Bryan Trottier
| Bryan Trottier | |||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1997 | |||
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| Born |
July 17, 1956 Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
New York Islanders Pittsburgh Penguins |
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| National team |
 Canada  United States
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| NHL Draft | 22nd overall, 1974 New York Islanders |
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| WHA Draft | 18th overall, 1974 Cincinnati Stingers |
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| Playing career | 1975–1994 | ||
Bryan John Trottier (born July 17, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins. He won four Stanley Cups with the Islanders, two with the Penguins and one as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche. He holds the NHL record for points in a single period with six (four goals and two assists) in the second period against the Rangers on December 23, 1978. He is also one of only eight NHL players with multiple five-goal games. On January 27, 2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Trottier was part of the second group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
On August 4, 2014, Trottier was announced as an assistant coach for the Buffalo Sabres.
Nicknamed "Trots," Trottier was drafted in the second round, 22nd overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft, the team he played his first 15 seasons in the NHL with. He set an NHL rookie record of 95 points and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year in 1975–76, though the record was later broken by Peter Šťastný of the Quebec Nordiques in 1980–81.
Trottier's best offensive season was 1978–79 when he scored 134 points, earning him the Art Ross Trophy as the League's top scorer, as well as the Hart Memorial Trophy as NHL MVP. In winning the Art Ross, he became the first player from a post-Original Six expansion team to win the award. In that same season, he led the NHL in assists with 87, which he had also done the year before with 77.
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