Paul Douglas Coffey (born June 1, 1961) is a

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former professional

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who played for nine teams over 21 seasons in the

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. Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey ranks second all-time among NHL defencemen in

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s, and

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s, behind only

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. He won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman three times and was voted to eight end-of-season All-Star teams (four first-team and four second-team). He holds the record for the most goals by a defenceman in one season, 48 in 1985–86, and is the only defenceman to have scored 40 goals more than once, also doing it in 1983–84. He is also one of only two defencemen to score 100 points in a season more than one time, as he did it five times;

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did it six times. Paul Coffey holds or shares 33 NHL records in the regular season and playoffs. During his NHL career, he played for the

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, and

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. He is a four-time

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champion, winning three times with Edmonton and a fourth with Pittsburgh. Coffey was born in

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, and grew up in

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. The city of

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renamed Malton Arena to Paul Coffey Arena and renamed Wildwood Park to Paul Coffey Park in a ceremony on September 23, 2016. In 2017, Coffey was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.

Playing career

As a youth, Coffey played in the 1974

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with a

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team from

. Coffey was drafted sixth overall by the

in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He blossomed in the 1981–82 season, scoring 89 points and was named a second-team

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. In the Oilers' first

- winning season, 1983–84, he became only the second defenceman in NHL history to score 40 goals in a season and added 86 assists to finish second in point scoring. He won his first

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in 1984–85 while posting 37 goals and 121 points. On December 26, 1984, in a game against the

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, Coffey became the last defenceman in the 20th century to score four goals in one game. Coffey went on to post a historic post-season in the 1985 Playoffs, setting records for most goals (12), assists (25), and points (37) in one playoff year by a defenceman on the way to another Stanley Cup. He won the Norris Trophy again in 1985–86, while breaking

's record for goals in a season by a defenceman, scoring 48. His 138 points that year was second only to Orr (139 in 1970–71) among defencemen. Coffey helped Edmonton to a third Cup in 1986–87, but the deciding game seven that year against the

would be his last in an Oilers' uniform. After a monetary dispute with Edmonton's head coach and general manager

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, Coffey was traded to the

in 1987. Upon joining Pittsburgh, he changed his uniform number from 7 to 77, which he would wear for most of the rest of his career until his final season in Boston, where he wore 74. Coffey played four and a half seasons with Pittsburgh. On December 22, 1990, Coffey became the second defenceman to record 1,000 points, doing so in a record-breaking 770 games. Coffey won a fourth Stanley Cup in 1990–91 with Pittsburgh. During the 1992 season Coffey passed

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to become the career leader in goals, assists, and points by a defenceman. He was then traded to the

where he was reunited with former Oilers teammates

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and

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for parts of two seasons. After his brief stint with Los Angeles, he was traded to the

where he played for three and a half seasons. In the lock-out shortened

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, Coffey led his team in scoring for the only time in his entire career, and was awarded the Norris Trophy for the third time. In the 1995 playoffs, he led all defencemen in shorthanded goals (2) while helping Detroit to the Stanley Cup Final. However, the favoured Red Wings were swept by the

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in four games. Coffey would then help the Red Wings to an astounding 62 regular season wins the following year, though the team would ultimately get eliminated by the

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in the Western Conference Finals. During Game 1 of that series, Coffey accidentally scored on his own net after Colorado's Stephane Yelle attempted to pass the puck into the slot but it instead ended up on Coffey's stick. After a falling out with Red Wings coach

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, Coffey was traded to the

at the start of the 1996–97 season as part of a package to acquire

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– a move that Coffey was unhappy with. Coffey only played 20 games for the Whalers before being traded to the Flyers. He played for Philadelphia for a season and a half, reaching the 1997 Stanley Cup Final, his seventh, against his former team, Detroit. Coffey's Final series was not successful, being on ice for six of Detroit's goals and was in the penalty box for a seventh when the Flyers conceded a power-play goal, ending up with no points and being minus-2 and minus-3 in the first two games, and a hit from

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in game two left Coffey sidelined for the rest of the series with a concussion. Paul Coffey

Paul Coffey and Larry Murphy Mellon Arena Final Game 2010-04-08

After a very brief stint (10 games) with the

, he was traded to the

, where he played one and a half seasons. He played his final season in 2000–01 with the

. During Coffey's last NHL season,

passed his career goal, assist and point records, and Bourque and Coffey both retired after the 2000–01 season. Coffey finished with 396 goals, 1135 assists, and 1531 points, and remains second only to Bourque in all-time career scoring by a defenceman. Coffey, however, averaged more points per game than did Bourque, having played 203 fewer games but lagging by only 48 points. Paul Coffey was voted into the

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in 2004, his first year of eligibility, and the Edmonton Oilers retired his uniform number 7 in 2005. Mario Lemieux and Paul Coffey 2010 Alumni Game 2010-12-31

Mario Lemieux and Paul Coffey 2010 Alumni Game 2010-12-31

Post-playing career

While coaching a game for the Toronto Marlboros midget ‘AAA’ team in February 2014, Coffey was assessed a gross misconduct penalty for a discriminatory slur. The

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investigated the misconduct penalty and Coffey was handed a three-game suspension. Coffey is a co-owner of the OJHL's

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Awards

* Named to the OHA second All-Star team — 1980 * Won the

—

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

* Named to the NHL first All-Star team —

, 1989,

* Named to the NHL second All-Star team —

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

, 1983,

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

* Played in the

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—

, 1983,

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

, 1989,

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

, 1993,

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

, 1996,

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

*4-time Stanley Cup champion —

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(with Edmonton),

(with Pittsburgh) *Won Canada Cup —

(with Team Canada) * Named to the

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All-Star team —

* Inducted into the

in 2004 * In 1998, he was ranked number 28 on ''

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list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players * Currently 13th all-time in career points (was 9th when he retired in 2000, but was passed by

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later in the 2000–01 season,

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on January 1, 2007,

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on October 12, 2007, and

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on March 29, 2011) *Was inducted into the Penguins Hall of Fame on November 15, 2007 He is one of the 2016 inductees into Legends Row: Mississauga Walk of Fame.

NHL records

* Most goals by a defenceman regular season and playoffs combined — 455

Regular season

* Most goals in one season by a defenceman — 48 in 1985–86 * Most shorthanded goals in one season by a defenceman — 9 in 1985–86 * Most assists in one game by a defenceman: (6) on March 14, 1986 * Most points in one game by a defenceman: (8) on March 14, 1986 (2G, 6A, shared with Tom Bladon 4G, 4A) * Most seasons leading the league in scoring by a defenceman (8) * Fastest defenceman in NHL history to score 1000 points: (770 Games) * Longest point-scoring streak by a defenceman: (28 Games) in 1985-86, (Point Totals during streak "16-39-55") * Most 40-goal seasons by a defenceman career: (2) * Most 50-assist seasons by a defenceman career: (14) * Most 60-assist seasons by a defenceman career: (11) * Most 70-assist seasons by a defenceman career: (6) (Shares record with Bobby Orr) * Most 80-point seasons by a defenceman career: (8) * Highest goals per game average by a defenceman in one season: (0.608) * Highest career assist per game average by a defenceman: (0.806) - "Minimum 750 Games" * Highest career points per game average by a defenceman: (1.087) - "Minimum 750 Games" * Only defenceman in NHL history to be selected first-team All-Star playing for three different teams * Most PIM by a 1000-Point defenceman * Most different teams played on by a 1000-point scorer - 9 (tied with

)

Playoffs

* Most career goals by a defenceman in NHL playoff history: (59) * Most career points by a defenceman in NHL playoff history: (196) * Most goals by a defenceman, one playoff year — (12) in 1985 * Most assists by a defenceman, one playoff year — (25) in 1985 * Most points by a defenceman, one playoff year — (37) in 1985 * Most points by a defenceman, one playoff series: (11) in 1985 * Most assists by a defenceman, five game series: (8) in 1985 * Most assists in one period: (3) in 1985 * Most career short-handed goals by a defenceman in NHL playoff history: (6) * Most short-handed goals by a defenceman, one playoff year (2) in (1983) and (1996) * Highest Plus/Minus by a defenceman, one playoff year: +26 in 1985 * Highest goals per game average in one playoff year by a defenceman: (0.667) in 1985 - "Minimum 10 Playoff Games" * Highest assists per game average in one playoff year by a defenceman: (1.389) in 1985 - "Minimum 5 Playoff Games" * Highest points per game average in one playoff year by a defenceman: (2.056) in 1985 * Highest career goals per game average in playoffs by a defenceman: (0.304) - "Minimum 75 Games" * Highest career assists per game average in playoffs by a defenceman: (0.706) - "Minimum 100 Games" * Highest career points per game average in playoffs by a defenceman: (1.010) - "Minimum 100 Games"

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Figures in ''boldface italics'' are NHL records for defencemen.

International

Transactions

*November 24, 1987: Traded to Pittsburgh by Edmonton with

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and

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for

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, Dave Hannan, Moe Mantha and Chris Joseph *February 19, 1992: Traded to Los Angeles by Pittsburgh for

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and Los Angeles' 1st round choice (later traded to Philadelphia - Philadelphia selected Jason Bowen) in 1992 Entry Draft *January 29, 1993: Traded to Detroit by Los Angeles with Sylvain Couturier and

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for

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and Gary Shuchuk *October 9, 1996: Traded to Hartford by Detroit with

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and Detroit's 1st round choice (

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) in 1997 Entry Draft for

and

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*December 15, 1996: Traded to Philadelphia by Hartford with Hartford's 3rd round choice (Kris Mallette) in 1997 Entry Draft for

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, Philadelphia's 1st round choice (later traded to San Jose - San Jose selected

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) in 1997 Entry Draft and Hartford's 7th round choice (previously acquired, Carolina selected Andrew Merrick) in 1997 Entry Draft *June 27, 1998: Traded to Chicago by Philadelphia for NY Islanders' 5th round choice (previously acquired, Philadelphia selected

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) in 1998 Entry Draft *December 29, 1998: Traded to Carolina by Chicago for

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*July 13, 2000: Signed as a free agent by Boston

Personal life

Coffey is currently the owner of a

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dealership named Paul Coffey's Bolton Kia in

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. Coffey and his wife Stephanie have three children; sons Christian and Blake and daughter Savannah.

References

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