Doug Gilmour | |||||||||||||||||
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Hockey Hall of Fame, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
Born |
Kingston, Ontario, Canada | June 25, 1963||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||
Played for |
St. Louis Blues Calgary Flames Toronto Maple Leafs Rapperswil-Jona Lakers New Jersey Devils Chicago Blackhawks Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens | ||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||
NHL draft |
134th overall, 1982 St. Louis Blues | ||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1983–2003 | ||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Robert Gilmour (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for seven different teams. Gilmour was a seventh round selection, 134th overall, of the St. Louis Blues at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft and recorded 1,414 points in 1,474 games in the NHL between 1983 and 2003. A two-time All-Star, he was a member of Calgary's 1989 Stanley Cup championship team and won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's best defensive forward in 1992–93. Internationally, he represented Canada three times during his career and was a member of the nation's 1987 Canada Cup championship team.
Gilmour was nicknamed "Killer" by a Blues teammate possibly due to his having the same last name as serial killer Gary Gilmore (though others have attributed it to his physical style of play despite his small stature). He played three seasons of junior hockey for the Cornwall Royals where he was a member of their Memorial Cup championship team in 1981. In 1982–83, Gilmour was named the most outstanding player in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) after he scored 177 points, one of the highest totals in league history. Gilmour returned to the OHL following his playing career as he joined the Kingston Frontenacs as head coach in 2008 and was promoted to general manager in 2011. Gilmour was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2011 and his uniform number 93 is retired by the Toronto Maple Leafs.[1]