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Canada Eric Lindros
#88 Dallas Stars / NHL - 06/07
2-time U20 WJC Gold Medal 2
1-time Olympic Gold Medal 1
1-time Olympic Silver Medal 1
1-time Canada Cup Champion 1
1-time CHL Memorial Cup Champion 1
1-time CHL Player of the Year 1
1-time CHL Top Draft Prospect Award 1
1-time Hockey Hall of Fame 1
1-time NHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time NHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time NHL Most Valuable Player (Hart Trophy) 1
1-time NHL MVP Selected by NHLPA (Ted Lindsay Award) 1
1-time NHL Second All-Star Team 1
1-time OHL Champion 1
1-time OHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time OHL Most Outstanding Player (Red Tilson Trophy) 1
1-time OHL Most Points (Eddie Powers Trophy) 1
1-time Olympic All-Star Team 1
1-time U20 WJC All-Star Team 1
1-time U20 WJC Best Forward 1
1-time World Championship All-Star Team 1
1-time World Championship Best Forward 1
1-time World Championship Most Points 1
Date of Birth
Feb 28, 1973
Position
C
Age
51
Height
6'4" / 194 cm
Place of Birth
London, ON, CAN
Weight
240 lbs / 109 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
R
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired
Drafted
1991 round 1 #1 overall by Québec Nordiques

Brother: Brett Lindros

At 6'4, 240 lbs, the big power forward could do it all. Lindros was drafted first overall in 1991 after winning a Memorial Cup with the Oshawa Generals and gold at the U20 World Junior Championship. He went on to win a Canada Cup and Olympic gold as well as a Ted Lindsay and Hart Trophy. The 6x All-Star retired in 2007 with 372 goals and 865 points in 760 games. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2016.

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Eric Lindros Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1988-89 St. Michael's Buzzers MetJBHL 37* 24* 43* 67* 193* -* | Playoffs 27 23 25 48 155 -
Team Canada International 2* 1* 0* 1* 0* -* |
1989-90 Compuware Ambassadors NAHL 14* 23* 29* 52* 123* -* |
Oshawa Generals OHL 25* 17* 19* 36* 61* -* | Playoffs 17 18 18 36 76 -
Canada U20 WJC-20 7* 4* 0* 4* 14* -* |
Team Canada International 3* 1* 0* 1* 4* -* |
1990-91 Oshawa Generals OHL 57* 71* 78* 149* 189* -* | Playoffs 16 18 20 38 93 -
Canada U20 WJC-20 7* 6* 11* 17* 6* -* |
1991-92 Oshawa Generals OHL 13* 9* 22* 31* 54* -* |
Canada U20 “C” WJC-20 7* 2* 8* 10* 12* -* |
Canada OG 8* 5* 6* 11* 5* -* |
Team Canada International 24* 19* 16* 35* 34* -* |
Canada CC 8* 3* 2* 5* 8* -1* |
1992-93 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 61* 41* 34* 75* 147* 28* |
Canada “A” WC 8* 11* 6* 17* 10* 16* |
1993-94 Philadelphia Flyers “A” NHL 65* 44* 53* 97* 103* 16* |
1994-95 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 46* 29* 41* 70* 60* 27* | Playoffs 12 4 11 15 18 7
1995-96 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 73* 47* 68* 115* 163* 26* | Playoffs 12 6 6 12 43 -1
1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 52* 32* 47* 79* 136* 31* | Playoffs 19 12 14 26 40 7
Canada WCup 8* 3* 3* 6* 10* -2* |
1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 63* 30* 41* 71* 134* 14* | Playoffs 5 1 2 3 17 -3
Canada “C” OG 6* 2* 3* 5* 2* 6* |
1998-99 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 71* 40* 53* 93* 120* 35* |
1999-00 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 55* 27* 32* 59* 83* 11* | Playoffs 2 1 0 1 0 0
2000-01 Did not play * * * * * * |
2001-02 New York Rangers “A” NHL 72* 37* 36* 73* 138* 19* |
Canada OG 6* 1* 0* 1* 8* -3* |
2002-03 New York Rangers “A” NHL 81* 19* 34* 53* 141* 5* |
2003-04 New York Rangers “A” NHL 39* 10* 22* 32* 60* 7* |
2004-05 Did not play * * * * * * |
2005-06 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 33* 11* 11* 22* 43* -3* |
2006-07 Dallas Stars NHL 49* 5* 21* 26* 70* -1* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 4 -2

Eric Lindros Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1984-85 Toronto Marlboros Peewee QC Int PW -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1986-87 Toronto Young Nationals QC Int PW -* -* -* -* -* -* |

Eric Lindros Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
CC 1 8* 3* 2* 5* 0.63* 8* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
International 3 29* 21* 16* 37* 1.28* 38* -* | 0 * * * * * *
MetJBHL 1 37* 24* 43* 67* 1.81* 193* -* | 1 27 23 * 25 * 48 * 1.78 * 155 * - *
NAHL 1 14* 23* 29* 52* 3.71* 123* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 13 760* 372* 493* 865* 1.14* 1 398* 215* | 6 53 24 * 33 * 57 * 1.08 * 122 * 8 *
OG 3 20* 8* 9* 17* 0.85* 15* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
OHL 3 95* 97* 119* 216* 2.27* 304* -* | 2 33 36 * 38 * 74 * 2.24 * 169 * - *
QC Int PW 2 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WC 1 8* 11* 6* 17* 2.13* 10* 16* | 0 * * * * * *
WCup 1 8* 3* 3* 6* 0.75* 10* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 3 21* 12* 19* 31* 1.48* 32* -* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Eric Lindros Career Highlights

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Awards by season
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1989, 1 #1 overall by Soo Greyhounds in the OHL Priority Selection

Number 88 retired by Oshawa Generals

Number 88 retired by Philadelphia Flyers

Cult/Star player for Canada

Cult/Star player for New York Rangers

Cult/Star player for Oshawa Generals

Cult/Star player for Philadelphia Flyers

Career transactions
- 2007-11-08 • Announced his retirement
- 2006-07-17 • Signed by the Dallas Stars
- 2005-08-11 • Signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs
- 2001-08-20 • Traded to the New York Rangers for Jan Hlavac, Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl & a 2003 3rd round pick (Stefan Ruzicka)
- 1992-06-30 • Rights traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, a 1993 1st round pick (Jocelyn Thibault), a 1994 1st round pick (traded to WSH via TOR: Nolan Baumgartner), the rights to Peter Forsberg & cash
- 1991-06-09 • Drafted by the Quebec Nordiques