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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1961–1999)}}
'''Doug Wickenheiser''' (born [[March 30]], [[1961]] in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]] - [[January 12]], [[1999]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]) was an [[NHL]] player who was drafted first overall by the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in [[1980]].
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =Doug Wickenheiser 1988.JPG
| image_size =
| caption = Wickenheiser in 1988
| played_for = [[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[St. Louis Blues]]<br>[[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[New York Rangers]]<br>[[Washington Capitals]]
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 196
| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|3|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|1|12|1961|3|30}}
| death_place = [[St. Louis]], Missouri, U.S.
| draft = 1st overall
| draft_year = 1980
| draft_team = [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| career_start = 1980
| career_end = 1994
}}
 
'''Douglas Peter Wickenheiser''' (March 30, 1961 – January 12, 1999) was a Canadian [[ice hockey]] player, who was drafted [[List of first overall NHL draft picks|first overall]] by the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in the [[1980 NHL Entry Draft]].
Wickenheiser would become one of the biggest [[busts]] in league history. Not helping his status was that the player drafted third, [[Denis Savard]], would become a superstar with the Chicago Blackhawks. Many Canadiens fans (Especially [[French Canadian]] fans, who mostly wanted Savard because he was from [[Quebec]]) resented him, and media attention soon turned negative.
 
==Career==
He was later traded to the [[St. Louis Blues (hockey)|St. Louis Blues]]. Probably his most famous moment with the Blues was the "Monday Night Miracle" on [[May 12]], [[1986]], when after St. Louis made a large comeback, Wickenheiser scored the overtime winner to force a Game 7 in the [[Campbell Conference]] Finals. Unfortunately, the Blues lost 2-1 in Game 7.
Wickenheiser was born in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]]. A superstar in Major Junior hockey with the [[Regina Pats]], he led the [[Western Hockey League]] in goal scoring (89) during the [[1979–80 WHL season]], captained the Pats to a berth in the [[Memorial Cup]], and was the [[CHL Player of the Year]]. Wickenheiser was rated by ''[[The Hockey News]]'' as the top draft prospect in 1980 and was subsequently selected first overall by the Montreal Canadiens. Many Canadiens' fans, particularly [[French Canadian]] fans who desperately wanted the club to select francophone star [[Denis Savard]], were unhappy with the selection (Savard would go on to play for the Canadiens after being traded to the team, winning the [[Stanley Cup]] with them in 1993), and Montreal media attention soon turned negative. While Wickenheiser struggled to adjust to the NHL game, Savard (drafted third overall) would quickly become a superstar with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]], further angering some Montreal fans.
 
In his fourth season with the Canadiens, the club lost patience with Wickenheiser's slow development and traded him to the [[St. Louis Blues]]. Probably his most famous moment with the Blues was during the [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86 playoffs]] in a game dubbed the "[[The Monday Night Miracle (ice hockey)|Monday Night Miracle]]" on May 12, 1986, when after St. Louis made a large comeback against the [[Calgary Flames]], and he scored the overtime winner to force a Game 7 in the [[Western Conference (NHL)|Campbell Conference]] Finals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wheatley |first=Tom |date=2023-05-11 |title=Reliving the Monday Night Miracle, 37 years later |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/reliving-the-monday-night-miracle-37-years-later/article_acbaeda0-b2ce-11eb-bd58-a336afa1c7d3.html |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-12 |title=4. The Monday Night Miracle, May 12, 1986 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/4-the-monday-night-miracle-may-12-1986/article_0e73e4a2-8aaa-53fd-94cc-6832aba7f3e9.html |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-28 |title=Wickenheiser "Monday Night Miracle" goal in 1986 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/wickenheiser-monday-night-miracle-goal-in-1986/image_3b118eb9-ede0-5e18-afb7-f70a4c1879a1.html |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-23 |title=1986: MONDAY NIGHT MIRACLE |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/1986-monday-night-miracle/article_0bf97e46-8444-5607-86ad-8ad4df264d8b.html |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Mayes |first=Warren |title=Before St. Louis right winger Doug Wickenheiser could score... - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/05/13/Before-St-Louis-right-winger-Doug-Wickenheiser-could-score/5853516340800/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Dan |date=2019-05-11 |title=Before Maroon struck, here were the 10 most memorable OT goals in Blues playoff history |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/before-maroon-struck-here-were-the-10-most-memorable-ot-goals-in-blues-playoff-history/collection_6741fe9a-f069-5e49-91c5-bda776101d7a.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 13, 1986 |title=Blues, in overtime, force a 7th game |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/13/sports/nhl-playoffs-blues-in-overtime-force-a-7th-game.html |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=[[New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1986-05-13 |title=NHL Playoffs : Blues Win in Overtime to Tie Series |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-13-sp-6027-story.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The Blues would however, lose the deciding game 2–1.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 15, 1986 |title=FLAMES ADVANCE TO STANLEY CUP FINAL |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/15/sports/flames-advance-to-stanley-cup-final.html |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>
During his NHL career, Wickenheiser also played for the [[Vancouver Canucks]], [[New York Rangers]], and [[Washington Capitals]]. In 556 games, he scored 111 goals and 165 assists.
 
During his NHL career, Wickenheiser also played for the [[Vancouver Canucks]], [[New York Rangers]] and [[Washington Capitals]], but did not play in the NHL after the 1989-90 season, spending his last four professional seasons in the minors and overseas. In 556 games, he scored 111 goals and 165 assists.
Wickenheiser was diagnosed with cancer in 1998. He died from the disease in January 1999.
 
[[File:Doug Wickenheiser 1988 (2).JPG|thumb|Wickenheiser playing for the [[New York Rangers]] in 1988]]
 
==Cancer==
In August 1994, Wickenheiser had an [[epithelioid sarcoma]] (a rare form of cancer),<ref>{{cite web |url = http://business.highbeam.com/435553/article-1G1-55105384/doug-wickenheiser-former-player-blues-dies-cancer |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140224164532/http://business.highbeam.com/435553/article-1G1-55105384/doug-wickenheiser-former-player-blues-dies-cancer |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 24, 2014 |title = Doug Wickenheiser, Former Player for the Blues, Dies from Cancer.|last = Luecking|first = Dave |date = January 13, 1999 |publisher = St Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date = February 21, 2014}}</ref> which he had first noticed four years earlier, removed from his wrist. Three years later, in October 1997, the disease came back as [[lung cancer]], at which point it was inoperable, then it got worse a year later when he was diagnosed with [[Brain tumor|brain cancer]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=SPORTS IN BRIEF |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/10/15/sports-in-brief/4ab2f6d2-73ea-4aa8-a30a-8741e6c2ce85/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Wickenheiser - The NHL's Cursed #1 |url=http://www.prohockeyalumni.org/3/post/2022/05/doug-wickenheiser-the-nhls-cursed-1.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Welcome to the Pro Hockey Alumni Podcast |language=en}}</ref> He died on January 12, 1999, at the age of 37 in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=WICKENHEISER DIES |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1999/01/13/wickenheiser-dies/25734104-db5a-4a71-b237-7942b7f70b34/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Blues hero dies at 37 of cancer |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/01/13/blues-hero-dies-at-37-of-cancer/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Timmermann |first=Tom |date=2015-12-25 |title=Legacy of Doug Wickenheiser lives on |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/legacy-of-doug-wickenheiser-lives-on/article_d70d2d45-3321-52ea-9759-92adfe2ecb51.html |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1999-01-13 |title=Wickenheiser Dead at 37 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-13-sp-63198-story.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=staff |first=CBSNews com staff CBSNews com |date=1999-01-12 |title=Ex-Blues Player Dies Of Cancer - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-blues-player-dies-of-cancer/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> His life story was remembered in the book ''The Last Face Off: The Doug Wickenheiser Story'' written in March 2000 by Ted Pepple, Wickenheiser's father-in-law.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Timmermann |first=Tom |date=2015-12-25 |title=Legacy of Doug Wickenheiser lives on |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/legacy-of-doug-wickenheiser-lives-on/article_d70d2d45-3321-52ea-9759-92adfe2ecb51.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Denault |first=Todd |date=2008-06-09 |title=The Forgotten Habs – Doug Wickenheiser |url=https://www.habsworld.net/2008/06/the-forgotten-habs-doug-wickenheiser/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=HabsWorld.net |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pepple |first=R. Ted |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0z7AAAACAAJ |title=The Last Face-off: The Doug Wickenheiser Story |date=2000 |publisher=R.T. Pepple |isbn=978-0-9655980-1-9 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Mid-States Club Hockey Association]], the governing body for [[high school]] hockey in St. Louis, named their championship trophy for small school/second division teams in his honor.
 
==Legacy==
An arena in his hometown of [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], has been named Doug Wickenheiser Arena in his honour. The arena is located at the corner of Arnason St. and Rochdale Blvd. in the city's Lakewood neighbourhood.
 
The [[Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy]] which is awarded annually by the [[Western Hockey League]] to its humanitarian of the year was renamed in 2001 in honour of Wickenheiser.
 
The Blues have not reissued Wickenheiser's #14 since his death, though it has not been formally retired. Blues' players wore a special helmet decal with the wick of a candle and the number 14 during parts of the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons. In 1999, a banner with that logo, which became the symbol of The Fourteen Fund, the official Blues [[Charitable organization|charity]] established in his memory, was permanently placed in the rafters at the Blues' home arena, the Kiel Center (now the [[Enterprise Center]]). The emblem was worn by all NHL players in the [[1999 NHL All-Star Game]], and was also sold to the public for a small donation and became a popular trend among youth hockey players in St. Louis. One of the two high school state championships played at Enterprise Center is named after him.
 
==Personal life==
Wickenheiser was the father of soccer player [[Carly Wickenheiser]] and a cousin of former [[Canada women's national ice hockey team|Canadian national team]] player and [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] inductee [[Hayley Wickenheiser]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/02/13/first-canwnt-call-up-bk-hacken-midfielder-carly-wickenheiser/|title=Casey Stoney gives first CanWNT call-up to BK Häcken midfielder Carly Wickenheiser|date=February 13, 2025|work=Canadian Soccer Daily|first=Tom|last=Nightingale}}</ref>
 
==Career statistics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1976–77
| [[Regina Blues]]
| [[Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League|SJHL]]
| 59
| 42
| 46
| 88
| 63
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1977–78 WCHL season|1977–78]]
| [[Regina Pats]]
| [[Western Hockey League|WCHL]]
| 68
| 37
| 51
| 88
| 49
| 13
| 4
| 5
| 9
| 4
|-
| [[1978–79 WHL season|1978–79]]
| Regina Pats
| WHL
| 68
| 32
| 62
| 94
| 141
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1979–80 WHL season|1979–80]]
| Regina Pats
| WHL
| 71
| 89
| 81
| 170
| 99
| 18
| 14
| 26
| 40
| 20
|-
| [[1980 Memorial Cup|1979–80]]
| Regina Pats
| [[Memorial Cup|MC]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[NHL]]
| 41
| 7
| 8
| 15
| 20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 56
| 12
| 23
| 35
| 43
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 78
| 25
| 30
| 55
| 49
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 27
| 5
| 5
| 10
| 6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1983–84
| [[St. Louis Blues]]
| NHL
| 46
| 7
| 21
| 28
| 19
| 11
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 2
|-
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
| St. Louis Blues
| NHL
| 68
| 23
| 20
| 43
| 36
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]
| St. Louis Blues
| NHL
| 36
| 8
| 11
| 19
| 16
| 19
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 12
|-
| [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]
| St. Louis Blues
| NHL
| 80
| 13
| 15
| 28
| 37
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| NHL
| 80
| 7
| 19
| 26
| 36
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1988–89
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| Intl
| 26
| 7
| 15
| 22
| 40
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
| [[New York Rangers]]
| NHL
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1988–89 IHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Flint Spirits]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 21
| 9
| 7
| 16
| 8
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89
| [[Washington Capitals]]
| NHL
| 16
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|-
| [[1988–89 AHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Baltimore Skipjacks]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| Washington Capitals
| NHL
| 27
| 1
| 8
| 9
| 20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1989–90 AHL season|1989–90]]
| Baltimore Skipjacks
| AHL
| 35
| 9
| 19
| 28
| 22
| 12
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 22
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 Serie A (ice hockey) season|1990–91]]
| [[HC Asiago]]
| [[Serie A (ice hockey)|ITA]]
| 35
| 25
| 32
| 57
| 9
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1991–92
| EHC Unna
| [[Oberliga (ice hockey)|DEU.3]]
| 8
| 14
| 6
| 20
| 36
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92
| SV Bayreuth
| [[2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)|DEU.2]]
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 7
| 6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1991–92 Austrian Hockey League season|1991–92]]
| [[Klagenfurter AC]]
| [[Austrian Hockey League|AUT]]
| 22
| 7
| 12
| 19
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 IHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Peoria Rivermen (IHL)|Peoria Rivermen]]
| IHL
| 80
| 30
| 45
| 75
| 30
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
|-
| [[1993–94 IHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Fort Wayne Komets]]
| IHL
| 73
| 22
| 37
| 59
| 22
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 556
! 111
! 165
! 276
! 286
! 41
! 4
! 7
! 11
! 18
|}
 
==Awards==
*[[Bob Brownridge Memorial Trophy]] (WHL leading scorer) - 1980
* WHL First All-Star Team – 1980
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*{{Ice hockey stats}}
*{{Find a Grave|7641603}}
 
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*[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid%5B%5D=5714 Career Statistics]
 
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