Phil Housley

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United StatesUnited States  Phil Housley Ice hockey player
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2012
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2015
Phil Housley
Date of birth March 9, 1964
place of birth South St. Paul , Minnesota , USA
size 178 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 1st round, 6th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1980-1982 South St. Paul High School
1982-1990 Buffalo Sabers
1990-1993 Winnipeg Jets
1993-1994 St. Louis Blues
1994-1995 Zurich SC
1995-1996 Calgary Flames
1996 New Jersey Devils
1996-1998 Washington Capitals
1998-2001 Calgary Flames
2001-2003 Chicago Blackhawks
2003 Toronto Maple Leafs

Phillip Francis "Phil" Housley (born March 9, 1964 in South St. Paul , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach , who in the course of his active career between 1982 and 2003, among other things, 1580 games for the Buffalo Sabers , Winnipeg Jets , St. Louis Blues , Calgary Flames , New Jersey Devils , Washington Capitals , Chicago Blackhawks and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . In 2015 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . From June 2017 to April 2019 he was the head coach of the Buffalo Sabers and has been an assistant coach for the Arizona Coyotes since June 2019 .

Career

Phil Housley played for South St. Paul High School and the St. Paul Vulcans in the USHL before he was selected in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabers in the first round in sixth place. He then immediately moved to the National Hockey League , where he demonstrated his skills as a strong attacking defender in his first season, as he reached 67 points in 77 games and was selected for the NHL All-Rookie Team . Until 1990 he played for the Buffalo Sabers and was never below 62 points in his point yield. In the summer of 1990 he was transferred to the Winnipeg Jets , where he scored more points than in Buffalo. In the 1992/93 season he reached 97 points, the highest value of his career.

In the following years he was often part of transfer deals. In 1993 he was transferred to the St. Louis Blues , where he only played a year. Already in the summer of 1994 it was passed on to the Calgary Flames , who kept it for a year and a half, but in February 1996 transferred to the New Jersey Devils for Tommy Albelin, among others . In the summer of 1996 he was without a contract and joined the Washington Capitals . In Washington his qualities as a scorer slowly declined, but the time was relatively positive for him and the team. In the 1997/98 season , the Capitals were able to reach the Stanley Cup finals, but were clearly subject to the Detroit Red Wings . After the season, however, the Capitals wanted to give him up and found a buyer at Calgary Flames, for whom he had already played.

In his first two years he found his way back to his old strength, got 54 and 55 points in the two seasons, but could not build on it in 2000/01 , so he finally left the team and moved to the Chicago Blackhawks . There he recommended himself for the US team that won the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics . In February 2003, the Blackhawks transferred him to the Toronto Maple Leafs , for which he was used again during the regular season and three times in the playoffs . In the summer of 2003 he finally ended his career.

Phil Housley is considered one of the best American ice hockey defenders of all time, along with Chris Chelios and Brian Leetch . Nevertheless, he never won the James Norris Memorial Trophy for the best defender of an NHL season, because he was unlucky to have his best ice hockey years at the same time, like Ray Bourque , Paul Coffey , Brian Leetch or Chris Chelios, who together make up James Norris Won Memorial Trophy from 1985 to 1997. He is therefore considered one of the most underrated defenders in ice hockey history, as he was the best scorer among defenders for many seasons. In addition, he never won the Stanley Cup. With a total of 1580 completed games, he was for a good 15 years the player with the most completed games without having won the Stanley Cup. With the resignation of Shane Doan on August 30, 2017, he took over this brand with a total of 1595 games.

On January 21, 2000, Housley excelled in his 1,257. Play the record of Craig Ludwig , who was the American with the most NHL games until then. Housley had played 1,495 games in the NHL at the end of his career. In November 2006 this record was broken by Chris Chelios. With 1,232 points, he was also the best American scorer of all time, before Mike Modano set a new record on November 8, 2007. On February 7, 2007 Housley was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame as part of a home game of his ex-team, the Buffalo Sabers .

In 2008 he was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for his services to ice hockey in the United States ; in addition, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in June 2015 . In September 2016 he was the assistant coach of Team USA at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 behind the gang, but was eliminated with the team in the group stage. Housley served as an assistant coach with the Nashville Predators from 2013 to 2017 , before assuming his first head coach position in the NHL in June 2017, returning to the Buffalo Sabers. The American worked at his old place of work for two years, in which the Sabers missed the playoffs, so that he was fired in April 2019. Less than two months later, he was hired by the Arizona Coyotes as Rick Tocchet's new assistant .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1980/81 South St. Paul High School High school 18th 28 26th 54
1980/81 St. Paul Vulcans USHL 6th 7th 7th 14th 6th 10 5 5 10 0
1981/82 South St. Paul High School High school 22nd 31 34 65 18th
1982/83 Buffalo Sabers NHL 77 19th 47 66 39 10 3 4th 7th 2
1983/84 Buffalo Sabers NHL 75 31 46 77 33 3 0 0 0 6th
1984/85 Buffalo Sabers NHL 73 16 53 69 28 5 3 2 5 2
1985/86 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 15th 47 62 54 - - - - -
1986/87 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 21st 46 67 57 - - - - -
1987/88 Buffalo Sabers NHL 74 29 37 66 96 6th 2 4th 6th 6th
1988/89 Buffalo Sabers NHL 72 26th 44 70 47 5 1 3 4th 2
1989/90 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 21st 60 81 32 6th 1 4th 5 4th
1990/91 Winnipeg Jets NHL 78 23 53 76 24 - - - - -
1991/92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 74 23 63 86 92 7th 1 4th 5 0
1992/93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 18th 79 97 52 6th 0 7th 7th 2
1993/94 St. Louis Blues NHL 26th 7th 15th 22nd 12 4th 2 1 3 4th
1994/95 Zurich SC NLA 10 6th 8th 14th 34 - - - - -
1994/95 Calgary Flames NHL 43 8th 35 43 18th 7th 0 9 9 0
1995/96 Calgary Flames NHL 59 16 36 52 22nd - - - - -
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 22nd 1 15th 16 8th - - - - -
1996/97 Washington Capitals NHL 77 11 29 40 24 - - - - -
1997/98 Washington Capitals NHL 64 6th 25th 31 24 18th 0 4th 4th 4th
1998/99 Calgary Flames NHL 79 11 43 54 52 - - - - -
1999/00 Calgary Flames NHL 78 11 44 55 24 - - - - -
2000/01 Calgary Flames NHL 69 4th 30th 34 24 - - - - -
2001/02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 15th 24 39 34 5 0 1 1 4th
2002/03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 57 6th 23 29 24 - - - - -
2002/03 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
High school overall 40 59 60 119
NHL overall 1495 338 894 1232 822 85 13 43 56 36

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1982 United States June World Cup 6th place 7th 1 0 1 6th
1982 United States WM 8th place 7th 1 0 1 4th
1984 United States Canada Cup 4th Place 6th 0 2 2 0
1986 United States WM 6th place 10 2 6th 8th 4th
1987 United States Canada Cup 5th place 5 0 2 2 4th
1989 United States WM 6th place 7th 3 4th 7th 2
1996 United States World cup 1st place, gold 1 0 1 1 0
2000 United States WM 5th place 7th 2 3 5 0
2001 United States WM 4th Place 9 0 1 1 4th
2002 United States Olympia 2nd place, silver 6th 1 4th 5 0
2003 United States WM 13th place 6th 1 1 2 4th
Juniors overall 7th 1 0 1 6th
Men overall 64 10 24 34 22nd

( 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 )

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Squad of the Arizona Coyotes in the 2019-20 season
personal data
SURNAME Housley, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Housley, Phillip Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH South St. Paul , Minnesota