Trevor Linden

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Trevor Linden
Date of birth April 11, 1970
place of birth Medicine Hat , Alberta , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 100 kg
position center
number # 16
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1988 , 1st lap, 2nd position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1985-1988 Medicine Hat Tigers
1988-1998 Vancouver Canucks
1998-1999 New York Islanders
1999-2001 Canadiens de Montréal
2001 Washington Capitals
2001-2008 Vancouver Canucks

Trevor John Linden , CM , OBC (born April 11, 1970 in Medicine Hat , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current professional who played 1506 games for the Vancouver Canucks , New York Islanders between 1988 and 2008 , Canadiens de Montréal and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . He also served as President of the Vancouver Canucks from 2014 to 2018. His younger brother, Jamie Linden, was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Linden began his career in the Junior Western Hockey League with the Medicine Hat Tigers . He won the Memorial Cup with the team in 1987 and 1988 , the most important trophy in Canadian junior ice hockey. On the way to the second title he scored 25 points in 16 playoff games. Due to his outstanding performance, he was recommended for the National Hockey League and the Vancouver Canucks selected him in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft in second place.

Just months later, he made his debut in the NHL. The striker was immediately able to assert himself in the team and was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie of the season at the end of the season . There were also other honors, such as the Canucks Most Valuable Player Award. As early as 1990 he was named team captain of the Vancouver Canucks due to his commitment and at the time, at the age of just 20, was the youngest captain of the NHL. Linden's most successful season was the 1993/94 season . For the first time in twelve years, the Canucks reached the Stanley Cup finals again . In a very close series, however, they lost to the New York Rangers in seven games. Linden was one of the Canucks' key players in the playoffs with 25 points in 24 games. However, they could not repeat the success.

Trevor Linden in the Vancouver Canucks jersey

Nevertheless, Linden continued to support the team and led it onto the ice as captain. An impressive streak of 482 games in a row ended in December 1996. In addition to the ice cream, he was committed to helping disadvantaged children. Both his ice and social work earned him the 1997 King Clancy Memorial Trophy . In 1997, Mark Messier, an NHL superstar, joined the Canucks and Linden renounced the position of captain in his favor. During the 1997/98 season , Mike Keenan, a new coach was committed. After a short tenure, he transferred several players who had stood in the Stanley Cup final in 1994 to other teams. In February 1998, Linden was transferred to the New York Islanders for Todd Bertuzzi , Bryan McCabe and a third-round draft pick that later served to select Jarkko Ruutu . The Winter Olympics also took place in Nagano in February and Linden was part of Team Canada. But you only got fourth place.

Before the 1998/99 season he was named captain of the Islanders, because he should bring the team, which had not shown convincing performances for several years, back on the road to success. But this did not succeed and in the summer of 1999 he was transferred to the Canadiens de Montréal for a first-round draft pick . But after a year and a half he was part of a transfer again in the spring of 2001. This time he had to go to the Washington Capitals , where he completed the rest of the season. He also played in Washington at the beginning of the following season, but after a few games he was transferred to his former team, the Vancouver Canucks.

In March 2002, he completed his 1,000th game in the NHL. In November, Linden scored his 263rd goal in the Vancouver shirt, setting a new franchise record for the Canucks. In March 2004 he broke another team record with 674 points. In addition, no player had played as many games for Vancouver as he did before he retired.

In 1998 Trevor Linden was elected president of the National Hockey League Players' Association . In July 2006 he resigned from office. Prior to the 2004/05 NHL season , a new NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement , which is essentially a collective bargaining agreement for the NHL, should be negotiated between the NHLPA and the league. Trevor Linden was directly involved in the negotiations as President of the NHLPA. As there was no agreement, the season was canceled and a solution was only found in July 2005. In the 2005/06 season , Linden played its weakest season to date with only 16 points in 82 games and the Canucks missed the playoffs. In the following season he was able to increase slightly by nine points and was the best scorer of his team in the playoffs with two goals and five points. In August 2007, Linden extended his contract in Vancouver for a year, entering his 15th season with the Canucks.

In 2003 he was the only ice hockey player to be awarded the Order of British Columbia , an honor given to famous personalities who either come from British Columbia or who have made a special contribution there. Linden's long tenure with the Canucks, his deep relationship with the city of Vancouver, and his community engagement have made him one of the most popular and most respected players in Vancouver Canucks history. His return to Vancouver in 2001 was a very emotional moment for both the fans and Linden herself. Linden later admitted that the excitement left him unable to sleep the night before his first game on his return. The fans often respectfully referred to him as "Captain Canuck" , even if he had not held this position with the Canucks since 1997. In his honor, the jersey number 16 is no longer awarded at the Vancouver Canucks and was officially banned in a ceremony on December 17, 2008.

On April 10, 2014, Trevor Linden was named president of the Vancouver Canucks. On July 25, 2018, it was announced that the Vancouver Canucks and Linden are going their separate ways.

Achievements and Awards

International

Franchise Records

Linden currently holds the following Vancouver Canucks franchise records:

  • 118 completed playoff games
  • 95 points scored in playoff games

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 5 2 0 2 0 6th 1 0 1 0
1986/87 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72 14th 22nd 36 59 20th 5 4th 9 17th
1987 Medicine Hat Tigers Memorial Cup 5 2 1 3 6th
1987/88 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 67 46 64 110 76 16 13 12 25th 19th
1988 Medicine Hat Tigers Memorial Cup 5 3 4th 7th 0
1988/89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 30th 29 59 41 7th 3 4th 7th 8th
1989/90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 73 21st 30th 51 43 - - - - -
1990/91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 33 37 70 65 6th 0 7th 7th 2
1991/92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 31 44 75 101 13 4th 8th 12 6th
1992/93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 84 33 39 72 64 12 5 8th 13 16
1993/94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 84 32 29 61 73 24 12 13 25th 18th
1994/95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 48 18th 22nd 40 40 11 2 6th 8th 12
1995/96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 33 47 80 42 6th 4th 4th 8th 6th
1996/97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 49 9 31 40 27 - - - - -
1997/98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 42 7th 14th 21st 49 - - - - -
1997/98 New York Islanders NHL 25th 10 7th 17th 33 - - - - -
1998/99 New York Islanders NHL 82 18th 29 47 32 - - - - -
1999/00 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 50 13 17th 30th 34 - - - - -
2000/01 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 57 12 21st 33 52 - - - - -
2000/01 Washington Capitals NHL 12 3 1 4th 8th 6th 0 4th 4th 14th
2001/02 Washington Capitals NHL 16 1 2 3 6th - - - - -
2001/02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 64 12 22nd 34 65 6th 1 4th 5 0
2002/03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 71 19th 22nd 41 30th 14th 1 2 3 10
2003/04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 14th 22nd 36 26th 7th 0 0 0 6th
2004/05 Vancouver Canucks NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 7th 9 16 15th - - - - -
2006/07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 12 13 25th 34 12 2 5 7th 6th
2007/08 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 7th 5 12 15th - - - - -
WHL overall 144 62 86 148 135 42 19th 16 35 36
NHL overall 1372 375 492 867 895 124 34 65 99 104

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1988 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 1 0 1 0
1991 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 10 1 4th 5 4th
1996 Canada World cup 2nd place 8th 1 1 2 0
1998 Canada Olympia 4th Place 6th 1 0 1 10
1998 Canada WM 6th place 6th 1 4th 5 4th
Juniors overall 7th 1 0 1 0
Men overall 30th 4th 9 13 18th

( 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

Commons : Trevor Linden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/trevor-linden-letter/c-299590740
personal data
SURNAME Linden, Trevor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Linden, Trevor John (full nane)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Medicine Hat , Alberta