Brian Wilks
Brian Wilks (born February 27, 1966) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played 48 games for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League between 1985 and 1988. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1985 to 1990, was spent in the minor leagues.
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| Born |
February 27, 1966 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Right | ||||||||||||||||
| Played for | Los Angeles Kings | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL Draft |
24th overall, 1984 Los Angeles Kings | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1984–1990 | ||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Wilks was born in Toronto, Ontario.[1] As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Shopsy's minor ice hockey team.[2] He attended Carleton University 1990-93, majoring in psychology.
He played for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League from 1982 to 1984.
He was drafted in 1984, 24th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings.[1] He led the Kings in preseason scoring in 1984-85. He made his NHL debut later that season. He played with the Kings until he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers on March 7, 1989. He never played in the NHL again, and finished his career in the American Hockey League in 1990.
He played for Team Canada in the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal.[3][4]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1980–81 | Markham Waxers | OPJAHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Toronto Marlboros U18 | U18 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 88 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 69 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983–84 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 64 | 21 | 54 | 75 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 9 | ||
| 1983–84 | Kitchener Rangers | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1984–85 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 58 | 30 | 63 | 93 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1984–85 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 43 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 43 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1987–88 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 44 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 53 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 15 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 41 | ||
| AHL totals | 170 | 52 | 78 | 130 | 209 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| NHL totals | 46 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- "Brian Wilks Stats and News". NHL.com.
- "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- "1997 Team Canada Delegation"
- Paul Lungen (December 7, 2012). "Maccabi Team Canada". Jewish Independent.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database