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Canada Eric Lindros

#88 Dallas Stars / NHL - 06/07
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Feb 28, 1973
Position
C
Age
49
Height
6'4" / 194 cm
Place of Birth
London, ON, CAN
Weight
240 lbs / 109 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
R
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired
Drafted
1991 round 1 #1 overall by Québec Nordiques
Highlights
2-time U20 WJC Gold Medal 2
1-time Olympic Gold Medal 1
1-time Olympic Silver Medal 1
1-time Canada Cup Champion 1
1-time CHL Memorial Cup Champion 1
1-time CHL Player of the Year 1
1-time CHL Top Draft Prospect Award 1
1-time NHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time NHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) 1
1-time NHL MVP Selected by NHLPA (Ted Lindsay Award) 1
1-time NHL Second All-Star Team 1
1-time OHL Champion 1
1-time OHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time OHL Most Outstanding Player (Red Tilson Trophy) 1
1-time OHL Most Points (Eddie Powers Trophy) 1
1-time Olympic All-Star Team 1
1-time U20 WJC All-Star Team 1
1-time U20 WJC Best Forward 1
1-time World Championship All-Star Team 1
1-time World Championship Best Forward 1
1-time World Championship Most Points 1

Brother: Brett Lindros

At 6'4, 240 lbs, the big power forward could do it all. Lindros was drafted first overall in 1991 after winning a Memorial Cup with the Oshawa Generals and gold at the U20 World Junior Championship. He went on to win a Canada Cup and Olympic gold as well as a Ted Lindsay and Hart Trophy. The 6x All-Star retired in 2007 with 372 goals and 865 points in 760 games. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2016.

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1988-89 St. Michael's Buzzers MetJBHL 37 24 43 67 193 - | Playoffs 27 23 25 48 155 -
Team Canada International 2 1 0 1 0 - |
1989-90 Compuware Ambassadors NAHL 14 23 29 52 123 - |
Oshawa Generals OHL 25 17 19 36 61 - | Playoffs 17 18 18 36 76 -
Canada U20 WJC-20 7 4 0 4 14 - |
Team Canada International 3 1 0 1 4 - |
1990-91 Oshawa Generals OHL 57 71 78 149 189 - | Playoffs 16 18 20 38 93 -
Canada U20 WJC-20 7 6 11 17 6 - |
1991-92 Oshawa Generals OHL 13 9 22 31 54 - |
Canada U20 “C” WJC-20 7 2 8 10 12 - |
Canada OG 8 5 6 11 5 - |
Team Canada International 24 19 16 35 34 - |
Canada CC 8 3 2 5 8 -1 |
1992-93 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 61 41 34 75 147 28 |
Canada “A” WC 8 11 6 17 10 16 |
1993-94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 65 44 53 97 103 16 |
1994-95 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 46 29 41 70 60 27 | Playoffs 12 4 11 15 18 7
1995-96 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 73 47 68 115 163 26 | Playoffs 12 6 6 12 43 -1
1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 52 32 47 79 136 31 | Playoffs 19 12 14 26 40 7
Canada WCup 8 3 3 6 10 -2 |
1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 63 30 41 71 134 14 | Playoffs 5 1 2 3 17 -3
Canada “C” OG 6 2 3 5 2 6 |
1998-99 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 71 40 53 93 120 35 |
1999-00 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 55 27 32 59 83 11 | Playoffs 2 1 0 1 0 0
2000-01 Did not play |
2001-02 New York Rangers “A” NHL 72 37 36 73 138 19 |
Canada OG 6 1 0 1 8 -3 |
2002-03 New York Rangers “A” NHL 81 19 34 53 141 5 |
2003-04 New York Rangers “A” NHL 39 10 22 32 60 7 |
2004-05 Did not play |
2005-06 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 33 11 11 22 43 -3 |
2006-07 Dallas Stars NHL 49 5 21 26 70 -1 | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 4 -2
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1984-85 Toronto Marlboros Peewee QC Int PW - - - - - - |
1986-87 Toronto Young Nationals QC Int PW - - - - - - |
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
CC 1 8 3 2 5 0.63 8 -1 | 0
International 3 29 21 16 37 1.28 38 - | 0
MetJBHL 1 37 24 43 67 1.81 193 - | 1 27 23 25 48 1.78 155 -
NAHL 1 14 23 29 52 3.71 123 - | 0
NHL 13 760 372 493 865 1.14 1 398 215 | 6 53 24 33 57 1.08 122 8
OG 3 20 8 9 17 0.85 15 3 | 0
OHL 3 95 97 119 216 2.27 304 - | 2 33 36 38 74 2.24 169 -
QC Int PW 2 - - - - - - - | 0
WC 1 8 11 6 17 2.13 10 16 | 0
WCup 1 8 3 3 6 0.75 10 -2 | 0
WJC-20 3 21 12 19 31 1.48 32 - | 0
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Rod Brind'Amour (F) 1992-2000 8 Canada, Canada, Canada, Philadelphia Flyers
Karl Dykhuis (D) 1990-2000 7 Canada U20, Philadelphia Flyers, Team Canada
Éric Desjardins (D) 1991-2000 7 Canada, Canada, Canada, Philadelphia Flyers
Chris Therien (D) 1994-2000 6 Philadelphia Flyers

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Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1989, 1 #1 overall by Soo Greyhounds in the OHL Priority Selection

Number 88 retired by Oshawa Generals

Number 88 retired by Philadelphia Flyers

Cult/Star player for Canada

Cult/Star player for New York Rangers

Cult/Star player for Oshawa Generals

Cult/Star player for Philadelphia Flyers

Career transactions
- 2007-11-08 • Announced his retirement
- 2006-07-17 • Signed by the Dallas Stars
- 2005-08-11 • Signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs
- 2001-08-20 • Traded to the New York Rangers for Jan Hlavac, Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl & a 2003 3rd round pick (Stefan Ruzicka)
- 1992-06-30 • Rights traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, a 1993 1st round pick (Jocelyn Thibault), a 1994 1st round pick (traded to WSH via TOR: Nolan Baumgartner), the rights to Peter Forsberg & cash
- 1991-06-09 • Drafted by the Quebec Nordiques

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