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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}
{{for|the other Ron Wilson associated with ice hockey|Ron Wilson (ice hockey, born 1955)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Ron Wilson
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 180
| played_for = [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]] <br>[[St. Louis Blues]] <br>[[Montreal Canadiens]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|13}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| career_start = 1976
| career_end = 1996
| draft = 133rd overall
| draft_year = 1976
| draft_team = [[Montreal Canadiens]]
}}
'''Ronald Lee Wilson''' (born May 13, 1956) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] [[centre (ice hockey)|centreman]] and current assistant coach with the [[Hamilton Bulldogs]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League]]. Wilson's professional playing career spans twenty seasons, including fourteen in the [[National Hockey League]]. Following his retirement, he turned to coaching and held assistant and head coach positions for various [[American Hockey League]] teams. On August 9, 2011, the [[Montreal Canadiens]] announced that they had hired Wilson as the assistant to the [[Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)|Hamilton Bulldogs]]' coach [[Clément Jodoin]].<ref name=Hamilton-announcement>{{cite web|url=http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=585935&navid=DL%7cMTL%7chome|title=Ron Wilson named as assistant coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs|last=(Press release)|date=August 9, 2011|publisher=canadiens.com|accessdate=August 9, 2011}}</ref>
==Early life==
Wilson was born in Toronto and played [[junior hockey]] in the [[Ontario Hockey Association]] with the [[Toronto Marlboros]], [[Hamilton Red Wings]] and [[St. Catharines Black Hawks]]. He also played three stints with the [[Markham Waxers]] during his time with the OHA.
== Career ==
=== Playing ===
Wilson was drafted 133rd overall by the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in the [[1976 NHL Amateur Draft]] and started playing for the Canadiens' [[American Hockey League]] affiliate, the [[Nova Scotia Voyageurs]]. After three seasons with the team, Wilson was traded to the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]] who had just joined the [[National Hockey League]] following the [[NHL–WHA merger]].<ref name="LOH">{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11752|title=Legends of Hockey: Ron Lee Wilson|publisher=Legends of Hockey ([[Hockey Hall of Fame]])|accessdate=August 9, 2011}}</ref> He made the team and played nine seasons in Winnipeg with minor league stints with the [[Tulsa Oilers]] and [[Sherbrooke Jets]]. Wilson spent the entire 1988–89 season and part of the 1989–90 season with the [[Moncton Hawks]] (the Jets minor league affiliate) before being traded to the [[St. Louis Blues]] for [[Doug Evans (ice hockey)|Doug Evans]].<ref name="LOH" /> He spent four seasons with the Blues before signing as a free agent with the Montreal Canadiens.<ref name="LOH" /> Wilson's season in Montreal was his last in the NHL but he played two more years in the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] ([[Detroit Vipers]] and [[San Diego Gulls (1990–1995)|San Diego Gulls]]) and the [[East Coast Hockey League]] ([[Wheeling Thunderbirds]]). In total, Wilson played 832 [[National Hockey League|NHL]] games over fourteen seasons, scoring 110 goals and 216 assists for 326 points and amassing 415 penalty minutes.<ref name="Hamilton-announcement" />
=== Coaching ===
Wilson retired as a player after the 1995–96 season and took an assistant coach position with the AHL [[Springfield Falcons]] the following season. After four seasons with the Falcons, he joined the [[Saint John Flames]] as the assistant to [[Jim Playfair]]. During the 2002–03 season, Playfair was promoted to the assistant coach position for the [[Calgary Flames]] and Wilson became the Saint John Flames' head coach. The team disbanded at the end of the season and Wilson became an assistant coach with the [[Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)|Hamilton Bulldogs]] and coached for five seasons.<ref name="Hamilton-announcement" /> In 2008–09, Wilson was named head coach when [[Don Lever]] promoted to the assistant coach position for the Montreal Canadiens after the firing of [[Guy Carbonneau]].<ref name="Hamilton-announcement" /> His contract was not renewed and [[Guy Boucher]] took over as head coach. Wilson accepted an assistant coaching position with the [[Chicago Wolves]], after Don Lever obtained the head coaching position, at the early stages of the 2009–10 season. After two years with the Wolves, both Wilson and Lever lost their job following the relocation of the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] to [[Winnipeg Jets|Winnipeg]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thespec.com/sports/article/575952--wilson-s-back-with-the-bulldogs|title=Wilson's back with the Bulldogs |date=August 9, 2011|publisher=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|accessdate=August 10, 2011}}</ref> On August 9, 2011, the Canadiens announced that they had hired him as the assistant to new Bulldogs coach [[Clément Jodoin]].<ref name="Hamilton-announcement" />
Over the course of his career, Wilson won three [[Calder Cup]]s, one as a player with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs and two as a coach, one with the Saint John Flames and one with the Hamilton Bulldogs.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" 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
|-
| [[1972–73 OHA season|1972–73]]
| [[Toronto Marlboros]]
| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA]]
| 21 || 1 || 11 || 12 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1972–73
| [[Markham Waxers]]
| [[Metro Junior A Hockey League|MTJHL]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1973–74 OHA season|1973–74]]
| [[Hamilton Red Wings]]
| OHA
| 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1973–74
| Markham Waxers
| [[Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (1972–87)|OPJHL]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1974–75
| Markham Waxers
| OPJHL
| 43 || 26 || 28 || 54 || 24
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1974–75 OMJHL season|1974–75]]
| Toronto Marlboros
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OMJHL]]
| 16 || 6 || 12 || 18 || 6
| 23 || 9 || 17 || 26 || 6
|-
| [[1975 Memorial Cup|1974–75]]
| Toronto Marlboros
| [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1975–76 OMJHL season|1975–76]]
| [[St. Catharines Black Hawks]]
| OMJHL
| 64 || 37 || 62 || 99 || 44
| 4 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 7
|-
| [[1976–77 AHL season|1976–77]]
| [[Nova Scotia Voyageurs]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 67 || 15 || 21 || 36 || 18
| 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1977–78 AHL season|1977–78]]
| Nova Scotia Voyageurs
| AHL
| 59 || 15 || 25 || 40 || 17
| 11 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 9
|-
| [[1978–79 AHL season|1978–79]]
| Nova Scotia Voyageurs
| AHL
| 77 || 33 || 42 || 75 || 91
| 10 || 5 || 6 || 11 || 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]
| [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 79 || 21 || 36 || 57 || 28
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| NHL
| 77 || 18 || 33 || 51 || 55
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| NHL
| 39 || 3 || 13 || 16 || 49
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1981–82 CHL season|1981–82]]
| [[Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984)|Tulsa Oilers]]
| [[Central Professional Hockey League|CHL]]
| 41 || 20 || 38 || 58 || 22
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| NHL
| 12 || 6 || 3 || 9 || 4
| 3 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2
|-
| [[1982–83 AHL season|1982–83]]
| [[Sherbrooke Jets]]
| AHL
| 65 || 30 || 55 || 85 || 71
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| NHL
| 51 || 3 || 12 || 15 || 12
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1983–84 AHL season|1983–84]]
| Sherbrooke Jets
| AHL
| 22 || 10 || 30 || 40 || 16
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| NHL
| 75 || 10 || 9 || 19 || 31
| 8 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 2
|-
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| NHL
| 54 || 6 || 7 || 13 || 16
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1985–86 AHL season|1985–86]]
| Sherbrooke Jets
| AHL
| 10 || 9 || 8 || 17 || 9
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| NHL
| 80 || 3 || 13 || 16 || 13
| 10 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| NHL
| 69 || 5 || 8 || 13 || 28
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
| [[1988–89 AHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Moncton Hawks]]
| AHL
| 80 || 31 || 61 || 92 || 110
| 8 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 20
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| [[St. Louis Blues]]
| NHL
| 33 || 3 || 17 || 20 || 23
| 12 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 18
|-
| [[1989–90 AHL season|1989–90]]
| Moncton Hawks
| AHL
| 47 || 16 || 37 || 53 || 39
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| St. Louis Blues
| NHL
| 73 || 10 || 27 || 37 || 54
| 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 28
|-
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| St. Louis Blues
| NHL
| 64 || 12 || 17 || 29 || 46
| 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| St. Louis Blues
| NHL
| 78 || 8 || 11 || 19 || 44
| 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12
|-
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| NHL
| 48 || 2 || 10 || 12 || 12
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 IHL season|1994–95]]
| [[Detroit Vipers]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 12 || 6 || 9 || 15 || 10
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1994–95
| [[San Diego Gulls (1990–95)|San Diego Gulls]]
| IHL
| 58 || 8 || 25 || 33 || 60
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 ECHL season|1995–96]]
| [[Wheeling Thunderbirds]]
| [[ECHL]]
| 46 || 12 || 30 || 42 || 72
| 2 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 832 !! 110 !! 216 !! 326 !! 415
! 27 !! 10 !! 23 !! 33 !! 13
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
==External links==
* {{icehockeystats|legends=11752}}
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