Wendell Young

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Goaltender
caught = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 9
weight_lb = 181
played_for = Vancouver Canucks
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|8|1|mf=y
birth_place = Halifax, NS, CAN
career_start = 1983
career_end = 2001
draft = 73rd overall
draft_year = 1981
draft_team = Vancouver Canucks


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Wendell Young (born August 1, 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.

Playing career

Wendell played for the Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League. Wendell is the only hockey player to have won a Memorial Cup (in 1982 with the Kitchener Rangers), a Calder Cup (with the 1988 Hershey Bears), a Turner Cup (with the 1998 and 2000 Chicago Wolves), and a Stanley Cup (with the 1991 and 1992 Penguins). He also has 2 Robertson Cups with the Kitchener Rangers as Ontario Hockey League Champions in 1981 and 1982.

According to a 2006 issue of The Hockey News, Young is currently an Assistant Coach and Executive Director of Team Relations with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League.

It should also be noted that Wendell Young was the only goaltender for the Tampa Bay Lightning in NHLPA '93 and starter for the Lightning in NHL '94.

External links

* [http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/young.html Wendell Young at Hockey Goalies]
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