One of the most clutch players in the NHL Game 7 history; Williams has 7 goals, 15 points, and 8 wins in 9 of these games. He won 3 Stanley Cups, 1 with the Hurricanes and 2 with the Kings, and won the Conn Smythe in 2014 with 25 points. He also won gold at the World Championship in 2004 and 2007. Williams retired in 2020 with 320 goals and 797 points.
Family relations
Grand-Uncles: Jerry Toppazzini & Zellio Toppazzini
Son: Jaxon Williams
DATE | STATUS | FROM | TO | SOURCE |
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10/08/2020 | ||||
10/08/2020 | Confirmed | Carolina Hurricanes | Retired | |
01/08/2020 | ||||
01/08/2020 | Confirmed | No team | Carolina Hurricanes | |
09/02/2019 | ||||
09/02/2019 | Confirmed | Carolina Hurricanes | Time-out from hockey | |
07/01/2017 | ||||
07/01/2017 | Confirmed | Washington Capitals | Carolina Hurricanes | |
07/02/2015 | ||||
07/02/2015 | Confirmed | Los Angeles Kings | Washington Capitals | |
02/28/2011 | ||||
02/28/2011 | Extension | Los Angeles Kings | Los Angeles Kings |
Drafted 1998, 6 #125 overall by Plymouth Whalers in the OHL Priority Selection
Cult/Star player for Carolina Hurricanes
Cult/Star player for Colborne Colts
Cult/Star player for Los Angeles Kings
Cult/Star player for Luleå HF
Cult/Star player for Plymouth Whalers
Career transactions
- naturalized into the US on June 9, 2017
- 2011-02-28 • Signed to a four-year contract extension by the Los Angeles Kings
- 2009-03-04 • Traded to the Los Angles Kings for Patrick O'Sullivan & a 2009 2nd round pick (Brian Dumoulin)
- 2006-06-30 • Re-signed to a four-year contract by the Carolina Hurricanes
- 2005-08-10 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Carolina Hurricanes
- 2004-09-21 • Signed to a lockout contract by Luleå
- 2004-07-29 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Carolina Hurricanes
- 2004-01-20 • Traded to the Carolina Hurricanes for Danny Markov
- 2003-07-30 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the Philadelphia Flyers