Brian Wilks
PositionCentre
ShootsRight
Height5 ft
Height in11
Weight lb180
Played forLos Angeles Kings
Birth dateFebruary 27, 1966 (age 60)
Draft (1984)24th overall
Draft teamLos Angeles Kings
Birth placeToronto, Ontario, Canada
Career start1984
Career end1990

Brian Wilks (born February 27, 1966) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played 48 games for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League between 1985 and 1988. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1985 to 1990, was spent in the minor leagues.

Biography

Wilks was born in Toronto, Ontario.[1] As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Shopsy's minor ice hockey team.[2] He attended Carleton University 1990-93, majoring in psychology.

He played for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League from 1982 to 1984.

He was drafted in 1984, 24th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings.[1] He led the Kings in preseason scoring in 1984-85. He made his NHL debut later that season. He played with the Kings until he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers on March 7, 1989. He never played in the NHL again, and finished his career in the American Hockey League in 1990.[citation needed]

He played for Team Canada in the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal.[3][4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1980–81Markham WaxersOPJAHL20110
1981–82Toronto Marlboros U18U183640488822
1982–83Kitchener RangersOHL69617232510000
1983–84Kitchener RangersOHL642154753616614209
1983–84Kitchener RangersM-Cup46280
1984–85Kitchener RangersOHL583063935242462
1984–85Los Angeles KingsNHL20000
1985–86Los Angeles KingsNHL43481225
1986–87Los Angeles KingsNHL10000
1986–87New Haven NighthawksAHL431620362371347
1987–88New Haven NighthawksAHL18481226
1988–89New Haven NighthawksAHL4415193448
1988–89Cape Breton OilersAHL124111527
1989–90Cape Breton OilersAHL5313203385
1989–90Muskegon LumberjacksIHL156111710157101741
AHL totals170527813020971347
NHL totals46481225

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brian Wilks Stats and News". NHL.com
  2. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA". Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  3. ^ "1997 Team Canada Delegation"
  4. ^ Paul Lungen (December 7, 2012). "Maccabi Team Canada". Jewish Independent