Landon Wilson

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Landon Wilson
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Wilson with the Texas Stars in 2010
Born (1975-03-13) March 13, 1975 (age 48)
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 teamFlag of the United States.svg  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.

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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 TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1991–92California Jr. KingsWSJHL38504292135—————
1992–93 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 43293665284—————
1993–94 University of North Dakota WCHA 35181533147—————
1994–95 University of North DakotaWCHA3171623141—————
1994–95 Cornwall Aces AHL 8448251334768
1995–96 Cornwall AcesAHL53211334154813422
1995–96 Colorado Avalanche NHL 71016—————
1996–97 Colorado AvalancheNHL912323—————
1996–97 Boston Bruins NHL407101749—————
1996–97 Providence Bruins AHL221321034716
1997–98 Providence BruinsAHL42181028146—————
1997–98 Boston BruinsNHL28156710000
1998–99 Boston BruinsNHL223361781128
1998–99 Providence BruinsAHL48312253891171819
1999–00 Boston BruinsNHL4013418—————
1999–00 Providence BruinsAHL17551045923538
2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL7018133192—————
2001–02 Phoenix CoyotesNHL477121946400012
2001–02 Springfield Falcons AHL22132—————
2002–03 Phoenix CoyotesNHL31681426—————
2003–04 Phoenix CoyotesNHL3513416—————
2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL1951631—————
2004–05 Blues FIN 378111980—————
2005–06 HC Davos NLA 362714411271153840
2006–07 HC Lugano NLA3520113167632512
2007–08 HC LuganoNLA301372067—————
2008–09 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL15871537—————
2008–09 Dallas Stars NHL2726821—————
2009–10 Texas Stars AHL11415111916720
NHL totals37553661193521311220

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1995 United States WJC 732537
2001 United States WC 91124
Junior totals732537
Senior totals91124

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-WCHA Rookie Team 1994
WCHA Rookie of the Year1994
AHL First All-Star Team 1999

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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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick
1993 		Succeeded by
Awards and achievements
Preceded by WCHA Rookie of the Year
1993–94 		Succeeded by
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