 2004 Wilson played for the NHL franchise Phoenix Coyotes , while he ended the 2003/04 season with the Pittsburgh Penguins .

Wilson bridged the lockout during the 2004/05 NHL season in Europe with the Espoo Blues from the Finnish SM-liiga . After a year in Finland, he joined the Swiss National League A . There he initially ran a season for HC Davos before he went to league rivals HC Lugano for the 2006/07 season . In the summer of 2008 he returned to North America to the Dallas Stars , where his father Rick worked as an assistant coach. They had offered him a contract valid for the NHL and AHL. Wilson could not first recommend himself for the NHL squad and was then sent to the Grand Rapids Griffins . He is now back on the NHL team.

International

For the USA , Wilson took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 1995 and the 2001 World Championship .

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 10 375 53 66 119 352
Playoffs 3 13 1 1 2 20th

(Status: end of the 2008/09 season)

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personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Landon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Landon Matthew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri