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Trevor Linden
Born April 11, 1970
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CAN
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Centre/Right Wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams
Vancouver Canucks
Washington Capitals
Montreal Canadiens
New York Islanders
NHL draft 2nd overall, 1988
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 1988–present

Trevor Linden, OBC, (ancestrally "van der Linden") (born April 11, 1970 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He plays Centre and right wing.

Playing career

Medicine Hat Tigers

Linden helped his hometown Medicine Hat Tigers win consecutive Memorial Cup titles as a junior hockey player in the WHL, winning in both 1987 and 1988. The Vancouver Canucks selected Linden second overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

Vancouver Canucks

He made his NHL debut in the 1988-89 season. Linden was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team and finished second to Brian Leetch for the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year. Linden was named the youngest captain in the NHL during 1990-91 season.

The 1993-94 was the first time in 12 years the Canucks made the Stanley Cup Finals. They lost in a close seven games to the New York Rangers. Linden scored twice in game seven, and it was not until the 2001 playoffs that another player, Alex Tanguay, would score twice in a game seven of the Finals. Despite Linden's heroics, Mark Messier scored the game winner afterwards to clinch the Cup for the Rangers.

Linden was recognized by the NHL with the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, given for humanitarian community contributions, in 1996-97. Between October 4, 1990 and December 3, 1996, Linden appeared in 482 consecutive games. The streak established a Canucks record (broken in 2007 by Brendan Morrison and was the longest in the NHL at the time). He also compiled six seasons with thirty or more goals and was twice selected to the midseason All-Star game.

At the start of the 1997-98 season, with the addition of Mark Messier, Linden gave up his captaincy to Messier. Though there were high expectations for Messier, he failed to live up to them. Furthermore, some described Messier's arrival as a hostile invasion of the Canucks' dressing room, which forced Linden out. Linden was traded during this time, going to the New York Islanders on February 6, 1998 for Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan McCabe, and the Islanders 3rd round choice (ultimately Jarkko Ruutu) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He was named captain of the Islanders franchise.

New York Islanders

During February 1998, Linden was named to the Canadian Olympic ice hockey team, as part of the first group of NHL players to play. They ended up placing 4th in the tournament at Nagano. Linden scored the equalizer and only goal on Dominik Hasek in the semi-finals of the medal round play; Team Canada lost 2-1 in a shootout to the Czech Republic.

Montreal Canadiens

At the conclusion of the 1998-99 season with the New York Islanders, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for a 1st round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

Washington Capitals

In the 2001-02 season, Linden was traded once again, this time to the Washington Capitals. He went with Dainius Zubrus, and New Jersey's 2nd round choice in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Richard Zednik, Jan Bulis, and Washington's 1st round choice in the 2001 Draft.

Vancouver Canucks

After only 28 games with the Capitals spread over parts of two years, Linden was traded back to the Canucks. In exchange for Vancouver's 1st round choice in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft and a 3rd round choice in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Linden went along with a 2nd round choice in either the 2002 or 2003 drafts on November 10, 2001.

On March 26, 2002, Linden played in his 1,000th NHL regular season game, and 758th with the Canucks. He scored his 263rd goal as a Canuck on November 25, 2002 against the Minnesota Wild, to lead the Canucks in all-time goals scored. Linden scored his team-record 674th point with the Canucks on March 8, 2004. Both these records were previously held by Stan Smyl. He also has the Canucks record for games played, passing Smyl in the 2003-04 season. On October 5, 2006 Linden scored the game winner in the Canucks season opener to record his 300th goal as a Vancouver Canuck (and thus became the first Canuck to reach this mark).

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Trevor Linden

NHLPA President

Linden became the President of the NHL Players Association in June of 1998. At the NHL Players' Association July 2006 summer meeting the veteran forward announced he would not seek re-election as union president. Linden was actively involved in negotiations with Gary Bettman and the NHL on a new CBA that ended the lockout.

Linden's long tenure with the Canucks, deep attachment to the city of Vancouver and history of charitable community service and involvement have made him amongst the most beloved and respected players among fans in franchise history.[1] His 2001 return to the Canucks was an emotional event for fans and player alike, with Linden admitting that he was unable to sleep the night before his first game back, due to excitement.[2] He is still often referred to affectionately as 'Captain Canuck,' despite not having captained the team since 1997.[who?]

Awards

Records

  • Vancouver Canucks franchise record for points in career (721) (as of April 8, 2007)

Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1985-86 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 5 2 0 2 0 -- -- -- -- --
1986-87 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72 14 22 36 59 -- -- -- -- --
1987-88 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 67 46 64 110 76 16 13 12 25 19
1988-89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 30 29 59 41 7 3 4 7 8
1989-90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 73 21 30 51 43 -- -- -- -- --
1990-91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 33 37 70 65 6 0 7 7 2
1991-92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 31 44 75 101 13 4 8 12 6
1992-93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 84 33 39 72 64 12 5 8 13 16
1993-94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 84 32 29 61 73 24 12 13 25 18
1994-95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 48 18 22 40 40 11 2 6 8 12
1995-96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 33 47 80 42 6 4 4 8 6
1996-97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 49 9 31 40 27 -- -- -- -- --
1997-98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 42 7 14 21 49 -- -- -- -- --
1997-98 New York Islanders NHL 25 10 7 17 33 -- -- -- -- --
1998-99 New York Islanders NHL 82 18 29 47 32 -- -- -- -- --
1999-00 Montreal Canadiens NHL 50 13 17 30 34 -- -- -- -- --
2000-01 Montreal Canadiens NHL 57 12 21 33 52 -- -- -- -- --
2000-01 Washington Capitals NHL 12 3 1 4 8 6 0 4 4 14
2001-02 Washington Capitals NHL 16 1 2 3 6 -- -- -- -- --
2001-02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 64 12 22 34 65 6 1 4 5 0
2002-03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 71 19 22 41 30 14 1 2 3 10
2003-04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 14 22 36 26 7 0 0 0 6
2005-06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 7 9 16 15 -- -- -- -- --
2006-07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 12 13 25 34 -- -- -- -- --
NHL Totals 1,323 368 487 855 880 112 32 60 92 98

International play

Played for Canada in:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Order of B.C. Biography
  2. ^ Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment (2006). The Trevor Linden Story (part 3/3) (Promotional Video)
Preceded by Vancouver Canucks Captains
1990-97, with
Doug Lidster & Dan Quinn 1990-91
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy
1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by New York Islanders captains
1998-99
Succeeded by
Preceded by NHLPA President
1998-2006
Succeeded by
vacant

Note: the Canucks began the 1990-91 NHL season with tri-captains, (Trevor Linden, Doug Lidster & Dan Quinn). Quinn was traded during the season, leaving Linden & Lidster as co-captains. The following season (1991-92), Linden was named sole captain.

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