Glenn Christopher Anderson (born October 2, 1960) is a retired
CanadianCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
professional
ice hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
right wingerWinger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
in the
National Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL) who played for the
Edmonton OilersThe Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
,
Toronto Maple LeafsThe Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
,
New York RangersThe New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
, and
St. Louis BluesThe St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...
. Anderson was inducted into the
Hockey Hall of FameThe Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...
on November 10, 2008.
Playing career
Anderson played for the Burnaby Winter Club and then
University of DenverThe University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....
in the
NCAAThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
for a year, before joining the Canadian National Team in 1979–80, with whom he represented Canada at the
1980 Winter OlympicsThe 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...
. He also played with the Seattle Breakers in the
WHLThe Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
that season. The Oilers drafted him in the fourth round of the
1979 NHL Entry DraftThe 1979 NHL Entry Draft took place on August 9, 1979, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The National Hockey League teams selected 126 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1978–79 NHL season and playoff standings. This is the list of those...
, 69th overall. He joined the Oilers roster in the 1980–81 season.
Anderson played 10 full seasons with the Oilers, from the 1980–81 to 1990–91. He won five
Stanley CupsThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
with Edmonton in the years
1984The 1984 Stanley Cup Final was held between the Edmonton Oilers and the then-defending champion New York Islanders. Edmonton was making their second-straight Finals appearance, and New York was making their fifth-straight...
,
1985The 1985 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the defending champion Edmonton Oilers in their third-straight Finals appearance and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Oilers would win the best-of-seven series four games to one, to win their second Stanley Cup. It was also the sixth straight Finals of...
,
1987The 1987 Stanley Cup Final was played between the Edmonton Oilers and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Oilers would win the series 4–3, for their third Stanley Cup victory.-Paths to the Final:...
,
1988The 1988 Stanley Cup Finals was between the Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins. The Oilers would win the series 4–0 in five games; game four was abandoned due to a power failure at the Boston Garden with the score tied 3–3 and replayed.-Paths to the Final:...
, and
1990In the 1990 Stanley Cup Final, the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins four games to one. For the Oilers, it was their fifth Cup win in seven years, and the only one without Wayne Gretzky...
.
During the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Anderson had several noted run-ins with
New York IslandersThe New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
goaltender
Billy SmithWilliam John Smith, better known as Billy Smith, is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender and is best known for winning four Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders and being the first goalie to be credited with a goal....
. During Game One, a slash on Anderson's knee earned Smith a two-minute slashing penalty. Anderson's knee swelled up and prevented him from practicing the next day, so Oilers manager and coach
Glen SatherGlen Cameron "Slats" Sather is the President and general manager of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . He has also served as the head coach of the Rangers, as well as General Manager and coach of the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association and later NHL...
unsuccessfully complained to the league that Smith deserved an attempt-to-injure match penalty.
In Game Four, when the two crashed into each other, Smith's dive resulted in referee Andy Van Hellemond handing a five minute penalty to Anderson. Van Hellemond said that this was "making a bit of a fool of me", and when he officiated Game One of the 1984 Finals, a rematch of the Islanders and Oilers, he called no penalty when Smith and Anderson collided.
On September 19, 1991 Anderson was traded (with
Grant FuhrGrant Scott Fuhr is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League and currently the goaltending coach for the Phoenix Coyotes. In 2003, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame...
) to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he played two seasons and part of another. There, he reached the 1000th point plateau and played a key role in the Leafs' 1993 playoff run to the Conference Finals. The Leafs traded Anderson to the Rangers, where he won a sixth Stanley Cup
1994The 1994 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven playoff series contested between the Eastern Conference champion New York Rangers and Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League...
.
Anderson played the 1994–95 with the St. Louis Blues and split the 1995–96 between the Blues and the Oilers, and overall did not play much in the NHL after winning his sixth Stanley Cup, playing only another 68 regular season and 17 playoff games. During the 1994–95 NHL lockout Anderson played with the European hockey teams Lukko Rauma of the
FNLThe SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
and with the
Augsburger PantherThe Augsburger Panther are a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team is based in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. They play their home games at the Curt Frenzel Stadion....
of the DEL. After playing part of 1995-95 again with Augsburger, Anderson signed with the
Vancouver CanucksThe Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
, but never played with them, as upon signing as a free agent in January, he had to clear re-entry waivers, and the Oilers claimed him. Oliers General Manager
Glen SatherGlen Cameron "Slats" Sather is the President and general manager of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . He has also served as the head coach of the Rangers, as well as General Manager and coach of the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association and later NHL...
hoped that Anderson could guide the then young, rebuilding Oilers with his leadership and experience, and also hoped to see Anderson hit his expected career milestones of 500 goals and 600 assists as an Oiler. In seventeen games on his return to the Oilers, he managed ten points before being claimed on waivers by St. Louis, where he completed his NHL career. In the 1996 playoffs, Anderson played eleven games producing five points (one goal, four assists) in his final post-season in the NHL.
Anderson was noted for his aggressive "to the net" playing style, typifying the NHL power forward in the early 1980s. As an NHL player, he scored 498 goals and 601 assists in 1129 regular season games, and added another 93 goals and 121 assists in 225
playoffThe playoffs, postseason, or finals of a sports league are a game or series of games played after the regular season by the top competitors, usually but not always with a single-elimination system, to determine the league champion or a similar accolade.In the U.S...
games. Noted as a "clutch" player, he was able to score key goals when the team most needed them. He scored 5 playoff overtime goals, third only to
Joe SakicJoseph Steven "Joe" Sakic is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player and current hockey executive. He played his entire National Hockey League career with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. In his 20-year tenure, Sakic won the Stanley Cup twice, captured numerous NHL...
's 8 and
Maurice RichardJoseph Henri Maurice "the Rocket" Richard, Sr., was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals in 50...
's 6. In addition, he had 17 playoff game winning goals, good for fifth in the all time history of the NHL.
Anderson had a long wait between his retirement and induction into the HHOF. His post-playing career was mired by a bitter legal battle over child support for a son, Nicholas, that he fathered out of wedlock in 1989. Anderson argued that he did not hold steady employment since his NHL days had ended and went to B.C. court to try to reduce the payments. When the payments ceased he was sued by ex-girlfriend, Patricia O'Connor. Anderson was accused of owing O'Connor more than $125,000 in child support and hiding his financial assets so that his son couldn't lay claim to them. Anderson had no relationship with his son at the time of the suit, which was one of Canada's most high-profile "deadbeat dad" cases. In 2002, Anderson faced possible jail time but the case was settled out of court in the middle of a November of that year.
On June 17, 2008, it was announced that Anderson would be inducted into the
Hockey Hall of FameThe Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...
as a player. For the Rangers, it marked the second straight year that a member of their 1994 Stanley Cup winning team had been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, following
Mark MessierMark Douglas Messier is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre of the National Hockey League and current special assistant to the president and general manager of the New York Rangers. He spent a quarter of a century in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver...
in 2007.
Anderson's jersey number 9 was retired on January 18, 2009 before the game between the
Edmonton OilersThe Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
and the
Phoenix CoyotesThe Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....
.
He had the largest alumni turnout since the Heritage Classic for his jersey retirement.
Anderson continues to play for the NHL Alumni Legends of Hockey.
Transactions
- September 19, 1991 - Traded by the Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
, along with Grant FuhrGrant Scott Fuhr is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League and currently the goaltending coach for the Phoenix Coyotes. In 2003, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame...
and Craig BerubeCraig "The Chief" Berube is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, Washington Capitals and New York Islanders...
, to the Toronto Maple LeafsThe Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
in exchange for Vincent DamphousseVincent Francois Damphousse is a retired Canadian professional hockey who played in the National Hockey League for eighteen seasons. He played centre for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens and San Jose Sharks, winning a Stanley Cup championship with Montreal in 1993...
, Peter IngPeter A. Ing is a former National Hockey League goaltender, who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1989 to 1991. Ing was born in Toronto of mixed ancestry, his father was Chinese....
, Scott ThorntonScott C. Thornton is a retired professional ice hockey winger.Thornton was drafted in the first round by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He played thirty-three games for the team his rookie season, accumulating one goal and three assists...
and Luke RichardsonLuke Glen Richardson is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. Richardson played for 21 seasons in the National Hockey League...
.
- March 21, 1994 - Traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with Scott Malone and Toronto's 1994 4th round draft choice, to the New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
in exchange for Mike GartnerMichael Alfred Gartner is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes...
.
- February 13, 1995 - Signed as a free agent with the St Louis Blues.
- January 22, 1996- Signed as a free agent with Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
.
- January 25, 1996- Claimed on waivers by the Edmonton Oilers from the Vancouver Canucks.
- March 12, 1996- Claimed on waivers by the St. Louis Blues from the Edmonton Oilers.
Awards and achievements
Glenn Anderson won 5 Stanley Cups with the Oilers and another with the Rangers. He represented Canada at the 1980 Olympic Games, as well as twice at the World Championships and twice at the Canada Cup.
Career statistics
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Playoffs |
| Season In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...
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Team |
League |
GP |
G In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...
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A In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...
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Pts Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...
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PIMA penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...
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GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| 1977–78 |
Bellingham Blazers The Bellingham Blazers were an American junior ice hockey team from Bellingham, Washington during the regular season and Langley, British Columbia during their 1970s playoff runs. They were members of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League.-History:...
|
BCJHL |
64 |
62 |
69 |
131 |
46 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1977–78 |
New Westminster BruinsThe New Westminster Bruins were a junior ice hockey team from the Western Hockey League. There were two franchises that carried this name:* 1971–1981...
|
WCHLThe Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
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1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1978–79 |
U. of DenverThe University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....
|
WCHAThe Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....
|
41 |
26 |
29 |
55 |
58 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1979–80 |
Seattle Breakers |
WHL |
7 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 1980–81 |
Edmonton OilersThe Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
|
NHLThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
|
58 |
30 |
23 |
53 |
24 |
9 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
12 |
| 1981–82 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
80 |
38 |
67 |
105 |
71 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
| 1982–83 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
72 |
48 |
56 |
104 |
70 |
16 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
32 |
| 1983–84 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
80 |
54 |
45 |
99 |
65 |
19 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
33 |
| 1984–85 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
80 |
42 |
39 |
81 |
69 |
18 |
10 |
16 |
26 |
38 |
| 1985–86 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
72 |
54 |
48 |
102 |
90 |
10 |
8 |
3 |
11 |
14 |
| 1986–87 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
80 |
35 |
38 |
73 |
65 |
21 |
14 |
13 |
27 |
59 |
| 1987–88 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
80 |
38 |
50 |
88 |
58 |
19 |
9 |
16 |
25 |
49 |
| 1988–89 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
79 |
16 |
48 |
64 |
93 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
| 1989–90 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
73 |
34 |
38 |
72 |
107 |
22 |
10 |
12 |
22 |
20 |
| 1990–91 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
74 |
24 |
31 |
55 |
59 |
18 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
41 |
| 1991–92 |
Toronto Maple LeafsThe Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
|
NHL |
72 |
24 |
33 |
57 |
100 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1992–93 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
NHL |
76 |
22 |
43 |
65 |
117 |
21 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
31 |
| 1993–94 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
NHL |
73 |
17 |
18 |
35 |
50 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1993–94 |
New York RangersThe New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
|
NHL |
12 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
12 |
23 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
42 |
| 1994–95 |
St. Louis BluesThe St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...
|
NHL |
36 |
12 |
14 |
26 |
37 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
49 |
| 1994–95 |
Lukko Rauma |
FNLThe SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1994–95 |
Augsburger Panther The Augsburger Panther are a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team is based in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. They play their home games at the Curt Frenzel Stadion....
|
DEL |
5 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1995–96 |
Augsburger Panther |
DEL |
9 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
48 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1995–96 |
Edmonton Oilers |
NHL |
17 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
27 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1995–96 |
St. Louis Blues |
NHL |
15 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
| 1996–97 |
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds HC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.-External links:*...
|
Swiss-A |
23 |
14 |
15 |
29 |
103 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| 1996–97 |
Bolzano HC |
Italy Serie A is the name of the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1924. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio...
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2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| NHL totals |
1129 |
498 |
601 |
1099 |
1120 |
225 |
93 |
121 |
214 |
442 |
International career
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|
Regular Season |
| Season |
Team |
League |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| 1979–80 |
Canadian National Team |
Intl |
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| 1980 |
Canada |
Oly |
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| 1984 |
Canada |
C Cup |
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| 1987 |
Canada |
C Cup |
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| 1989 |
Canada |
WCh |
|
| 1994–95 |
Canadian National Team |
Intl |
26 |
11 |
8 |
19 |
40 |
| 1995–96 |
Canadian National Team |
Intl |
11 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
39 |
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