Clark Gillies

Clark Gillies ( born April 7, 1954 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player ( left wing ), who played from 1974 to 1988 for the New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League.

Career

As a junior he played with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League. With the team he won the Memorial Cup in 1974. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1974, the New York Islanders selected him in the first round as a joint fourth. His teammate Greg Joly was this year's top pick. The World Hockey Association had a crush on him. The Edmonton Oilers selected him in the WHA Amateur Draft in 1974 in the third round as the 37th

Right away he managed in the season 1974/75 the breakthrough in the NHL. With its robust style of play he made space for his teammates. Of these, initially benefited Billy Harris and Bryan Trottier in Long Iceland Lightning Company. From the season 1977/78 Billy Harris was replaced by Mike Bossy. The new series called Trio Grande. Until then, Gillies had with its intensive use developed the respect of his teammates and they urged that the 23 -year-old from 1977 captain of the Islanders was. After the 1978/79 season, in which he had 91 points among the top ten scorers in the NHL, he gave the captaincy to Denis Potvin on. At the Challenge Cup in 1979, he was in the squad of NHL teams that lost the series against the Soviet Union. At the only victory of his team, he also scored a hit. It was followed by the successful years of Islanders who could 1980-1983 Stanley Cup win four times in a row. When the Islanders in 1984 fought in the finals for the fifth title, he threw against the Edmonton Oilers once again everything in the pan. 19 points were his best performance in the playoffs, but four players the Oilers landed in front of him, and brought in five games of the Stanley Cup to Canada.

He was usually not a scorer at the Islanders, but he met frequently if it was important. Especially in the majority, he was feared in front of goal. Almost a third of his goals he scored on the powerplay.

In Waiver Draft 1986, the Buffalo Sabres take chances and committed Gillies. He stayed two seasons in Buffalo before he finished his career.

Since 1997, his shirt number 9 is not assigned when the Islanders. He was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

  • Memorial Cup: 1974
  • Stanley Cup: 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983

Personal Awards

  • First All -Star Team: 1978 and 1979
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