Glenn Anderson

This article is about the ice hockey winger. For other uses, see Glenn Anderson (disambiguation).

Glenn Anderson
Anderson playing in the 2008 Legends Classic in Toronto.
Born	(1960-10-02) October 2, 1960 Vancouver, BC, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Right/left wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Edmonton Oilers Toronto Maple Leafs New York Rangers St. Louis Blues
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	69th overall, 1979 Edmonton Oilers
Playing career	1980–1997
Hall of Fame, 2008

Glenn Chris Anderson (born October 2, 1960) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues. Anderson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 10, 2008. He is married to model and luxury real estate broker Susan Daniels-Anderson (born March 28, 1977). They have a daughter Autumn Kristy Anderson (born September 23, 2002), and reside in Manhattan, New York.

Playing career

Anderson played for the Burnaby Winter Club, Bellingham Blazers, then University of Denver in the NCAA for a year, before joining the Canadian National Team in 1979–80, with whom he represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He also played with the Seattle Breakers in the WHL that season. The Oilers drafted him in the fourth round of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, 69th overall. He joined the Oilers' roster in the 1980–81 season.

Anderson played 11 full seasons with the Oilers, from the 1980–81 to 1990–91. He won five Stanley Cups with Edmonton in the years 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, and 1990.

During the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Anderson had several noted run-ins with New York Islanders goaltender Billy Smith. During Game One, a slash on Anderson's knee earned Smith a two-minute slashing penalty. Anderson's knee swelled up and prevented him from practicing the next day, so Oilers manager and coach Glen Sather unsuccessfully complained to the league that Smith deserved an attempt-to-injure match penalty. In Game Four, when the two crashed into each other, Smith's dive resulted in referee Andy Van Hellemond handing a five minute penalty to Anderson. Van Hellemond said that this was "making a bit of a fool of me", and when he officiated Game One of the 1984 Finals, a rematch of the Islanders and Oilers, he called no penalty when Smith and Anderson collided.

On September 19, 1991 Anderson was traded, with Grant Fuhr, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he played two seasons and part of another. There, he reached the 1000 point plateau and played a key role in the Leafs' 1993 playoff run to the Conference Finals. The Leafs traded Anderson to the Rangers, where he won a sixth Stanley Cup 1994.

Anderson played the 1994–95 with the St. Louis Blues and split the 1995–96 between the Blues and the Oilers, and played only another 68 regular season and 17 playoff games after being a member of the Rangers' Cup-winning team in 1994. During the 1994–95 NHL lockout Anderson played with the European hockey teams Lukko Rauma of the FNL and with the Augsburger Panther of the DEL. After playing part of 1995 again with Augsburger, Anderson signed with the Vancouver Canucks, but never played with them, as upon signing as a free agent in January, he had to clear re-entry waivers, and the Oilers claimed him. Oliers General Manager Sather hoped that Anderson could guide the then young, rebuilding Oilers with his leadership and experience, and hoped to see Anderson hit his expected career milestones of 500 goals and 600 assists as an Oiler. In seventeen games on his return to the Oilers, he managed ten points before being claimed on waivers by St. Louis, where he completed his NHL career. In the 1996 playoffs, Anderson played eleven games producing five points (one goal, four assists) in his final post-season in the NHL.

Anderson was noted for his aggressive "to the net" playing style, typifying the NHL power forward in the early 1980s. As an NHL player, he scored 498 goals and 601 assists in 1129 regular season games, and added another 93 goals and 121 assists in 225 playoff games. Noted as a "clutch" player, he was able to score key goals when the team most needed them. He scored five playoff overtime goals, third to Joe Sakic's 8 and Maurice Richard's 6. In addition, he had 17 playoff game-winning goals, good for fifth in the all time history of the NHL.

Anderson's post-playing career was mired by a bitter legal battle over child support for a son, Nicholas, whom he fathered out of wedlock in 1989. Anderson argued that he had in writing that they had agreed to a lump sum settlement. He went to court in British Columbia to try to reduce the payments. When the payments ceased he was sued by the mother, Patricia O'Connor. Anderson was accused of owing O'Connor more than $125,000 in child support. Anderson had no relationship with his son at the time of the suit, which was one of Canada's most high-profile "deadbeat dad" cases.

On June 17, 2008, it was announced that Anderson would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player. For the Rangers, it marked the second straight year that a member of their 1994 Stanley Cup winning team had been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, following Mark Messier in 2007.

Anderson's jersey number 9 was retired on January 18, 2009 by the Oilers, before a game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Phoenix Coyotes . He had the largest alumni turnout since the Heritage Classic for his jersey retirement. Anderson continues to play for the NHL Alumni Legends of Hockey and many charities. He has been working on a film involving former Canadian and Russian Hockey players.

Transactions

• September 19, 1991 - Traded by the Edmonton Oilers, along with Grant Fuhr and Craig Berube, to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Vincent Damphousse, Peter Ing, Scott Thornton and Luke Richardson.

• March 21, 1994 - Traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with Scott Malone and Toronto's 1994 4th round draft choice, to the New York Rangers in exchange for Mike Gartner.

• February 13, 1995 - Signed as a free agent with the St Louis Blues.

• January 22, 1996- Signed as a free agent with Vancouver Canucks.

• January 25, 1996- Claimed on waivers by the Edmonton Oilers from the Vancouver Canucks.

• March 12, 1996- Claimed on waivers by the St. Louis Blues from the Edmonton Oilers.

Awards and achievements

• Member of six Stanley Cup winning teams: 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990 with the Edmonton Oilers and 1994 with the New York Rangers
• Selected to four NHL All-Star Games: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1977–78	Bellingham Blazers	BCJHL		64	62	69	131	46		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	New Westminster Bruins	WCHL		1	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	U. of Denver	WCHA		41	26	29	55	58		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Seattle Breakers	WHL		7	5	5	10	4		2	0	1	1	0
1980–81	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		58	30	23	53	24		9	5	7	12	12
1981–82	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		80	38	67	105	71		5	2	5	7	8
1982–83	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		72	48	56	104	70		16	10	10	20	32
1983–84	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		80	54	45	99	65		19	6	11	17	33
1984–85	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		80	42	39	81	69		18	10	16	26	38
1985–86	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		72	54	48	102	90		10	8	3	11	14
1986–87	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		80	35	38	73	65		21	14	13	27	59
1987–88	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		80	38	50	88	58		19	9	16	25	49
1988–89	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		79	16	48	64	93		7	1	2	3	8
1989–90	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		73	34	38	72	107		22	10	12	22	20
1990–91	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		74	24	31	55	59		18	6	7	13	41
1991–92	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		72	24	33	57	100		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		76	22	43	65	117		21	7	11	18	31
1993–94	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		73	17	18	35	50		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	New York Rangers	NHL		12	4	2	6	12		23	3	3	6	42
1994–95	St. Louis Blues	NHL		36	12	14	26	37		6	1	1	2	49
1994–95	Lukko Rauma	FNL		4	1	1	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Augsburger Panther	DEL		5	6	2	8	10		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Augsburger Panther	DEL		9	5	3	8	48		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		17	4	6	10	27		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	St. Louis Blues	NHL		15	2	2	4	6		11	1	4	5	6
1996–97	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Swiss-A		23	14	15	29	103		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Bolzano HC	Italy		2	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				1129	498	601	1099	1120		225	93	121	214	442

International career

				Regular Season
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1979–80	Canadian National Team	Intl
1980	Canada	Oly
1984	Canada	C Cup
1987	Canada	C Cup
1989	Canada	WCh
1994–95	Canadian National Team	Intl		26	11	8	19	40
1995–96	Canadian National Team	Intl		11	4	4	8	39

See also

• List of NHL statistical leaders
• List of NHL players with 1000 games played
• List of NHL players with 1000 points

External links

• Glenn Anderson's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Glenn Anderson's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Oilers Heritage profile
• Official Website