Mike Sillinger

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Position	Centre
Shoots	Right
Nickname(s)	Pigeon,^[1] Silly^[2]
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg/12 st 12 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	New York Islanders Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Phoenix Coyotes Columbus Blue Jackets Ottawa Senators Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning Philadelphia Flyers Vancouver Canucks Anaheim Mighty Ducks Detroit Red Wings
Nationality	Canada
Born	January 21, 1971 (1971-01-21) (age 37), Regina, SK, CAN
NHL Draft	11th overall, 1989 Detroit Red Wings
Pro career	1990 – present

Mike Sillinger (born June 29, 1971 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a veteran ice hockey player currently with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. Sillinger has played for 12 different teams, more than anyone else in NHL history. Over the course of his career he has been traded nine times, also an NHL record.

1 Playing career
2 Career statistics
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Sillinger was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the first round, eleventh overall, in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He stayed with the Red Wings until the 1994–95 NHL season when he was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. After a short stint in Anaheim, he wound up playing for the Vancouver Canucks. Since Vancouver, he has been on the roster of nine other teams: the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators and the New York Islanders.

Of these 12 teams, Sillinger has full seasons with only Detroit, Vancouver, Columbus and New York. The rest of the teams, he was traded to or from during a season. When Sillinger joined the Predators for the 2005–06 NHL season – his 11th team – he broke the record for the most teams played for previously held by Michel Petit and J. J. Daigneault. He also holds the related record of scoring a goal for 12 different teams. The next season, Sillinger set another record, playing in the NHL playoffs for an NHL-record eighth team. For all of these reasons, he is sometimes referred to as "Suitcase Sillinger".

On November 1st, 2007, Sillinger played in his 1,000th NHL game versus the Tampa Bay Lightning. His family joined him on ice for a pre game ceremony. The Islanders would go on to win the game 4–0, with Sillinger tallying an assist.

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987–88	Regina Pats	WHL	67	18	25	43	17	4	2	2	4	0
1988–89	Regina Pats	WHL	72	53	78	131	52	-	-	-	-	-
1989–90	Regina Pats	WHL	70	57	72	129	41	11	12	10	22	2
1989–90	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	0	0
1990–91	Regina Pats	WHL	57	50	66	116	42	8	6	9	15	4
1990–91	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0
1991–92	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	64	25	41	66	26	15	9	19	28	12
1991–92	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	2	4	2
1992–93	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	15	10	20	30	31	11	5	13	18	10
1992–93	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	51	4	17	21	16	-	-	-	-	-
1993–94	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	62	8	21	29	10	-	-	-	-	-
1994–95	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	13	2	6	8	2	-	-	-	-	-
1994–95	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	NHL	15	2	5	7	6	-	-	-	-	-
1995–96	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	NHL	62	13	21	34	32	-	-	-	-	-
1995–96	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	12	1	3	4	6	6	0	0	0	2
1996–97	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	78	17	20	37	25	-	-	-	-	-
1997–98	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	48	10	9	19	34	-	-	-	-	-
1997–98	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	27	11	11	22	16	3	1	0	1	0
1998–99	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	25	0	3	3	8	-	-	-	-	-
1998–99	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	54	8	2	10	28	-	-	-	-	-
1999–00	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	67	19	25	44	86	-	-	-	-	-
1999–00	Florida Panthers	NHL	13	4	4	8	16	4	2	1	3	2
2000–01	Florida Panthers	NHL	55	13	21	34	44	-	-	-	-	-
2000–01	Ottawa Senators	NHL	13	3	4	7	4	4	0	0	0	2
2001–02	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	80	20	23	43	54	-	-	-	-	-
2002–03	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	75	18	25	43	52	-	-	-	-	-
2003–04	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	60	8	6	14	54	-	-	-	-	-
2003–04	St. Louis Blues	NHL	16	5	5	10	14	5	3	1	4	6
2005–06	St. Louis Blues	NHL	48	22	19	41	49	-	-	-	-	-
2005–06	Nashville Predators	NHL	31	10	12	22	14	5	2	1	3	12
2006–07	New York Islanders	NHL	82	26	33	59	46	5	1	1	2	2
2007–08	New York Islanders	NHL	52	14	12	26	28	-	-	-	-	-
NHL Totals			1,042	238	308	546	644	43	11	7	18	28