Mike Wilson (ice hockey)
- For the ice hockey defenceman born 1987, see Michael Wilson (ice hockey)
| Mike Wilson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 26, 1975 Brampton, ON, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | ||
| Weight | 230 lb (104 kg; 16 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers Pittsburgh Penguins New York Rangers | ||
| NHL draft |
20th overall, 1993 Vancouver Canucks | ||
| Playing career | 1995–2011 | ||
Michael R. Wilson (born February 26, 1975) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman. Between 1995 and 2003, he played 336 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and New York Rangers.Wilson played the next two seasons in Europe splitting time between Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Austria. Wilson subsequently returned to hockey late in the 2008-2009 Season to play for the Trenton Devils of the East Coast Hockey League. He was given the opportunity by a friend who worked within the organization. He played the final five games of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs, with the team losing out in the first round. Wilson would return to the ECHL late in the following season. This time with the Toledo Walley, again playing a small number of regular season games and no playoff games. He would continue this trend the following Season with the games that he played at the end of the regular season being the last of his playing career. He currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his family. He is also an avid golfer.
Playing career
Wilson was drafted 20th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He played 336 career NHL games, scoring 16 goals and 41 assists for 57 points.
During the 2004–05 season Wilson played for the Storhamar Dragons of the Norwegian UPC league, scoring one goal and two assists in 23 regular season and playoff games.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992-93 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 53 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | |||
| 1993-94 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 60 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 1994-95 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 64 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 1995-96 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 38 | -6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995-96 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 58 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996-97 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 77 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1997-98 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 66 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 1998-99 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999-00 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 60 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000-01-01 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | -7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01-01 | Louisville Panthers | AHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02-01 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | -12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02-01 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 46 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 59 | -3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03-01 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03-01 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 45 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 89 | -1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03-01 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04-01 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 45 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05-01 | Storhamar Dragons | UPC | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2005-06-01 | Linz EHC | Austria | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | -2 | |||||||
| 2005-06-01 | Basel | Swiss-A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 2005-06-01 | Ilves Tampere | SM-liiga | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2008-09-01 | Trenton Devils | ECHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2009-10-01 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2010-11-01 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
External links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Buffalo Sabres players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- EHC Basel players
- EHC Black Wings Linz players
- Florida Panthers players
- Hartford Wolf Pack players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Ilves players
- Las Vegas Thunder players
- Louisville Panthers players
- National Hockey League first round draft picks
- New York Rangers players
- Pittsburgh Penguins players
- Rochester Americans players
- Sportspeople from Brampton
- Springfield Falcons players
- Storhamar Dragons players
- Sudbury Wolves players
- Toledo Walleye players
- Trenton Devils players
- Vancouver Canucks draft picks
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players