Phil Housley
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Phillip F. Housley (born March 9, 1964 in South St. Paul, Minnesota) was an ice hockey player who played for the Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Housley is the top scoring U.S.-born player, with 1,232 points (338-894), and is behind only Bryan Trottier and Brett Hull in scoring among American players in the National Hockey League. (However, both Trottier and Hull are Canadian born.)
He is considered one of the best American defenseman ever, alongside fellow Americans Chris Chelios and Brian Leetch. However, Housley never won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's Top Defenseman, thanks in large part to playing in the same era and reaching his peak years at the same time as the likes of Ray Bourque, Paul Coffey, Chris Chelios and Brian Leetch (the four combined to win every Norris Trophy between 1985 and 1997). As a result, Housley is considered to be one of the most under-rated defensemen in hockey history and although not widely known, he was certainly one of the league's elite defensemen of the early 1990s, often leading all defensemen in regular season scoring.
Housley has never won the Stanley Cup, the closest was making it to the final with the Capitals in 1998, where they were swept by the Detroit Red Wings. To date, he has played the longest Cup-less career in NHL history, exceeding the droughts of Steve Thomas and Adam Oates.
He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004. As for the Hockey Hall of Fame, he does have a chance of being inducted after reaching eligibility in 2006.
Career Statistics
Regular SeasonSeason Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM1982-83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 77 19 47 66 39 1983-84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 75 31 46 77 33 1984-85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 73 16 53 69 28 1985-86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 69 15 47 62 54 1986-87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 78 21 46 67 57 1987-88 Buffalo Sabres NHL 74 29 37 66 96 1988-89 Buffalo Sabres NHL 72 26 44 70 47 1989-90 Buffalo Sabres NHL 80 21 60 81 32 1990-91 Winnipeg Jets NHL 78 23 53 76 24 1991-92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 74 23 63 86 92 1992-93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 18 79 97 52 1993-94 St. Louis Blues NHL 26 7 15 22 12 1995 Calgary Flames NHL 43 8 35 43 18 1995-96 Calgary/New Jersey NHL 81 17 51 68 30 1996-97 Washington Capitals NHL 77 11 29 40 24 1997-98 Washington Capitals NHL 64 6 25 31 24 1998-99 Calgary Flames NHL 79 11 43 54 52 1999-00 Calgary Flames NHL 78 11 44 55 24 2000-01 Calgary Flames NHL 69 4 30 34 24 2001-02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 15 24 39 34 2002-03 Chicago/Toronto NHL 58 6 23 29 26
NHL Totals 1495 338 894 1232 822
See also
- List of members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame
- List of retired NHL players
- List of NHL statistical leaders
- List of NHL seasons
- List of NHL players with 1000 points
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