{{Short description|American ice hockey player}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Other people}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | played_for = Quebec Nordiques<br>Florida Panthers<br>Calgary Flames<br>San Jose Sharks<br>Montreal Canadiens<br>Atlanta Thrashers | league = DEL | position = Right wing | shoots = Left | image = Bill Lindsay.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Lindsay with the Cologne Sharks in 2006. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 195 | ntl_team = USA | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = Fernie, British Columbia, Canada | draft = 103rd overall | draft_year = 1991 | draft_team = Quebec Nordiques | career_start = 1991 | career_end = 2007 }} '''William Hamilton Lindsay''' (born May 17, 1971) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Nordiques, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, San Jose Sharks, Montreal Canadiens and the Atlanta Thrashers. He was drafted 103rd overall by the Nordiques in the 1991 NHL entry draft.
==Playing career== Lindsay played in 777 NHL regular season games, scoring 83 goals and 141 assists for 224 points and picking up 922 penalty minutes. On Saturday, April 27, 1996 Lindsay scored the winning goal to give the Panthers their first-ever playoff series victory. The Florida Panthers eventually made it all the way to the Stanley Cup finals in the 1995–96 NHL season, losing to the Colorado Avalanche in four games. Lindsay was also a part of the Hamilton Bulldogs team that made it all the way to the Calder Cup finals in 2003 but then lost to the Houston Aeros in a seven game series by a score of 4–3.
Lindsay suffered a life-threatening throat injury in what proved to be his final NHL game on January 3, 2004.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Russo |first1=Michael |title=LINDSAY GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2004-03-19-0403181288-story.html |access-date=28 December 2021 |publisher=Sun-Sentinel |date=March 19, 2004}}</ref>
He then moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Kölner Haie. He is now the radio color commentator for Florida Panthers home games and an analyst appearing across NHL Network's programming.
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1988–89 | Vernon Lakers | BCHL | 56 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 166 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1989–90 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 72 | 40 | 45 | 85 | 84 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 |- | 1990–91 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 63 | 46 | 47 | 93 | 151 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 42 | 34 | 59 | 93 | 111 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 |- | 1991–92 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 44 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1992–93 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 20 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 84 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1994–95 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 48 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995–96 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 73 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 57 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 |- | 1996–97 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 81 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1998–99 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 75 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999–2000 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 80 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2000–01 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 52 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |- | 2001–02 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 63 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |- | 2002–03 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 28 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 89 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 31 |- | 2003–04 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003–04 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2004–05 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | ECHL | 32 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 78 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2005–06 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 32 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 78 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 44 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 45 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 777 ! 83 ! 141 ! 224 ! 922 ! 42 ! 7 ! 8 ! 15 ! 44 |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1991 | United States | WJC | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994 | United States | WC | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |} ==Awards== * WHL West Second All-Star Team – 1992
==Post-hockey career== Lindsay has been a color analyst for the Florida Panthers<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dwork |first1=David |title= Bill Lindsay added to panthers radio broadcast as color analyst. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/bill-lindsay-added-to-panthers-radio-broadcast-as-color-analyst/ |publisher=CBS News |access-date=4 November 2025 |date= 1 October 2015}}</ref> and for the NHL<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hersch |first1=Jamie |title= NHL Now: Billy Lindsay |url= https://www.nhl.com/video/nhl-tonight-billy-lindsay-on-the-florida-panthers-6374033129112 |access-date=5 November 2025 |date=June 24, 2024}}</ref> since he retired from playing and is often affectionately referred to as “Billy” in his broadcasting career.
==Personal life== Lindsay is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}}
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