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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1966)}}
{{For|the hockey player and general manager born in 1970|Bill Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1970)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Bill Armstrong
| image =
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|6|25}}
| birth_place = [[London, Ontario]], Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 195
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]
| shoots = Left
| played_for = '''''[[National Hockey League|NHL]]'''''<br>[[Philadelphia Flyers]]<br>'''''[[American Hockey League|AHL]]'''''<br>[[Hershey Bears]]<br>[[Utica Devils]]<br>[[Albany River Rats]]<br>'''''[[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]'''''<br>[[Cincinnati Cyclones]]<br>[[Indianapolis Ice]]<br>[[Detroit Vipers]]<br>[[Grand Rapids Griffins]]<br>[[Orlando Solar Bears (IHL)|Orlando Solar Bears]]<br>[[Kansas City Blades]]
| draft = ''Undrafted''
| career_start = 1989
| career_end = 1998
}}
'''William Harold Armstrong''' (born June 25, 1966) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] player.
==Early life==
Armstrong was born in [[London, Ontario]]. As a youth, he played in the 1979 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]] with a [[minor ice hockey]] team from London, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-15|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Armstrong played at [[Western Michigan Broncos|Western Michigan University]] from 1986 to 1989.
== Career ==
Armstrong played in one [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) game for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] during the [[1990–91 NHL season]] and spent the rest of his professional career in the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) and [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] (IHL). His playing career was cut short due to a brain tumor which required surgery.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Armstrong Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/a/armstbi01.html |website=Hockey-Reference.com |access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref>
He invented a move he called a "[[high wrap]]", a [[lacrosse]]-style shot he successfully used to score goals starting in the [[1993–94 AHL season]] with the [[Albany River Rats]]. The move was later notably used by fellow London, Ontario-born player [[Mike Legg]], who learned it while playing [[shinny]] with Armstrong at their hometown arena during the off-season.<ref name=ESPN>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=hruby/100408_mike_legg_michigan_goal |title=The coolest goal ever scored in hockey |date=2010-04-08 |first=Patrick |last=Hruby |publisher=ESPN |access-date=2011-05-18}}</ref> Legg scored a goal with the [[Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey|Michigan Wolverines]], in the high profile [[1996 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament]]{{snd}}as compared to the "maybe only 3,000 people [...] in the building" at a River Rats game{{snd}}earning the move the name "Michigan goal" in the United States.<ref name=ESPN/> The high wrap / lacrosse-style goal / Michigan goal (names used interchangeably in reporting) later gained further attention when used by [[Sidney Crosby]], [[Miks Indrašis]], [[Mikael Granlund]],<ref name=ESPN/> [[Andrei Svechnikov]], [[Trevor Zegras]], [[Kent Johnson (ice hockey)|Kent Johnson]] and [[Connor Bedard]].
==Career statistics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:70%"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! 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
|-
| 1984–85
| [[London Nationals (1950–)|London Diamonds]]
| OHA-B
| 43
| 17
| 21
| 38
| 102
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86
| London Diamonds
| OHA-B
| 41
| 26
| 23
| 49
| 81
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1986–87]]
| [[Western Michigan Broncos]]
| [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]]
| 43
| 13
| 20
| 33
| 86
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987–88]]
| Western Michigan Broncos
| CCHA
| 41
| 22
| 17
| 39
| 88
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1988–89]]
| Western Michigan Broncos
| CCHA
| 40
| 23
| 19
| 42
| 97
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 AHL season|1989–90]]
| [[Hershey Bears]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 58
| 10
| 6
| 16
| 99
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 AHL season|1990–91]]
| Hershey Bears
| AHL
| 70
| 36
| 27
| 63
| 150
| 6
| 2
| 8
| 10
| 19
|-
| [[1991–92 AHL season|1991–92]]
| Hershey Bears
| AHL
| 64
| 26
| 22
| 48
| 186
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 IHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Cincinnati Cyclones]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 42
| 14
| 11
| 25
| 99
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1992–93 AHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Utica Devils]]
| AHL
| 32
| 18
| 21
| 39
| 60
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 AHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Albany River Rats]]
| AHL
| 74
| 32
| 50
| 82
| 188
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1994–95 AHL season|1994–95]]
| Albany River Rats
| AHL
| 76
| 32
| 47
| 79
| 115
| 13
| 6
| 5
| 11
| 20
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 AHL season|1995–96]]
| Albany River Rats
| AHL
| 10
| 3
| 4
| 7
| 22
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1995–96 IHL season|1995–96]]
| [[Indianapolis Ice]]
| IHL
| 12
| 4
| 5
| 9
| 13
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96
| [[Detroit Vipers]]
| IHL
| 54
| 34
| 25
| 59
| 66
| 12
| 6
| 2
| 8
| 15
|-
| [[1996–97 IHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Grand Rapids Griffins]]
| IHL
| 35
| 1
| 8
| 9
| 39
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97
| [[Orlando Solar Bears (IHL)|Orlando Solar Bears]]
| IHL
| 34
| 4
| 25
| 29
| 55
| 10
| 3
| 6
| 9
| 29
|-
| [[1997–98 IHL season|1997–98]]
| Orlando Solar Bears
| IHL
| 62
| 19
| 18
| 37
| 106
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98
| [[Kansas City Blades]]
| IHL
| 9
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 24
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 11
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 1
! 0
! 1
! 1
! 0
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|}
==See also==
*[[List of players who played only one game in the NHL]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats}}
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