Neil Wilkinson (ice hockey player)

Canada Neil Wilkinson

Date of birth	15th August 1967
place of birth	Selkirk , Manitoba , Canada
size	190 cm
Weight	85 kg

position	defender
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	1986 , 2nd round, 30th position Minnesota North Stars

Career stations

1986-1987	Michigan State University
1987-1988	Medicine Hat Tigers
1988-1989	Kalamazoo Wings
1989-1991	Minnesota North Stars
1991-1993	San Jose Sharks
1993-1994	Chicago Blackhawks
1994-1995	Winnipeg Jets
1995-1999	Pittsburgh Penguins
2002-2003	Tulsa Oilers
2003-2004	Jacksonville Barracudas
2004	Fresno Falcons

Neil Wilkinson (born August 15, 1967 in Selkirk , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . During his career, he played for the Minnesota North Stars , San Jose Sharks , Chicago Blackhawks , Winnipeg Jets and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League .

Career

Wilkinson first played in the 1986/87 season at Michigan State University in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . For the following season he moved to the Western Hockey League , where he played for the Medicine Hat Tigers and took part in the Memorial Cup with them at the end of the season .

For the 1988/89 season, the defender moved to the professional field and ran for the Kalamazoo Wings , the farm team of the Minnesota North Stars from the National Hockey League , which had selected him in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft in the second round in 30th place International Hockey League on. In the 1989/90 season Wilkinson was then used for the first time in the NHL, but continued to play some games in the IHL, as well as in the 1990/91 season when he advanced with the North Stars to the final of the Stanley Cup . In the summer of 1991, the Minnesota players in the NHL Dispersal Draft were split between the North Stars and the newly formed San Jose Sharks , which Wilkinson moved to the Sharks. After two unsuccessful years for San Jose, although the Canadian had his best NHL year with 19 points in 60 games in the 1991/92 season , he was transferred to goalkeeper Jimmy Waite to the Chicago Blackhawks , who took him to the after only eleven months Winnipeg Jets Levy. After one and a half years in Canada there was another move to the Pittsburgh Penguins , where he mostly played as a substitute for a few appearances until the end of the 1998/99 season .

The penguins were his last stop in the NHL. By the end of his career in 2004, he played in the North American minor leagues , the Central Hockey League , World Hockey Association 2 and ECHL .

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	10	460	16	67	83	813
Playoffs	5	53	3	6th	9	41