Charles William Huddy (born June 2, 1959) is a

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former

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and former assistant coach of the

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. He is also one of only seven

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...

to be a member of all 5 of the franchise's

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-winning teams (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 & 1990).

Biography

As a youth, he played in the 1972

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with a

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team from

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, Toronto. His greatest success came with the Oilers with whom he played from the start of his career in the 1980–81 season until the end of the 1990–91 season. He would tally 368 points in 694 regular season games, and 77 points in 138 playoff games. In 1983, Huddy won the NHL's first Plus/Minus Award, presented annually to the player who (in at least sixty games) leads the NHL in Plus/Minus statistics.http://www.razulusstreet.com/hockey/nhl/awards/_detail.php?name=Plus-Minus After he left Edmonton, Huddy would play four seasons with the

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, which included former Oilers,

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, and

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. He played an important role in LA's march to the

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. Huddy would later finish his career with the

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and

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, eventually retiring after the 1996–97 campaign. He previously held an assistant coaching position with the

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, and was the head coach of the

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. Charlie was relieved of his duties for the Edmonton Oilers as an assistant coach with the personnel changes that took place on May 26, 2009. He was subsequently an assistant coach with the

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, but was let go on June 24, 2011. Huddy was hired as the new assistant coach of the

on July 8, 2011.

Awards and achievements

* 1982-83 -

NHL Plus/Minus Award The NHL Plus-Minus Award was a trophy awarded annually by the National Hockey League to the ice hockey "player, having played a minimum of 60 games, who leads the league in plus-minus statistics." It was sponsored by a commercial business, and it ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

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1959 births Living people Buffalo Sabres players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Dallas Stars coaches ECHL coaches Edmonton Oilers coaches Edmonton Oilers players Houston Apollos players Ice hockey people from Ontario Los Angeles Kings players New York Rangers coaches Oshawa Generals players Rochester Americans players St. Louis Blues players Sportspeople from Oshawa Stanley Cup champions Undrafted National Hockey League players Wichita Wind players Winnipeg Jets coaches Canadian ice hockey coaches {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1950s-stub