Lee Norwood

Lee Norwood
Date of birth	February 2, 1960
place of birth	Oakland , California , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1979 , 3rd lap, 62nd position Nordiques de Québec
Career stations
1977-1988	Olympiques de Hull
1978-1980	Oshawa Generals
1980-1981	Hershey Bears
1981-1982	Fredericton Express
1982-1983	Washington Capitals
1983-1984	St. Catharines Saints
1984-1985	Peoria Rivermen
1985-1986	St. Louis Blues
1986-1990	Detroit Red Wings
1990-1991	New Jersey Devils
1991	Hartford Whalers
1991-1993	St. Louis Blues
1993-1994	Calgary Flames San Diego Gulls
1995-1996	Chicago Wolves Detroit Vipers
1996-1997	Saginaw Lumber Kings San Antonio Dragons

Lee Charles Norwood (born February 2, 1960 in Oakland , California ) is a former American ice hockey player and coach , who worked for the Nordiques de Québec , Washington Capitals , St. Louis Blues , Detroit Red Wings , New Jersey Devils , Hartford Whalers and Calgary Flames have played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Lee Norwood was born in Oakland, California and raised in Trenton , Michigan . He began his career as a hockey player in the 1977/78 season with the Olympiques de Hull from the Canadian Junior League QMJHL . He then played for two years for the Oshawa Generals in the top junior league of the Ontario Hockey Association . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1979 in the third round as a total of 62nd player from the Nordiques de Québec . For the Nordiques, the defender made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1980/81 season , but initially could not assert himself there, which is why he spent most of the season with their farm team Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League . The 1981/82 season he began as a regular with the new AHL farm team Fredericton Express , while he came in the NHL only to two more missions for the Nordiques. Finally he was transferred to the Washington Capitals in February 1982 within the NHL , where he was a regular player until the end of the season. In the 1982/83 season , however, he was mostly given to the AHL farm team Hershey Bears, for which he had already accrued during his time with the Nordiques.

The season 1983/84 spent Norwood after a transfer in exchange for David Shand with the St. Catharines Saints in the AHL. He then moved to the 1984/85 season to the Peoria Rivermen from the International Hockey League . In Peoria he was able to convince and was awarded the best defender in the league by being elected to the First All-Star Team of the IHL and the Governor's Trophy . The 1985/86 season he finally spent back in the NHL after him St. Louis Blues as a free agent had contracted. From 1986 to 1990, the American was on the ice for the Detroit Red Wings , for whose AHL farm team Adirondack Red Wings he also completed three games. At the beginning of the 1990/91 season he was signed by the New Jersey Devils . The following season he began with the Hartford Whalers , for which he only played six games before returning to his ex-team St. Louis Blues for the next two years. In the 1993/94 season , the left shooter defended for the NHL team Calgary Flames and the San Diego Gulls from the IHL. After a one-year break, he laced up the ice skates for IHL competitors Chicago Wolves and Detroit Vipers in the 1995/96 season . Most recently he appeared in the 1996/97 season for the Saginaw Lumber Kings in the Colonial Hockey League and the San Antonio Dragons in the IHL.

For the 1997/98 season , Norwood took over as head coach at the Central Texas Stampede from the Western Professional Hockey League . With his team he failed in the first playoff round at the Shreveport Mudbugs .

Achievements and Awards

• 1985 IHL First All-Star Team
• 1985 Governor's Trophy

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	12	503	58	153	211	1099
Playoffs	7th	65	6th	22nd	28	171

Web links

• Lee Norwood at hockeydb.com (English)
• Lee Norwood at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Lee Norwood at legendsofhockey.net (English)