Phil Housley

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-10 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: March 9, 1964 in St. Paul, Minnesota
Draft: Buffalo, 1st round (6th overall), 1982 NHL Entry

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Skater Rank: #94. Henrik Zetterberg… #95. Zdeno Chara… #96. Norm Ullman… #97. PHIL HOUSLEY… #98. Daniel Alfredsson… #99. Steve Shutt… #100. Bernie Geoffrion…

Skater Rank: #94. Henrik Zetterberg… #95. Zdeno Chara… #96. Norm Ullman… #97. PHIL HOUSLEY… #98. Daniel Alfredsson… #99. Steve Shutt… #100. Bernie Geoffrion…

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1982-83	18	BUF	NHL	77	19	47	66	24	-4	39	8	11	0	2	24	0	23	183	10.4
1983-84	19	BUF	NHL	75	31	46	77	30	3	33	16	13	2	6	22	0	24	234	13.2
1984-85	20	BUF	NHL	73	16	53	69	23	15	28	13	3	0	4	27	1	25	188	8.5
1985-86	21	BUF	NHL	79	15	47	62	21	-9	54	8	7	0	2	26	0	21	180	8.3
1986-87	22	BUF	NHL	78	21	46	67	24	-2	57	12	8	1	2	30	0	16	202	10.4
1987-88	23	BUF	NHL	74	29	37	66	26	-17	96	23	6	0	1	15	0	22	231	12.6
1988-89	24	BUF	NHL	72	26	44	70	26	6	47	21	5	0	3	17	1	26	178	14.6
1989-90	25	BUF	NHL	80	21	60	81	28	11	32	12	8	1	4	31	0	29	201	10.4
1990-91	26	WIN	NHL	78	23	53	76	27	-13	24	10	12	1	3	27	1	25	206	11.2
1991-92	27	WIN	NHL	74	23	63	86	29	-5	92	12	11	0	4	17	0	46	234	9.8
1992-93	28	WIN	NHL	80	18	79	97	31	-14	52	12	6	0	2	29	0	50	249	7.2
1993-94	29	STL	NHL	26	7	15	22	8	-5	12	3	4	0	1	8	0	7	60	11.7
1994-95	30	CGY	NHL	43	8	35	43	14	17	18	5	3	0	0	18	0	17	135	5.9
1995-96	31	TOT	NHL	81	17	51	68	24	-6	30	11	6	0	1	22	0	29	205	8.3
1995-96	31	CGY	NHL	59	16	36	52	19	-2	22	10	6	0	1	15	0	21	155	10.3
1995-96	31	NJD	NHL	22	1	15	16	5	-4	8	1	0	0	0	7	0	8	50	2.0
1996-97	32	WSH	NHL	77	11	29	40	14	-10	24	7	3	1	2	12	0	17	167	6.6
1997-98	33	WSH	NHL	64	6	25	31	10	-10	24	1	4	1	0	10	0	15	116	5.2
1998-99	34	CGY	NHL	79	11	43	54	18	14	52	7	4	0	1	23	0	20	193	5.7	1648	20:52
1999-00	35	CGY	NHL	78	11	44	55	18	-12	24	6	5	0	2	14	0	30	176	6.3	1832	23:29
2000-01	36	CGY	NHL	69	4	30	34	10	-15	24	4	0	0	0	15	0	15	115	3.5	1253	18:10
2001-02	37	CHI	NHL	80	15	24	39	14	-3	34	7	8	0	6	10	0	14	218	6.9	1741	21:46
2002-03	38	TOT	NHL	58	6	23	29	10	6	26	4	2	0	2	14	0	9	137	4.4	1121	19:20
2002-03	38	CHI	NHL	57	6	23	29	10	7	24	4	2	0	2	14	0	9	134	4.5	1105	19:23
2002-03	38	TOR	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	16	16:04
Career			NHL	1495	338	894	1232	427	-53	822	202	129	7	48	411	3	480	3808	8.9	7596	20:52

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1982-83	18	BUF	NHL	77	0.25	0.61	0.86	0.31	0.51	2.38	15	38	53	19	141	53	98	6	-4	4.6	3.9	8.4
1983-84	19	BUF	NHL	75	0.41	0.61	1.03	0.40	0.44	3.12	24	37	61	23	143	57	87	4	3	6.1	4.6	10.6
1984-85	20	BUF	NHL	73	0.22	0.73	0.95	0.32	0.38	2.58	13	42	55	19	106	45	48	2	15	4.5	5.7	10.1
1985-86	21	BUF	NHL	79	0.19	0.59	0.78	0.27	0.68	2.28	12	37	49	17	111	53	70	3	-9	3.8	4.0	7.8
1986-87	22	BUF	NHL	78	0.27	0.59	0.86	0.31	0.73	2.59	18	39	57	20	132	48	100	14	-2	4.9	3.6	8.6
1987-88	23	BUF	NHL	74	0.39	0.50	0.89	0.35	1.30	3.12	24	31	55	22	137	61	103	10	-17	5.5	2.5	8.0
1988-89	24	BUF	NHL	72	0.36	0.61	0.97	0.36	0.65	2.47	21	36	57	21	148	65	92	15	6	5.5	3.9	9.4
1989-90	25	BUF	NHL	80	0.26	0.75	1.01	0.35	0.40	2.51	18	50	68	23	159	68	86	6	11	5.9	5.3	11.2
1990-91	26	WIN	NHL	78	0.29	0.68	0.97	0.34	0.31	2.64	21	47	68	24	134	57	103	13	-13	6.0	3.7	9.7
1991-92	27	WIN	NHL	74	0.31	0.85	1.16	0.40	1.24	3.16	20	56	76	26	138	77	81	15	-5	6.9	4.4	11.3
1992-93	28	WIN	NHL	80	0.23	0.99	1.21	0.39	0.65	3.11	15	64	79	26	187	91	120	10	-14	6.8	2.9	9.8
1993-94	29	STL	NHL	26	0.27	0.58	0.85	0.31	0.46	2.31	6	14	20	7	45	27	30	7	-5	1.9	1.0	2.9
1994-95	30	CGY	NHL	43	0.19	0.81	1.00	0.32	0.42	3.14	14	61	75	24	86	34	36	1	17	3.8	3.0	6.8
1995-96	31	TOT	NHL	81	0.21	0.63	0.84	0.29	0.37	2.53	16	48	64	22	119	54	81	10	-6	6.0	4.3	10.3
1995-96	31	CGY	NHL	59	0.27	0.61	0.88	0.32	0.37	2.63	15	34	49	17	91	43	59	9	-2	4.9	3.1	7.9
1995-96	31	NJD	NHL	22	0.05	0.68	0.73	0.21	0.36	2.27	1	14	15	4	28	11	22	1	-4	1.1	1.3	2.3
1996-97	32	WSH	NHL	77	0.14	0.38	0.52	0.18	0.31	2.17	11	30	41	14	97	44	68	5	-10	3.3	3.8	7.2
1997-98	33	WSH	NHL	64	0.09	0.39	0.48	0.16	0.38	1.81	7	29	36	12	75	40	48	3	-10	2.4	2.8	5.2
1998-99	34	CGY	NHL	79	0.14	0.54	0.68	0.22	0.66	2.44	13	49	62	20	113	44	58	3	14	5.1	3.8	8.9
1999-00	35	CGY	NHL	78	0.14	0.56	0.71	0.23	0.31	2.26	12	48	60	20	101	51	71	9	-12	4.7	2.9	7.6
2000-01	36	CGY	NHL	69	0.06	0.43	0.49	0.15	0.35	1.67	4	32	36	11	68	37	47	1	-15	2.5	1.9	4.4
2001-02	37	CHI	NHL	80	0.19	0.30	0.49	0.18	0.43	2.73	17	27	44	17	97	42	61	3	-3	3.9	3.2	7.1
2002-03	38	TOT	NHL	58	0.10	0.40	0.50	0.16	0.45	2.36	7	25	32	11	66	21	39	0	6	2.6	2.8	5.4
2002-03	38	CHI	NHL	57	0.11	0.40	0.51	0.17	0.42	2.35	7	25	32	11	65	21	37	0	7	2.6	2.8	5.5
2002-03	38	TOR	NHL	1	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	3.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	-1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
Career			NHL	1495	0.23	0.60	0.82	0.29	0.55	2.55	308	840	1148	397	2403	1069	1527	140	-53	96.8	73.9	170.7

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1982-83	18	BUF	NHL	10	3	4	7	3		2	2	1	0	0
1983-84	19	BUF	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
1984-85	20	BUF	NHL	5	3	2	5	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	12	25.0
1987-88	23	BUF	NHL	6	2	4	6	2	-5	6	1	1	0	0	20	10.0
1988-89	24	BUF	NHL	5	1	3	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	10	10.0
1989-90	25	BUF	NHL	6	1	4	5	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	16	6.3
1991-92	27	WIN	NHL	7	1	4	5	2	-6	0	0	1	0	1	31	3.2
1992-93	28	WIN	NHL	6	0	7	7	2	-3	2	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
1993-94	29	STL	NHL	4	2	1	3	1	-3	4	0	2	0	0	10	20.0
1994-95	30	CGY	NHL	7	0	9	9	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0
1997-98	33	WSH	NHL	18	0	4	4	1	-2	4	0	0	0	0	27	0.0
2001-02	37	CHI	NHL	5	0	1	1	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	89	17:53
2002-03	38	TOR	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0		41	13:36
Career			NHL	85	13	43	56	19	-19	36	7	6	0	1	182	5.5	130	16:17

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1980-81	16	South St. Paul High School	High-MN	18	28	26	54
1980-81	16	St. Paul Vulcans	USHL	6	7	7	14			6
1981-82	17	South St. Paul High School	High-MN	22	31	34	65			18
1981-82	17	United States	WJC-A	7	1	0	1			6
1981-82	17	United States	WEC-A	7	1	0	1			4
1984-85	20	United States	Can-Cup	6	0	2	2			0
1985-86	21	United States	WEC-A	10	2	6	8			4
1987-88	23	United States	Can-Cup	5	0	2	2			4
1988-89	24	United States	WEC-A	7	3	4	7			2
1994-95	30	Zurcher SC	Swiss	10	6	8	14			34
1996-97	32	United States	W-Cup	1	0	1	1			0
1999-00	35	United States	WC-A	7	2	3	5		2	0	2	0	0	0	11	18.2
2000-01	36	United States	WC-A	9	0	1	1		0	4	0	0	0	0
2001-02	37	United States	Olympics	6	1	4	5		5	0	0	1	0	1
2002-03	38	United States	WC-A	6	1	1	2		3	4	1	0	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	Can-Cup	11	0	4	4			4
Career		2 Seasons	High-MN	40	59	60	119			18
Career		1 Season	Olympics	6	1	4	5		5	0	0	1	0	1
Career		1 Season	Swiss	10	6	8	14			34
Career		1 Season	USHL	6	7	7	14			6
Career		1 Season	W-Cup	1	0	1	1			0
Career		3 Seasons	WC-A	22	3	5	8		5	8	3	0	0	0	11	18.2
Career		3 Seasons	WEC-A	24	6	10	16			10
Career		1 Season	WJC-A	7	1	0	1			6

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1980-81	16	St. Paul Vulcans	USHL	10	5	5	10			0
Career		1 Season	USHL	10	5	5	10			0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 21 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Phil Housley		11.3	11.2	10.6	10.3	10.1	9.8	9.7	9.4	8.9	8.6	8.4	8.0	7.8	7.6	7.2	7.1	6.8	5.4	5.2	4.4	2.9
Chris Chelios	95.9	11.5	11.3	11.1	10.2	10.0	9.8	9.7	9.2	9.0	8.9	8.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.2	6.0	4.7	4.5	3.5	1.2	0.4
Larry Murphy	95.9	12.4	11.9	11.3	10.5	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.2	9.0	8.8	8.5	8.4	7.7	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.1	6.9	5.7	5.3	3.1
Larry Robinson	90.9	16.9	12.5	11.5	11.4	11.2	11.0	10.0	9.4	9.3	9.2	9.0	8.8	6.9	6.6	6.5	6.4	4.6	4.3	2.7	1.6
Sergei Zubov	90.8	12.5	12.2	11.0	11.0	10.7	10.4	9.9	9.0	8.8	8.7	8.5	8.1	6.0	5.5	4.1	0.3
Scott Niedermayer	89.6	12.0	11.7	10.8	10.1	10.0	8.7	8.6	8.4	8.3	7.9	7.7	7.2	6.9	6.5	5.8	5.1	5.0	0.2
Al MacInnis	89.4	14.1	13.6	13.3	12.1	11.1	10.5	10.5	10.1	9.6	9.4	9.2	8.9	8.7	8.6	7.7	7.1	7.0	5.3	4.9	0.8	0.1
Scott Stevens	88.5	13.2	10.3	10.0	9.2	9.2	8.6	8.6	8.3	8.1	7.9	7.9	7.7	7.5	7.5	7.5	6.9	6.7	5.9	5.8	5.8	4.2
Brian Leetch	87.6	13.3	13.2	13.1	11.4	10.5	9.4	9.4	9.0	8.8	8.7	6.9	6.5	6.4	5.5	4.3	4.2	3.9	2.0
King Clancy	87.6	9.8	9.6	9.3	9.1	7.8	7.6	7.6	7.4	7.3	5.9	5.7	5.4	5.1	3.2	2.9	0.6
Chris Pronger	87.4	14.8	11.7	11.4	10.8	10.4	10.3	9.6	9.0	8.6	8.4	7.9	7.9	5.3	4.8	4.2	2.3	1.7	0.4

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Phil Housley		11.3	11.2	10.6	10.3	10.1	9.8	9.7	9.4	8.9	8.6	8.4	8.0	7.8	7.6	7.2	7.1	6.8	5.4	5.2	4.4	2.9
Chris Chelios	96.1	11.5	11.3	11.1	10.2	10.0	9.8	9.7	9.2	9.0	8.9	8.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.2	6.0	4.7	4.5	4.4	3.9	3.5	3.3	1.2	0.4	0.2	-0.1
Larry Murphy	95.9	12.4	11.9	11.3	10.5	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.2	9.0	8.8	8.5	8.4	7.7	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.1	6.9	5.7	5.3	3.1
Larry Robinson	90.9	16.9	12.5	11.5	11.4	11.2	11.0	10.0	9.4	9.3	9.2	9.0	8.8	6.9	6.6	6.5	6.4	4.6	4.3	2.7	1.6
Sergei Zubov	90.8	12.5	12.2	11.0	11.0	10.7	10.4	9.9	9.0	8.8	8.7	8.5	8.1	6.0	5.5	4.1	0.3
Scott Niedermayer	89.6	12.0	11.7	10.8	10.1	10.0	8.7	8.6	8.4	8.3	7.9	7.7	7.2	6.9	6.5	5.8	5.1	5.0	0.2
Scott Stevens	88.5	13.2	10.3	10.0	9.2	9.2	8.6	8.6	8.3	8.1	7.9	7.9	7.7	7.5	7.5	7.5	6.9	6.7	5.9	5.8	5.8	4.2	3.1
Brian Leetch	87.6	13.3	13.2	13.1	11.4	10.5	9.4	9.4	9.0	8.8	8.7	6.9	6.5	6.4	5.5	4.3	4.2	3.9	2.0
King Clancy	87.6	9.8	9.6	9.3	9.1	7.8	7.6	7.6	7.4	7.3	5.9	5.7	5.4	5.1	3.2	2.9	0.6
Chris Pronger	87.4	14.8	11.7	11.4	10.8	10.4	10.3	9.6	9.0	8.6	8.4	7.9	7.9	5.3	4.8	4.2	2.3	1.7	0.4
Al MacInnis	87.1	14.1	13.6	13.3	12.3	12.1	11.1	10.5	10.5	10.1	9.6	9.4	9.2	8.9	8.7	8.6	7.7	7.1	7.0	5.3	4.9	0.8	0.2	0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games 1984 NHL 1989 NHL 1990 NHL 1991 NHL 1992 NHL 1993 NHL 2000 NHL	Honors 1982-83 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st) 1991-92 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)	Games Played 1989-90 NHL 80 (1) Career NHL 1495 (16)	Assists 1991-92 NHL 63 (10) 1992-93 NHL 79 (7) 1994-95 NHL 35 (10) Career NHL 894 (19)
Points Career NHL 1232 (37)	Goals Created Career NHL 427.5 (57)	Power Play Goals Career NHL 129 (74)	Shots Career NHL 3808 (26)
Assists Per Game 1992-93 NHL 0.99 (7) 1994-95 NHL 0.81 (8) Career NHL 0.60 (60)	Adjusted Assists 1991-92 NHL 56 (10) 1992-93 NHL 64 (6) 1994-95 NHL 61 (10) Career NHL 840 (20)	Adjusted Points Career NHL 1148 (50)	Adjusted Goals Created Career NHL 397.1 (67)
Total Goals On-Ice For 1989-90 NHL 159 (8) 1992-93 NHL 187 (5) 1994-95 NHL 86 (7) Career NHL 2403 (11)	Power Play Goals On-Ice For 1989-90 NHL 68 (8) 1991-92 NHL 77 (4) 1992-93 NHL 91 (1) 1999-00 NHL 51 (4) Career NHL 1069 (6)	Total Goals On-Ice Against Career NHL 1527 (27)	Offensive Point Shares Career NHL 96.8 (41)
Defensive Point Shares 1984-85 NHL 5.7 (8) 1989-90 NHL 5.3 (7) Career NHL 73.9 (22)	Point Shares 1983-84 NHL 10.6 (7) 1989-90 NHL 11.2 (10) 1991-92 NHL 11.3 (9) Career NHL 170.7 (15)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 16, 1990: Traded to Winnipeg by Buffalo with Scott Arniel, Jeff Parker and Buffalo's 1st round choice (Keith Tkachuk) in 1990 Entry Draft for Dale Hawerchuk and Winnipeg's 1st round choice (Brad May) in 1990 Entry Draft, June 16, 1990.

September 24, 1993: Traded to St. Louis by Winnipeg for Nelson Emerson and Stephane Quintal, September 24, 1993.

July 4, 1994: Traded to Calgary by St. Louis with St. Louis' 2nd round choices in 1996 (Steve Begin) and 1997 (John Tripp) Entry Drafts for Al MacInnis and Calgary's 4th round choice (Didier Tremblay) in 1997 Entry Draft, July 4, 1994.

February 26, 1996: Traded to New Jersey by Calgary with Dan Keczmer for Tommy Albelin, Cale Hulse and Jocelyn Lemieux, February 26, 1996.

July 22, 1996: Signed as a free agent by Washington, July 22, 1996.

July 21, 1998: Claimed on waivers by Calgary from Washington, July 21, 1998.

September 28, 2001: Claimed by Chicago from Calgary in Waiver Draft, September 28, 2001.

March 11, 2003: Traded to Toronto by Chicago for Toronto's 9th round choice (Chris Porter) in 2003 Entry Draft and Toronto's 4th round choice (Karel Hromas) in 2004 Entry Draft, March 11, 2003.

January 16, 2004: Officially announced retirement, January 16, 2004.

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