Paul Baxter

For the English footballer, see Paul Baxter (footballer).
Paul Baxter
Born (1955-10-28) October 28, 1955
Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Quebec Nordiques
Pittsburgh Penguins
Calgary Flames
Cleveland Crusaders
NHL Draft 49th overall, 1975
Pittsburgh Penguins
WHA Draft 11th overall, 1974
Cleveland Crusaders
Playing career 1974–1987

Paul Gordon Baxter (born October 28, 1955 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who played from 1979 to 1987, and has served as a National Hockey League (NHL) assistant coach for eleven seasons.[1] He was coaching the Wenatchee Wild in the NAHL before his firing in late November 2010.[2] He was to be taking over the Wichita Falls Wildcats as head coach, general manager, and partner as of May 1, 2011.

Playing career

The Cleveland Crusaders drafted Baxter in the first round, 11th overall, of the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft. The following year he was drafted into the NHL (third round; 49th overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He played a year in the NHL representing the Quebec Nordiques, as well as three years with the Penguins and another four with the Calgary Flames. Baxter spent prior time with teams in the NAHL and WCHL. He retired from the NHL after 470 games, recording a total of 48 goals, 121 assists, 169 points, and 1564 penalty minutes. Paul is the all-time leader in penalty minutes for the WHA with 962, and is also the single-season leader for the Pittsburgh Penguins with 409 during the 1981–82 season.

Paul Baxter continued his career as a coach, leading the IHL's Salt-Lake Golden Eagles to the championship title in '87-'88. He would go on to become the assistant coach of multiple NHL clubs.

Coaching history

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1972–73 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL 44 9 22 31 359 — — — — —
1972–73 Winnipeg Jets WCHL Statistics unavailable — — — — —
1973–74 Winnipeg Monarchs WCHL 63 10 30 40 384 — — — — —
1974–75 Cape Codders NAHL 2 1 0 1 11 — — — — —
1974–75 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 5 0 0 0 37 — — — — —
1975–76 Syracuse Blazers NAHL 3 1 2 3 9 — — — — —
1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 67 3 7 10 201 3 0 0 0 10
1976–77 Quebec Nordiques WHA 66 6 17 23 244 12 2 2 4 35
1976–77 Maine Nordiques NAHL 6 1 4 5 52 — — — — —
1977–78 Quebec Nordiques WHA 76 6 29 35 240 11 4 7 11 42
1978–79 Quebec Nordiques WHA 76 10 36 46 240 4 0 2 2 7
1979–80 Quebec Nordiques NHL 61 7 13 20 145 — — — — —
1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 51 5 14 19 204 5 0 1 1 28
1981–82 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 9 34 43 409 5 0 0 0 14
1982–83 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 11 21 32 238 — — — — —
1983–84 Calgary Flames NHL 74 7 20 27 182 11 0 2 2 37
1984–85 Calgary Flames NHL 70 5 14 19 126 4 0 1 1 18
1985–86 Calgary Flames NHL 47 4 3 7 194 13 0 1 1 55
1986–87 Calgary Flames NHL 18 0 2 2 66 2 0 0 0 10
WHA totals 290 25 89 114 962 30 6 11 17 94
NHL totals 472 48 121 169 1564 40 0 5 5 162

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Baxter hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  2. ↑ http://wbjtoday.com/blog/wild-names-rod-collins-interim-head-coach/8240/
Preceded by
Bob Francis		 HIFK head coach
2006–2008 		Succeeded by
Kari Jalonen
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