Jay Wells
Gordon Jay Wells ( born May 18, 1959 in Paris, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach. In his 18 seasons career that spanned he played for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League on the position of the defender. In 1994 he won the Rangers the Stanley Cup. Most recently he served as assistant coach of the American Hockey League clubs Manitoba Moose.
Career
Jay Wells was born in the small town ontarischen Paris. In his youth he played for the Kingston Canadians in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. The Canadiens players completed a total of three seasons. At the end of his third and final junior season Wells was included in the First All - Star team OMJHL. In the NHL Entry Draft in 1979, the Canadian was selected in the first round at a total of 16 position by the Los Angeles Kings.
Wells started the NHL season 1979/80 at Los Angeles ' farm team, the Binghamton Dusters, in the American Hockey League. In Binghamton of the defender completed 28 games and then was from the tribe of Kings squad. Jay Wells spent nine seasons with the Kings, but he was particularly struck by his physical game on; he received in the 1985/86 season in 79 games completed 226 penalty minutes. In each of his nine seasons in Los Angeles players reached penalty minutes in the triple digits.
On September 29, 1989, shortly before the start of the 1988/89 season, Jay Wells was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers. Los Angeles was awarded the player Doug Crossman in return. In Philadelphia, he kept his hard stance on and reached in 133 games for the Flyers 313 penalty minutes, before he was transferred again on March 5, 1990: The player has been together with a fourth- round draft pick for the NHL Entry Draft in 1991 in exchange for Kevin Maguire and a second-round draft pick for the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 sent to the Buffalo Sabres. Nearly two years later, on 9 March 1992, the Sabres transferred him in exchange for Randy Moller to the New York Rangers on.
In New York, the players remained until the end of the season 1994 / 95th In the season before he won the Rangers the Stanley Cup after the finals, the Vancouver Canucks were defeated. On July 31, 1995 Wells was sent to the St. Louis Blues, the New York Rangers in return received Doug Lidster. After one season with the Blues the defender signed before the start of the season 1996/97 a contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he played 21 games yet to finished his career after this season.
After his playing career, he first worked for one season as an assistant coach of the American Hockey League teams Portland Pirates operate, and from 1998 to 2001 as an assistant coach with the Hershey Bears. After a pause, he worked in 2008/ 09 as an assistant coach again, this time with the AHL Manitoba Moose Club.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )