Kevin Maxwell (ice hockey)

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Kevin Maxwell
Born (1960-03-30)March 30, 1960
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Center
Shot Right
Played for Colorado Rockies
Minnesota North Stars
New Jersey Devils
National team  Canada
NHL draft 63rd overall, 1979
Minnesota North Stars
Playing career 1976–1988

Kevin Preston Maxwell (born March 30, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 49 games in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Rockies, Minnesota North Stars, and New Jersey Devils. Later Maxwell scouted for the Dallas Stars, New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers. He was the director of Pro Scouting for the New York Rangers for 15 years before taking the General Manager position for the St. Louis Blues American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds.

Early life

Maxwell was born in Edmonton. He played junior hockey with the Penticton Vees and in college with the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey team (now North Dakota Fighting Hawks).

Career

Maxwell represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid. In six games he scored 5 assists with 4 penalty minutes.

His NHL career spanned three seasons and 66 games, scoring six goals and 15 assists, with 61 penalty minutes. During the 1981 Stanley Cup playoffs and the North Stars finals run, he played 16 games and contributed three goals, four assists, and dogged defensive play.

As of 2022, he is the general manager of the Springfield Thunderbirds of the AHL.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1976–77 Penticton Vees BCJHL 67 63 82 145 135 — — — — —
1977–78 Penticton Vees BCJHL 43 53 65 118 101 — — — — —
1978–79 University of North Dakota WCHA 42 31 51 82 79 — — — — —
1979–80 Canadian National Team Intl 57 31 51 82 79 — — — — —
1980–81 Oklahoma City Stars CHL 31 8 13 21 38 — — — — —
1980–81 Minnesota North Stars NHL 6 0 3 3 7 16 3 4 7 24
1981–82 Nashville South Stars CHL 5 4 2 6 6 — — — — —
1981–82 Minnesota North Stars NHL 12 1 4 5 8 — — — — —
1981–82 Colorado Rockies NHL 34 5 5 10 44 — — — — —
1982–83 Wichita Wind CHL 68 24 41 65 47 — — — — —
1983–84 Maine Mariners AHL 56 21 27 48 59 17 5 11 16 36
1983–84 New Jersey Devils NHL 14 0 3 3 2 — — — — —
1984–85 Maine Mainers AHL 52 25 21 46 70 11 7 7 14 4
1985–86 Maine Mariners AHL 49 14 17 31 77 5 2 1 3 9
1986–87 Hershey Bears AHL 56 12 20 32 139 3 1 0 1 30
1987–88 Hershey Bears AHL 77 36 49 85 55 12 3 5 8 20
AHL totals 245 59 98 157 494 23 5 6 11 57
AHL totals 290 108 134 242 400 48 18 24 42 99
NHL totals 66 6 15 21 61 16 3 4 7 24

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1980 Canada OLY 6 0 5 5 4
Senior totals 6 0 5 5 4

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-WCHA First Team 1978–79 [2]
AHCA West All-American 1978–79 [3]

References

  1. ^ Thunderbirds, Springfield. "Kevin Maxwell Named T-Birds General Manager". www.springfieldthunderbirds.com. Springfield Thunderbirds. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  2. ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by WCHA Freshman of the Year
1978–79 		Succeeded by