Bill Lindsay
William Hamilton "Bill" Lindsay ( born May 17, 1971 in Fernie, British Columbia ) is a retired American- Canadian professional ice hockey player. During his career he played for the Quebec Nordiques, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadiens and Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League as well as for the Cologne Sharks in the German Hockey League.
Career
Bill Lindsay began at the age of six years with the hockey games in his native British Columbia. As a teenager, the links Sagittarius initially played in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League for the Vernon Lakers, later he moved to the Western Hockey League with the Tri -City Americans.
Through good stats and his fighting spirit made Lindsay clubs from the National Hockey League 's attention. NHL Entry Draft 1991, he was selected to total 103 instead of the Quebec Nordiques. This committed him to the next season, which he spent half the farm team in Halifax. A year later, he sat down in the NHL as a regular player through. Lindsay played one more year in Quebec, before he was traded to the Florida Panthers in 1993. He played six years for those based in Miami Panthers. His personal best season was also the most successful club in the history of the Panthers: 1995/96 moved to Florida so far only time in the finals for the Stanley Cup one, but lost the Colorado Avalanche in four games. Including playoffs Lindsay posted this in 95 games 44 points scorer.
Then he reached again - a year later - with the Panthers to the playoffs, but failed in the Conference Quarterfinals. Even with the Calgary Flames, for a total of 132 games, he was on the ice from 1999 to 2001, he did not reach the playoffs. Only with the San Jose Sharks, to which he had been transferred during his second season in Calgary, the attacker managed again a place in the finals. After that season, he returned to the Florida Panthers, but moved shortly afterwards on to the Montreal Canadiens. In the season 2002/ 03 he came to sporadic operations in the NHL team and spent most of the year in the Canadiens farm team, the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League. With the Bulldogs, he reached the finals of the playoffs.
After moving in 2003 to the Atlanta Thrashers he commuted for a year between the NHL team and the AHL. The lockout season 2004/ 05 he spent in the ECHL with the Long Beach Ice Dogs, before the winger for the 2005/06 season the Columbus Blue Jackets joined. There he came exclusively in the farm team in Syracuse for use. When the Kölner Haie successfully asked in autumn 2005 for his club to the release of Lindsay, the NHL veteran joined for the first time in his career to Europe. After good performances in the first few games, Lindsay extended his first run until the end of the season, the contract until 2007. After his discharge he ended his active career.
Since 2009 Bill Lindsay works for the U.S. sports channel Fox Sports games, the Florida Panthers as an expert and co-commentator on the side of Steve Goldstein.
Internationally
Lindsay participated with the U.S. selection of the Junior World Championship in 1991 and the 1994 World Cup. At the Junior World Cup in 1991, which ended Lindsay with the United States on the fourth, he scored in seven matches three goals and five assists. Three years later, the winger finished at the Senior World Championships in 1994 with the United States again in fourth and contributed with three goals and an assist to this placement.