Paul Guay's NHL career
Right winger Paul Guay was drafted 118th overall by Minnesota North Stars in 1981. He played 7 seasons for 4 clubs, 1983-1991. That came to 117 games and 34 points, 11 goals and 23 assists.
Below: the whole of Paul Guay's career, season by season.
- Year 19811981 NHL Draft
Paul Guay is drafted 118 overall by Minnesota North Stars
Selected118 overall, round 6Swedes drafted
14 selectedFirst Swede off the board
Jan Ingman#19First off the board- 1Dale HawerchukWIN
- 2Doug SmithLAK
- 3Bobby CarpenterWSH
Swedes from the same draftJan Erixon556 GP · 216 P
Peter Sundström338 GP · 144 P
Robert Nordmark236 GP · 83 P
- 2 years, 8 months and 25 days later · 3 seasonsYear 19841983-1984 seasonNHL debut
Paul Guay makes his NHL debut in 2–5 loss against New York Islanders
Paul was 20 years old ·
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, USA
Swedes on the ice:
Thomas Eriksson,
Robert Nyström,
Stefan Persson, among others.
Season1983-1984
Paul Guay's first NHL season: 8 points
EventsCareer bestHis best points season66games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1983-1984Points8NHL#414Games14 of 8018%Goals2NHL#402Assists6NHL#399P/GP0.57+/-+2NHL#189PlayoffsEliminated by Washington Capitals3 games0 pointsFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals0–3 - Year 1985Season
1984-1985
Paul Guay plays only 2 games for 1 points
Events78games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1984-1985Points1NHL#528Games2 of 803%Goals0NHL#499Assists1NHL#508P/GP0.50+/-+2NHL#199PlayoffsEliminated by Edmonton Oilers0 of 19 games0 pointsFirst roundNYRNew York Rangers3–0Second roundNYINew York Islanders4–1Conference finalQUEQuebec Nordiques4–2Stanley Cup FinalEDMEdmonton Oilers1–4 - Season
1985-1986
Paul Guay plays only 23 games for 6 points
Events57games missedThe whole season1985-1986Points6NHL#421Games23 of 8029%Goals3NHL#372Assists3NHL#432P/GP0.26+/--6NHL#443 - Year 1987Season
1986-1987
Paul Guay plays only 35 games for 7 points
Events45games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1986-1987Points7NHL#420Games35 of 8044%Goals2NHL#395Assists5NHL#412P/GP0.20NHL#375+/--14NHL#561PlayoffsEliminated by Edmonton Oilers2 of 5 games0 pointsFirst roundEDMEdmonton Oilers1–4 - Year 1988Season
1987-1988
Paul Guay scores 8 points — the best season of his career
EventsCareer bestHis best points season47games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1987-1988Points8NHL#417Games33 of 8041%Goals4NHL#342Assists4NHL#445P/GP0.24NHL#351+/--7NHL#516PlayoffsEliminated by Calgary Flames4 of 5 games1 points0 G · 1 AFirst roundCGYCalgary Flames1–4 - Season
1988-1989
Paul Guay plays only 7 games for 2 points
Events73games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1988-1989Points2NHL#497Games7 of 809%Goals0NHL#511Assists2NHL#473P/GP0.29+/--2NHL#370PlayoffsEliminated by Montréal Canadiens0 of 10 games0 pointsFirst roundBUFBuffalo Sabres4–1Second roundMTLMontréal Canadiens1–4 - Year 1991Season
1990-1991
Paul Guay's last season: 2 points
Events77games missedThe whole season1990-1991Points2NHL#515Games3 of 804%Goals0NHL#519Assists2NHL#479P/GP0.67+/-+2NHL#192 - The career
Paul Guay played his last NHL game in 1991
The career ended after 7 seasons, the last of them with New York Islanders.