Bill Lindsay

William Hamilton Lindsay (born May 17, 1971) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Nordiques, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, San Jose Sharks, Montreal Canadiens and the Atlanta Thrashers. He was drafted 103rd overall by the Nordiques in the 1991 NHL entry draft.

Playing career Lindsay played in 777 NHL regular season games, scoring 83 goals and 141 assists for 224 points and picking up 922 penalty minutes. On Saturday, April 27, 1996 Lindsay scored the winning goal to give the Panthers their first-ever playoff series victory. The Florida Panthers eventually made it all the way to the Stanley Cup finals in the 1995–96 NHL season, losing to the Colorado Avalanche in four games. Lindsay was also a part of the Hamilton Bulldogs team that made it all the way to the Calder Cup finals in 2003 but then lost to the Houston Aeros in a seven game series by a score of 4–3.

Lindsay suffered a life-threatening throat injury in what proved to be his final NHL game on January 3, 2004.

He then moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Kölner Haie. He is now the radio color commentator for Florida Panthers home games and an analyst appearing across NHL Network's programming.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1988–89 Vernon Lakers BCHL 56 24 29 53 166 — — — — — 1989–90 Tri-City Americans WHL 72 40 45 85 84 7 3 0 3 14 1990–91 Tri-City Americans WHL 63 46 47 93 151 5 3 6 9 10 1991–92 Tri-City Americans WHL 42 34 59 93 111 3 2 3 5 16 1991–92 Quebec Nordiques NHL 23 2 4 6 14 — — — — — 1992–93 Quebec Nordiques NHL 44 4 9 13 16 — — — — — 1992–93 Halifax Citadels AHL 20 11 13 24 18 — — — — — 1993–94 Florida Panthers NHL 84 6 6 12 97 — — — — — 1994–95 Florida Panthers NHL 48 10 9 19 46 — — — — — 1995–96 Florida Panthers NHL 73 12 22 34 57 22 5 5 10 18 1996–97 Florida Panthers NHL 81 11 23 34 120 3 0 1 1 8 1997–98 Florida Panthers NHL 82 12 16 28 80 — — — — — 1998–99 Florida Panthers NHL 75 12 15 27 92 — — — — — 1999–2000 Calgary Flames NHL 80 8 12 20 86 — — — — — 2000–01 Calgary Flames NHL 52 1 9 10 97 — — — — — 2000–01 San Jose Sharks NHL 16 0 4 4 29 6 0 0 0 16 2001–02 Florida Panthers NHL 63 4 7 11 117 — — — — — 2001–02 Montreal Canadiens NHL 13 1 3 4 23 11 2 2 4 2 2002–03 Montreal Canadiens NHL 19 0 2 2 23 — — — — — 2002–03 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 28 6 12 18 89 23 10 3 13 31 2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 24 0 0 0 25 — — — — — 2003–04 Chicago Wolves AHL 13 3 5 8 8 — — — — — 2004–05 Long Beach Ice Dogs ECHL 32 9 14 23 78 7 2 2 4 12 2005–06 Syracuse Crunch AHL 4 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Kölner Haie DEL 32 9 12 21 78 9 4 4 8 44 2006–07 Kölner Haie DEL 45 7 16 23 79 9 1 2 3 26 NHL totals 777 83 141 224 922 42 7 8 15 44

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1991 United States WJC 7 3 5 8 8 1994 United States WC 5 3 1 4 2 Awards WHL West Second All-Star Team – 1992

Post-hockey career Lindsay has been a color analyst for the Florida Panthers and for the NHL since he retired from playing and is often affectionately referred to as “Billy” in his broadcasting career.

Personal life Lindsay is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.