Wendell Young's NHL career
Goaltender Wendell Young was drafted 73th overall by Vancouver Canucks in 1981. He played 10 seasons for 4 clubs, 1985-1995. That came to 187 games and 59 wins, 2 shutouts.
Below: the whole of Wendell Young's career, season by season.
- Year 19811981 NHL Draft
Wendell Young is drafted 73 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Selected73 overall, round 4
Swedes drafted14 selectedFirst Swede off the boardJan Ingman#19First off the board- 1Dale HawerchukWIN
- 2Doug SmithLAK
- 3Bobby CarpenterWSH
Swedes from the same draft- Jan Erixon556 GP · 216 P
- Peter Sundström338 GP · 144 P
- Robert Nordmark236 GP · 83 P
- 4 years, 6 months and 7 days later · 5 seasonsYear 19851985-1986 seasonNHL debut
Wendell Young makes his NHL debut
Wendell was 22 years old ·
Pacific Coliseum, CanadaSwedes on the ice:
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Jörgen Pettersson, Peter Andersson, among others.Year 1986Season1985-1986
Wendell Young's first NHL season: 22 games
The whole season and the playoff run1985-1986Wins4Games22 of 8028%SV%.886NHL#18GAA3.60NHL#24Shutouts0NHL#32PlayoffsEliminated by Edmonton Oilers1 of 3 gamesFirst roundEDMEdmonton Oilers0–3 - Season
1986-1987
Wendell Young plays 8 of 80 games
The whole season1986-1987Wins1Games8 of 8010%SV%.842NHL#55GAA5.02NHL#59Shutouts0NHL#21 - Year 1987Season
1987-1988
Wendell Young plays 6 of 80 games
The whole season and the playoff run1987-1988Wins3Games6 of 808%SV%.865NHL#50GAA3.76NHL#33Shutouts0NHL#32PlayoffsEliminated by Washington Capitals0 of 7 gamesFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals3–4 - Year 1989Season
1988-1989
Wendell Young plays 22 of 80 games
The whole season and the playoff run1988-1989Wins12Games22 of 8028%SV%.863NHL#51GAA4.80NHL#59Shutouts0NHL#23PlayoffsEliminated by Philadelphia Flyers1 of 11 gamesFirst roundNYRNew York Rangers4–0Second roundPHIPhiladelphia Flyers3–4 - Year 1990Season
1989-1990
Wendell Young plays 43 of 80 games
The whole season1989-1990Wins16Games43 of 8054%SV%.873NHL#37GAA4.17NHL#51Shutouts1NHL#12 - Year 1991Season
1990-1991
Wendell Young plays 18 of 80 games and wins the Stanley Cup
EventsStanley CupThe whole season and the playoff run1990-1991Wins4Games18 of 8023%SV%.879NHL#42GAA4.04NHL#57Shutouts0NHL#28PlayoffsStanley Cup0 of 24 gamesFirst roundNJDNew Jersey Devils4–3Second roundWSHWashington Capitals4–1Conference finalBOSBoston Bruins4–2Stanley Cup FinalMNSMinnesota North Stars4–2 - Year 1992Season
1991-1992
Wendell Young plays 18 of 80 games and wins the Stanley Cup
EventsStanley CupThe whole season and the playoff run1991-1992Wins7Games18 of 8023%SV%.889NHL#28GAA3.80NHL#53Shutouts0NHL#33PlayoffsStanley Cup0 of 21 gamesFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals4–3Second roundNYRNew York Rangers4–2Conference finalBOSBoston Bruins4–0Stanley Cup FinalCHIChicago Blackhawks4–0 - Year 1993Season
1992-1993
Wendell Young plays 31 of 84 games
The whole season1992-1993Wins7Games31 of 8437%SV%.872NHL#54GAA3.66NHL#38Shutouts0NHL#34 - Year 1994Season
1993-1994
Wendell Young plays 9 of 84 games
The whole season1993-1994Wins2Games9 of 8411%SV%.905NHL#20GAA2.50NHL#6Shutouts1NHL#29 - Year 1995Season
1994-1995
Wendell Young's last season: 10 games
The whole season and the playoff run1994-1995Wins3Games10 of 4821%SV%.894NHL#43GAA3.26NHL#47Shutouts0NHL#30PlayoffsEliminated by New Jersey Devils0 of 12 gamesFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals4–3Second roundNJDNew Jersey Devils1–4 - The career
Wendell Young played his last NHL game in 1995
The career ended after 10 seasons, the last of them with Pittsburgh Penguins.