Tim Young (ice hockey)

Timothy Michael Young ( * February 22, 1955 in Scarborough, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in his playing days from 1972 to 1985 among others for the Minnesota North Stars, Winnipeg Jets and Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.

Career

Tim Young began his career as a hockey player with the Pembroke Lumber Kings, for which he was active in the 1972/73 season in the Central Junior Hockey League. From 1973 to 1975 he played for the Ottawa 67 's from the junior league Ontario Hockey Association. During his time in Ottawa by numerous professional teams were aware of the talented attacker. First, he was selected in the WHA Amateur Draft in 1974 in the first round than a total of 13 players from the New England Whalers and a year later in 1975 NHL Amateur Draft in the first round than a total of 16 players from the Los Angeles Kings. The Canadians finally decided on the contract offer the Los Angeles Kings, but in August 1975 transferred him in exchange for a second-round vote for the NHL Amateur Draft 1976 already to the Minnesota North Stars, without that he had ever played for Los Angeles. In the Minnesota North Stars, he was from 1975 to 1983 one of the leading players in the National Hockey League. He also took part in the NHL All-Star Game in 1977. On August 3, 1983, he was discharged Jets in exchange for Craig Levie and Tom Ward to Winnipeg, where he scored 15 goals and 20 assists in the 1983/84 season in 45 games. Most recently, he ran in the 1984/85 season in parallel for the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL as well as their farm team in Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League on before he finished his career at the age of 30 years.

Awards and achievements

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