Landon Wilson

Landon Wilson
Wilson with the Texas Stars in 2010
Born	(1975-03-13) March 13, 1975 (age 49) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	226 lb (103 kg; 16 st 2 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Colorado Avalanche Boston Bruins Phoenix Coyotes Pittsburgh Penguins Dallas Stars Blues HC Davos HC Lugano
National team	United States
NHL draft	19th overall, 1993 Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1995–2010

Landon Wilson (born March 13, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who last played for the Texas Stars of the AHL, where he served as team captain. He is the son of former NHL forward Rick Wilson.

Early life

Landon Wilson was born on March 13, 1975, in St. Louis, Missouri.^{[ citation needed ]} At the time, his father Rick Wilson was in the first of his two seasons playing for the St. Louis Blues. The Wilson family went on to move eight times over the next 18 years as a result of Rick's playing career and coaching career.^{[ citation needed ]} As a youth, Wilson played in the 1989 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Oyster Bay, New York. ^[1]

By 1989, the Wilson family settled in the Los Angeles, California, area where Rick spent three seasons on the coaching staff of the Los Angeles Kings from 1989 to 1992. Landon spent his first three years of high school at El Segundo High School, where he played football quarterback and led the high school to league championships in 1990 and 1991.^{[ citation needed ]} While living in the Los Angeles area, Landon also played hockey for the Junior Kings, who won the national 17-and-under championship in 1992.^{[ citation needed ]}

London's father was hired as an assistant coach with the Minnesota North Stars in 1992, and Landon gave up a promising senior year of football at El Segundo due to his family's move to Minnesota. As a result of the move, Landon decided to focus on hockey rather than football during his senior year of high school.^{[ citation needed ]}

Instead of moving with his parents to Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Landon moved to a boarding house in Iowa and joined the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the junior United States Hockey League. Wilson finished his senior year of high school at Dubuque Senior High School while playing for the Fighting Saints. ^[2]

Playing career

Wilson was drafted 19th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Wilson made his NHL debut with the Stanley Cup winning Colorado Avalanche in the 1995–96 season. However, he didn't play enough games to qualify for engraving his name into the Stanley Cup. Wilson has also played for the Boston Bruins, Phoenix Coyotes and Pittsburgh Penguins. Wilson has played 375 career NHL games, scoring 53 goals and 66 assists for 119 points.

While playing with the Coyotes in December 2002, Wilson received a partially blinding eye injury in one eye when a flying puck collided with his eye while he was not wearing a visor. He missed the rest of the season, but was able to return the next year with a visor which he wore for the rest of his career. ^[3] In 2004–05, he played for Espoo Blues in Finland. After that he moved to Switzerland to play with HC Davos. After one season in Davos he moved to HC Lugano.

On July 3, 2008, Wilson returned to North America and signed with the Dallas Stars. ^[4] He was then reassigned to Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League to start the 2008–09 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	California Jr. Kings	WSJHL		38	50	42	92	135		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL		43	29	36	65	284		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	University of North Dakota	WCHA		35	18	15	33	147		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	University of North Dakota	WCHA		31	7	16	23	141		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Cornwall Aces	AHL		8	4	4	8	25		13	3	4	7	68
1995–96	Cornwall Aces	AHL		53	21	13	34	154		8	1	3	4	22
1995–96	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		7	1	0	1	6		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		9	1	2	3	23		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Boston Bruins	NHL		40	7	10	17	49		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Providence Bruins	AHL		2	2	1	3	2		10	3	4	7	16
1997–98	Providence Bruins	AHL		42	18	10	28	146		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Boston Bruins	NHL		28	1	5	6	7		1	0	0	0	0
1998–99	Boston Bruins	NHL		22	3	3	6	17		8	1	1	2	8
1998–99	Providence Bruins	AHL		48	31	22	53	89		11	7	1	8	19
1999–00	Boston Bruins	NHL		40	1	3	4	18		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Providence Bruins	AHL		17	5	5	10	45		9	2	3	5	38
2000–01	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		70	18	13	31	92		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		47	7	12	19	46		4	0	0	0	12
2001–02	Springfield Falcons	AHL		2	2	1	3	2		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		31	6	8	14	26		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		35	1	3	4	16		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		19	5	1	6	31		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Blues	FIN		37	8	11	19	80		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	HC Davos	NLA		36	27	14	41	127		11	5	3	8	40
2006–07	HC Lugano	NLA		35	20	11	31	67		6	3	2	5	12
2007–08	HC Lugano	NLA		30	13	7	20	67		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		15	8	7	15	37		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Dallas Stars	NHL		27	2	6	8	21		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Texas Stars	AHL		11	4	1	5	11		19	1	6	7	20
NHL totals				375	53	66	119	352		13	1	1	2	20

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995	United States	WJC		7	3	2	5	37
2001	United States	WC		9	1	1	2	4
Junior totals				7	3	2	5	37
Senior totals				9	1	1	2	4

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-WCHA Rookie Team	1994
WCHA Rookie of the Year	1994
AHL First All-Star Team	1999

References

1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
2. Witherspoon, Wendy (27 July 1993). "Wilson Finally Plants His Roots in the Ice". LA Times. San Antonio. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
3. Stevenson, Chris. "Few players willing to change view on visors". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 5, 2018. So, even while players like Landon Wilson of the Phoenix Coyotes continue to be seriously injured -- Wilson is probably out for the year after getting hit in the left eye with a puck Dec. 13
4. "Stars ink four players to contracts". stars.nhl.com. 2008-07-03. Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2009-05-10.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kenny Jönsson	Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick 1993	Succeeded by Éric Fichaud
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Jim Carey	WCHA Rookie of the Year 1993–94	Succeeded by Mike Crowley