Bill Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1966)

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Bill Armstrong
Born (1966-06-25) June 25, 1966 (age 58)
London, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for NHL
Philadelphia Flyers
AHL
Hershey Bears
Utica Devils
Albany River Rats
IHL
Cincinnati Cyclones
Indianapolis Ice
Detroit Vipers
Grand Rapids Griffins
Orlando Solar Bears
Kansas City Blades
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1989–1998

William Harold Armstrong (born June 25, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

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Early life

Armstrong was born in London, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from London, Ontario. [1] Armstrong played at Western Michigan University from 1986 to 1989.

Career

Armstrong played in one National Hockey League (NHL) game for the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1990–91 NHL season and spent the rest of his professional career in the American Hockey League (AHL) and International Hockey League (IHL). His playing career was cut short due to a brain tumor which required surgery. [2]

He invented a move he called a "high wrap", a lacrosse-style shot he successfully used to score goals starting in the 1993–94 AHL season with the Albany River Rats. The move was later notably used by fellow London, Ontario-born player Mike Legg, who learned it while playing shinny with Armstrong at their hometown arena during the off-season. [3] Legg scored a goal with the Michigan Wolverines, in the high profile 1996 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament  –as compared to the "maybe only 3,000 people [...] in the building" at a River Rats game –earning the move the name "Michigan goal" in the United States. [3] The high wrap / lacrosse-style goal / Michigan goal (names used interchangeably in reporting) later gained further attention when used by Sidney Crosby, Miks Indrašis, Mikael Granlund, [3] Andrei Svechnikov, Trevor Zegras, Kent Johnson and Connor Bedard.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1984–85 London Diamonds OHA-B43172138102—————
1985–86London DiamondsOHA-B4126234981—————
1986–87 Western Michigan Broncos CCHA 4313203386—————
1987–88 Western Michigan BroncosCCHA4122173988—————
1988–89 Western Michigan BroncosCCHA4023194297—————
1989–90 Hershey Bears AHL 581061699—————
1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 10110—————
1990–91 Hershey BearsAHL703627631506281019
1991–92 Hershey BearsAHL6426224818662246
1992–93 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 4214112599—————
1992–93 Utica Devils AHL3218213960—————
1993–94 Albany River Rats AHL74325082188—————
1994–95 Albany River RatsAHL7632477911513651120
1995–96 Albany River RatsAHL1034722—————
1995–96 Indianapolis Ice IHL1245913—————
1995–96 Detroit Vipers IHL54342559661262815
1996–97 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL3518939—————
1996–97 Orlando Solar Bears IHL3442529551036929
1997–98 Orlando Solar BearsIHL62191837106—————
1997–98 Kansas City Blades IHL914524502211
NHL totals10110—————

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References

  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. ↑ "Bill Armstrong Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Hruby, Patrick (2010-04-08). "The coolest goal ever scored in hockey". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-05-18.


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