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Bill Houlder

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 217 lbs.
Born: March 11, 1967 in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 4th round (82nd overall) of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1987-88 20 Washington Capitals NHL 30 1 2 3 0.10 1 0.04 13 0 15 0 -2 10 1 0 0 0 20 0.67 5.0
1988-89 21 Washington Capitals NHL 8 0 3 3 0.38 1 0.11 11 1 3 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.63 0.0
1989-90 22 Washington Capitals NHL 41 1 11 12 0.29 4 0.09 56 8 41 1 8 28 1 0 0 0 49 1.20 2.0
1990-91 23 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7 0 2 2 0.29 1 0.09 3 2 3 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 7 1.00 0.0
1991-92 24 Buffalo Sabres NHL 10 1 0 1 0.10 1 0.05 6 1 8 1 -2 8 1 0 0 0 18 1.80 5.6
1992-93 25 Buffalo Sabres NHL 15 3 5 8 0.53 3 0.20 17 2 13 3 5 6 3 0 0 0 29 1.93 10.3
1993-94 26 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 80 14 25 39 0.49 15 0.19 77 31 89 25 -18 40 11 3 0 3 187 2.34 7.5
1994-95 27 St. Louis Blues NHL 41 5 13 18 0.44 6 0.16 48 7 28 3 16 20 4 1 0 0 59 1.44 8.5
1995-96 28 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 61 5 23 28 0.46 10 0.16 60 24 58 23 1 22 2 3 0 0 90 1.48 5.6
1996-97 29 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 79 4 21 25 0.32 8 0.11 92 14 93 31 16 30 4 0 0 2 116 1.47 3.4
1997-98 30 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 7 25 32 0.39 11 0.14 86 25 80 32 13 48 3 4 0 2 102 1.24 6.9
1998-99 31 San Jose Sharks NHL 76 9 23 32 0.42 11 0.15 78 32 69 31 8 40 2 7 0 5 115 1.51 7.8 1682 22:08
1999-00 32 2 Teams NHL 71 3 14 17 0.24 6 0.08 60 8 79 18 -9 26 1 2 0 1 89 1.25 3.4 1589 22:23
1999-00 32 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 14 1 2 3 0.21 1 0.08 12 4 17 6 -3 2 0 1 0 0 21 1.50 4.8 301 21:29
1999-00 32 Nashville Predators NHL 57 2 12 14 0.25 5 0.08 48 4 62 12 -6 24 1 1 0 1 68 1.19 2.9 1289 22:36
2000-01 33 Nashville Predators NHL 81 4 12 16 0.20 6 0.07 56 5 86 28 -7 40 3 0 1 1 78 0.96 5.1 1717 21:12
2001-02 34 Nashville Predators NHL 82 0 8 8 0.10 2 0.03 63 1 97 34 -1 40 0 0 0 0 44 0.54 0.0 1768 21:33
2002-03 35 Nashville Predators NHL 82 2 4 6 0.07 2 0.03 37 0 78 39 -2 46 2 0 0 1 51 0.62 3.9 1567 19:07
Career 16 Seasons NHL 846 59 191 250 0.30 88 0.10 763 161 840 269 31 412 38 20 1 15 1059 1.25 5.6 8324 21:14

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1992-93 25 Buffalo Sabres NHL 8 0 2 2 0.25 1 4 0 0 0 0 11 1.38 0.0
1994-95 27 St. Louis Blues NHL 4 1 1 2 0.50 6 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.50 10.0
1995-96 28 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 6 0 1 1 0.17 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 1.33 0.0
1997-98 30 San Jose Sharks NHL 6 1 2 3 0.50 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 1.33 12.5
1998-99 31 San Jose Sharks NHL 6 3 0 3 0.50 2 4 0 3 0 0 8 1.33 37.5 150 24:59
Career 5 Seasons NHL 30 5 6 11 0.37 9 14 2 3 0 0 45 1.50 11.1 150 24:59

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 16 Thunder Bay Beavers TBJHL 23 4 18 22 0.96 37
1984-85 17 North Bay Centennials OHL 66 4 20 24 0.36 37
1985-86 18 North Bay Centennials OHL 59 5 30 35 0.59 97
1986-87 19 North Bay Centennials OHL 62 17 51 68 1.10 68
1987-88 20 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 43 10 14 24 0.56 32
1988-89 21 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 65 10 36 46 0.71 50
1989-90 22 Washington Capitals Fr-Tour 4 0 0 0 0.00 2
1989-90 22 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 26 3 7 10 0.38 12
1990-91 23 Rochester Americans AHL 69 13 53 66 0.96 28
1991-92 24 Rochester Americans AHL 42 8 26 34 0.81 16
1992-93 25 San Diego Gulls IHL 64 24 48 72 1.13 39
Career 4 Seasons AHL 202 34 122 156 0.77 106
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 0 0 0 0.00 2
Career 2 Seasons IHL 107 34 62 96 0.90 71
Career 3 Seasons OHL 187 26 101 127 0.68 202
Career 1 Season TBJHL 23 4 18 22 0.96 37

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1984-85 17 North Bay Centennials OHL 8 0 0 0 0.00 2
1985-86 18 North Bay Centennials OHL 10 1 6 7 0.70 12
1986-87 19 North Bay Centennials OHL 22 4 19 23 1.05 20
1989-90 22 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 7 0 2 2 0.29 2
1990-91 23 Rochester Americans AHL 15 5 13 18 1.20 4
1991-92 24 Rochester Americans AHL 16 5 6 11 0.69 4
Career 3 Seasons AHL 38 10 21 31 0.82 10
Career 3 Seasons OHL 40 5 25 30 0.75 34

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games Played

1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)

Total Goals Against

2001-02 NHL 97 (7)

Power Play Goals Against

2001-02 NHL 34 (10)
2002-03 NHL 39 (6)

Transactions

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September 30, 1990: Traded to Buffalo by Washington for Shawn Anderson, September 30, 1990.

June 24, 1993: Claimed by Anaheim from Buffalo in Expansion Draft, June 24, 1993.

August 29, 1994: Traded to St. Louis by Anaheim for Jason Marshall, August 29, 1994.

July 26, 1995: Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, July 26, 1995.

July 16, 1997: Signed as a free agent by San Jose, July 16, 1997.

August 4, 1999: Traded to Tampa Bay by San Jose with Andrei Zyuzin, Shawn Burr and Steve Guolla for Niklas Sundstrom and NY Rangers' 3rd round choice (previously acquired, later traded to Chicago - Chicago selected Igor Radulov) in 2000 Entry Draft, August 4, 1999.

November 10, 1999: Claimed on waivers by Nashville from Tampa Bay, November 10, 1999.