Team "
Hangin' at the Dome" selects at the
FORWARD position,
Joe Nieuwendyk.
Joseph Nieuwendyk (born September 10, 1966 in
Oshawa,
Ontario) is a retired
Canadian ice hockey player in the
National Hockey League. He won the
Stanley Cup three times, in three different decades, on three different teams, and is considered to be one of the best face-off men in NHL history. He announced his retirement from professional hockey due to chronic back problems on December 6, 2006, effective immediately. He was hired by the
Florida Panthers as a special consultant to the general manager, and is currently special assistant to the general manager for the
Toronto Maple Leafs.
Career statistics
Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984–85 Cornell University NCAA 29 21 24 45 30 — — — — —
1985–86 Cornell University NCAA 21 21 21 42 45 — — — — —
1986–87 Cornell University NCAA 23 26 26 52 26 — — — — —
1986–87 Canada National Team Intl. 5 2 0 2 0 — — — — —
1986–87 Calgary Flames NHL 9 5 1 6 0 6 2 2 4 0
1987–88 Calgary Flames NHL 75 51 41 92 23 8 3 4 7 2
1988–89 Calgary Flames NHL 77 51 31 82 40 22 10 4 14 10
1989–90 Calgary Flames NHL 79 45 50 95 40 6 4 6 10 4
1990–91 Calgary Flames NHL 79 45 40 85 36 7 4 1 5 10
1991–92 Calgary Flames NHL 69 22 34 56 55 — — — — —
1992–93 Calgary Flames NHL 79 38 37 75 52 6 3 6 9 10
1993–94 Calgary Flames NHL 64 36 39 75 51 6 2 2 4 0
1994–95 Calgary Flames NHL 46 21 29 50 33 5 4 3 7 0
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GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
NHL Totals 1257 564 562 1126 677 158 66 50 116 91
Those first two seasons as a Flame where he nearly tied Mike Bossy's rookie goal scoring record, then matched his mark of 51 goals as a sophomore, while on the way to winning a Stanley Cup were enough to place him in my list of all-time great Flame players. If he hadn't blown his knee out in the World Championships a couple of years later, after which his numbers dropped drastically, who knows how high his goal totals could have been?
Joe assisting on an immortal goal (May 25, 1989)