Brian Wilks
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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.
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
See also
References
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External links
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Cape Breton Oilers players
- Competitors at the 1997 Maccabiah Games
- Jewish Canadian sportspeople
- Kitchener Rangers players
- Los Angeles Kings draft picks
- Los Angeles Kings players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Maccabiah Games competitors for Canada
- Muskegon Lumberjacks players
- New Haven Nighthawks players
- Ice hockey people from Toronto
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen