Former Sioux Bob Joyce and Landon Wilson

I was bored and surfing the Internet when I found these interesting post of two former Sioux. The first one is from Boston Bruins Legends

Bob Joyce
A product of Saskatchewan's famous Notre Dame Hounds, Joyce joined the University of North Dakota in 1984 where he quickly established himself as on of the best hockey players in American college hockey. By 1986-87 he scored 52 goals in 48 games, earning a berth on the WCHA First All-Star Team, NCAA West First All-American Team, and NCAA All-Tournament Team.

Joyce dropped out of school a year earlier in order to play under Dave King with the Canadian National team. It was a great opportunity for Joyce to learn to play under one of the best coaches in hockey, and also gave him a chance to play for his country in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Joyce learned the defensive aspects of the game under King and his skating improved on the big ice surface. He scored 12 goals and 10 assists in IIHF sanctioned events and appeared in 4 Olympic matches, scoring one goal.

Bob was Boston's 4th choice, 82nd overall in the 1984 Entry Draft. He joined the Bruins after the 1988 Olympics, scoring 7 goals and 5 assists in only 15 games. He added 8 more goals and 6 assists in 23 playoff contests helping the Bruins advance to the Stanley Cup finals against the mighty Edmonton Oilers. Along side Joyce was another Bruin prospect who also played in the Olympics. New Englander Craig Janney had a strong Olympic tournament for Team USA and chipped in 7 goals and 16 points in his 15 post-Olympic NHL games. He also added 16 points in the playoffs.
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Here is another article on a former Fighting Sioux hockey player Landon Wilson. I had forgotten that Landon Wilson had been traded for some big time players. Wilson was traded for Wendel Clark, IIRC Landon was traded away from the Leafs before he ever left the Fighting Sioux. I am just hoping that Landon Wilson can make a contribution with the Dallas Stars.

What the heck happened to … Landon Wilson?
Landon Wilson came to the Boston Bruins from the Colorado Avalanche along with Anders Myrvold for B’s first-round choice (Robyn Regehr) in 1998 Entry Draft on November 22, 1996.

What a trade!

It wasn’t the first time that Wilson was dealt in a deal involving a big-name talent. On June 28, 1994, he was traded to Quebec by Toronto with Wendel Clark, Sylvain Lefebvre and Toronto’s first-round choice (Jeffrey Kealty) in 1994 Entry Draft for Mats Sundin, Garth Butcher, Todd Warriner and Philadelphia’s first-round choice (previously acquired, later traded to Washington - Washington selected Nolan Baumgartner) in 1994 Entry Draft.

In 130 games in a B’s uniform, Wilson totaled 12 goals and 21 assists.

Wilson missed the majority of 2002-03 season recovering from eye injury he suffered in game against the Washington Capitals on Dec. 13, 2002. He was partially-blinded in one eye when a flying puck collided with his face while he was not wearing a visor.

The former first-round pick of the Maple Leafs then went on to play for the Phoenix Coyotes and Pittsburgh Penguins before bringing his game over seas to Finland and Switzerland.

Last season, with Lugano of the Swiss-A league, Wilson potted 13 goals to go with seven assists in 30 games. In three seasons in the Swiss-A league, Wilson has 60 goals and 32 assists (92 points) in 101 games.