Phil Sykes (ice hockey)

Phil Sykes
Born	(1959-03-18) March 18, 1959 Dawson Creek, BC, CAN
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Los Angeles Kings Winnipeg Jets New Haven Nighthawks Moncton Hawks
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1982–1992

Phil Sykes (born March 18, 1959) is a former college and professional ice hockey player. He played college hockey for the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux helping them win NCAA national championships in 1980 and 1982. He was named to the NCAA Championship all-tournament team in both 1980 and 1982 and the WCHA first all-star team in 1982. He was also named the NCAA's championship tournament MVP in 1982.^[1]

His National Hockey League playing career began with the Los Angeles Kings in the 1982–1983 season. He finished his career playing for the Winnipeg Jets following the 1991–1992 season. He played 456 games in the NHL and 212 games in the AHL during his 10-year professional career.

Awards and honours

Award	Year
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	1980	^[2]
All-WCHA First Team	1981–82	^[3]
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	1982	^[2]

Career

1976-77 Spruce Grove Mets AJHL

1978-82 U. of North Dakota WCHA

1982-83 New Haven Nighthawks AHL

1982-83 Los Angeles Kings NHL

1983-84 New Haven Nighthawks

1983-88 Los Angeles Kings NHL

1988-89 New Haven Nighthawks AHL

1988-89 Los Angeles Kings NHL

1989-90 New Haven Nighthawks AHL

1989-90 Moncton Hawks AHL

1989-92 Winnipeg Jets NHL

References

↑ http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11608
1 2 "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
↑ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

External links

Phil Sykes's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Steve Ulseth	WCHA Player of the Year 1981–82	Succeeded by Bob Mason
Preceded by Marc Behrend	NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player 1982	Succeeded by Marc Behrend

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.