Jeff Beukeboom
Jeff Beukeboom ( born March 28, 1965 in Ajax, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach, who played from 1985 to 1999 for the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.
Career
Jeff Beukeboom began his career as a hockey player with the Newmarket Flyers, for whom he played in the 1981/82 season in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Then he stood for three years for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League on the ice. In this time of defense in the NHL Entry Draft in 1983 was selected in the first round than a total of 19 players from the Edmonton Oilers. His debut in the National Hockey League for the Oilers gave Beukeboom in the playoffs the season 1985 / 86th In the years 1987, 1988 and 1990 succeeded the defender and the Oilers within four seasons, three times to win the prestigious Stanley Cup. On November 12, 1991, the Canadian was issued in exchange for David Shaw to the New York Rangers, with whom he in 1994 for the fourth time in his career won the Stanley Cup. Due to numerous concussions of Canadians finished in February 1999, officially his career.
After the end of his career as a player of Canadians worked in the 2003/04 season as assistant coach of the Toronto Roadrunners of the American Hockey League. Other stations in the same function were 2008-2012 Barrie Colts and Sudbury Wolves, the out of the Ontario Hockey League, before the Canadians for the season 2012/13 of the Connecticut Whale - was engaged - again as assistant coach.
Internationally
For Canada, Jeff Beukeboom took part in the World Youth Championship in 1985, when he became world champion with his team.