Paul Coffey

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Paul Coffey (born June 1 1961, in Weston, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey defenseman in the National Hockey League. Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey scored the second-most points in a single season amongst defensemen, behind only Bobby Orr.

Contents

1 NHL career
2 Awards
3 Records
4 Career statistics
5 International Play
6 Trivia
7 See also
8 References

NHL career

Paul Coffey was drafted sixth overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He played his first seven seasons during the heyday of the Oilers in which he won three Stanley Cups with them in 1983-84, 1984-85 and 1986-87. After a monetary dispute, Coffey was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1987, where he played four and a half seasons, and won another Stanley Cup in 1990-91. He was then traded to the Los Angeles Kings where he was re-united with Wayne Gretzky and would play for half of two seasons.

After his brief stint with L.A., he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings where he played for four and a half seasons and enjoyed moderate success. In the lockout shortened 1994-95 NHL season, Coffey led the Red Wings in scoring, the ony time in his entire career he would accomplish that feat. He was then traded to the Hartford Whalers. But before he could even get halfway into the season, he was dealt to the Philadelphia Flyers. He played for Philadelphia for a season and a half before being traded to the Chicago Blackhawks. After a very brief stint (10 games) in Chicago, he was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes, where he played one and a half seasons. He would play his final season in Boston, with the Boston Bruins. Paul Coffey retired in 2000 with a very impressive 396 goals, 1135 assists, and 1531 points, ranking second all-time among defensemen. In 2005, the Edmonton Oilers retired his uniform number 7.

Awards

Named to the OHA Second All-Star Team — 1979-80
Won the James Norris Memorial Trophy — 1984-85, 1985-86, 1994-95
Named to the NHL First All-Star Team — 1984-85, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1994-95
Named to the NHL Second All-Star Team — 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1989-90
Played in the NHL All-Star Game — 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997
Named to the Canada Cup All-Star Team — 1984
Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004

Records

NHL record for most goals in one season by a defenseman — 48 in 1985-86
NHL record for most points in one game by a defenseman — 8 on March 14, 1986 (2G, 6A, shared with Tom Bladon)
NHL record for longest point-scoring streak by a defenseman — 28 games in 1985-86

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1978-79	S.S. Marie	OHA	68	17	72	89	103	-	-	-	-	-
1979-80	S.S. Marie	OHA	23	10	21	31	63	-	-	-	-	-
1979-80	Kitchener	OHA	52	19	52	71	130	-	-	-	-	-
1980-81	Edmonton	NHL	74	9	23	32	130	9	4	3	7	22
1981-82	Edmonton	NHL	80	29	60	89	106	5	1	1	2	6
1982-83	Edmonton	NHL	80	29	67	96	87	16	7	7	14	14
1983-84	Edmonton	NHL	80	40	86	126	104	19	8	14	22	21
1984-85	Edmonton	NHL	80	37	84	121	97	18	12	25	37	44
1985-86	Edmonton	NHL	79	48	90	138	120	10	1	9	10	30
1986-87	Edmonton	NHL	59	17	50	67	49	17	3	8	11	30
1987-88	Pittsburgh	NHL	46	15	52	67	93	-	-	-	-	-
1988-89	Pittsburgh	NHL	75	30	83	113	195	11	2	13	15	31
1989-90	Pittsburgh	NHL	80	29	74	103	95	-	-	-	-	-
1990-91	Pittsburgh	NHL	76	24	69	93	128	12	2	9	11	6
1991-92	Pittsburgh	NHL	54	10	54	64	62	-	-	-	-	-
1991-92	Los Angeles	NHL	10	1	4	5	25	6	4	3	7	2
1992-93	Los Angeles	NHL	50	8	49	57	50	-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	Detroit	NHL	30	4	26	30	27	7	2	9	11	2
1993-94	Detroit	NHL	80	14	63	77	106	7	1	6	7	8
1994-95	Detroit	NHL	45	14	44	58	72	18	6	12	18	10
1995-96	Detroit	NHL	76	14	60	74	90	17	5	9	14	30
1996-97	Hartford	NHL	20	3	5	8	18	-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Philadelphia	NHL	37	6	20	26	20	17	1	8	9	6
1997-98	Philadelphia	NHL	57	2	27	29	30	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Chicago	NHL	10	0	4	4	0	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Carolina	NHL	44	2	8	10	25	5	0	1	1	2
1999-00	Carolina	NHL	69	11	29	40	40	-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Boston	NHL	18	0	4	4	30	-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals			1409	396	1135	1531	1802	194	59	137	196	264

International Play

Played for Canada in:

Trivia

Coffey preferred his skates to fit as tightly as possible, and were two sizes smaller than his shoes. They were tied with two sets of laces, one laced from the bottom to half way up, and the other from the halfway point to the top. The skates were so tight that rather than untying them trainers cut the laces to remove his skates after every game.
He is currently the owner of a Toyota dealership named Paul Coffey's Bolton Toyota in Bolton, Ontario.
He lives with his wife and 3 children.

References

http://www.hockey-fans.com/players/coffey.php

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