Glen Wesley

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size = 200px
played_for = Carolina Hurricanes
Toronto Maple Leafs
Hartford Whalers
Boston Bruins
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 207
nationality = CAN
nationality_2 = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1968|10|2
birth_place = Red Deer, AB
draft = 3rd overall
draft_year = 1987
draft_team = Boston Bruins
career_start = 1987
career_end = 2008

Glen Edwin Wesley (born 2 October, 1968) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman, who played 10 seasons for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. He also played for the Boston Bruins, Hartford Whalers and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Playing career

Wesley was drafted 3rd overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft from the Portland Winter Hawks, appearing in 202 regular season games over 3+ seasons, soring 49 goals and 175 assists for 224 points. He has played in 1,410 career NHL games with the Bruins, Whalers/Hurricanes and Maple Leafs, scoring 128 goals and 404 assists for 532 points. He has also scored 53 points in 169 career playoff games.

Wesley moved with the Whalers to Carolina, in 1997. In March 2003, nearing the trade deadline, he was traded from Carolina to Toronto, joining the Maple Leafs for the rest of the 2002–2003 season in an effort for both teams to make the Stanley Cup playoffs. He re-signed with the Hurricanes at the end of the season, and has been with the club since the 2003–2004 season.

Wesley won his first Stanley Cup on June 19, 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes, defeating the Edmonton Oilers, his childhood favorite team. When he won this, he ended one of the longest streaks for active players who had not yet won a Stanley Cup.

Wesley, a resident of the United States since he was in his early 20's, is now an American citizen. He took the Stanley Cup to Camp Lejeune, to the beach, and to his churches for his day with the Cup. He visited with family and topped it off with a giant sundae from the Cup.

Wesley was acquired by the Hartford Whalers in what would end up being one of the most lopsided trades in Whalers history when he was acquired from the Boston Bruins for three first round draft picks, the picks turned out to be Kyle McLaren (1995), Johnathan Aitken (1996) and Sergei Samsonov (1997).

On June 1, 2007 Wesley agreed to a 1 year, $1.4 million contract to remain with the Hurricanes for the 2008 season. [http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=314797]

On June 5, 2008 Glen announced his retirement at after his 20th NHL season, and his 13th with the Carolina Hurricanes. He will remain in the Hurricanes organization as Director of Defensemen Development. The Hurricanes announced that the organization will retire Wesley's No. 2 jersey at some point during the 2008-2009 season. The team's alternate captain was the only player to have played in each of the Hurricanes' first 10 seasons since the team once known as the Hartford Whalers relocated to North Carolina.

Personal life

Wesley and his wife, Barb, have 3 children, Amanda, Josh, and Matthew. His older brother Blake is also a retired NHL defenceman. [Site web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11734 |title=Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Glen Wesley |accessdate=2008-08-04 |quote=Brother of Blake]

Awards & achievements

*Named Western Hockey League Western Conference Defenceman of the Year 1985–86 and 1986–87
*Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1988.
*Member of Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes in 2006.

Career statistics

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1983-84 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 3 1 2 3 0 -- -- -- -- --1984-85 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 67 16 52 68 76 6 1 6 7 81985-86 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 69 16 75 91 96 15 3 11 14 291986-87 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 63 16 46 62 72 20 8 18 26 271987-88 Boston Bruins NHL 79 7 30 37 69 23 6 8 14 221988-89 Boston Bruins NHL 77 19 35 54 61 10 0 2 2 41989-90 Boston Bruins NHL 78 9 27 36 48 21 2 6 8 361990-91 Boston Bruins NHL 80 11 32 43 78 19 2 9 11 191991-92 Boston Bruins NHL 78 9 37 46 54 15 2 4 6 161992-93 Boston Bruins NHL 64 8 25 33 47 4 0 0 0 01993-94 Boston Bruins NHL 81 14 44 58 64 13 3 3 6 121994-95 Hartford Whalers NHL 48 2 14 16 50 -- -- -- -- --1995-96 Hartford Whalers NHL 68 8 16 24 88 -- -- -- -- --1996-97 Hartford Whalers NHL 68 6 26 32 40 -- -- -- -- --1997-98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 6 19 25 36 -- -- -- -- --1998-99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 74 7 17 24 44 6 0 1 1 21999-00 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 78 7 15 22 38 -- -- -- -- --2000-01 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 71 5 16 21 42 6 0 0 0 02001-02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 77 5 13 18 56 22 0 2 2 122002-03 Carolina/Toronto NHL 70 1 10 11 44 5 0 1 1 22003-04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 74 0 6 6 32 -- -- -- -- --2005-06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 64 2 8 10 46 25 0 2 2 162006-07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 68 1 12 13 56 -- -- -- -- --2007-08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 78 1 7 8 52 -- -- -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 1457 128 409 537 1045 169 15 38 53 141

ee also

*List of WHL seasons
*List of NHL players
*List of NHL seasons

External links

*hockeydb|5690
*legendsofhockey|11734
* [http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ06_12.shtml Glen Wesley's Stanley Cup Journal]
* [http://www.glenwesley.com/ Glen Wesley Fan Club]