Troy Crowder

Troy Crowder (born May 3, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played parts of seven seasons in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, and Vancouver Canucks from 1987–88 to 1996–97.

Troy Crowder
Born	May 3, 1968 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	238 lb (108 kg; 17 st 0 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles Kings Detroit Red Wings New Jersey Devils
NHL Draft	108th overall, 1986 New Jersey Devils
Playing career	1987–1997

Crowder was born in Sudbury, Ontario. He was drafted 108th overall by the Devils in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He compiled 433 career penalty minutes in 150 NHL games played. He also scored nine goals and sixteen points.[1]

Politics

In June 2017, Crowder announced that he was seeking the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario nomination in the provincial riding of Sudbury for the 2018 Ontario general elections. He was acclaimed as the candidate on June 29, 2017.[2] Crowder placed second in the election, behind Ontario New Democratic Party candidate Jamie West.

Following his defeat in the provincial election, Crowder registered to run for mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2018 municipal election. He finished fifth in that race.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985–86	Hamilton Steelhawks	OHL		56	4	4	8	178		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Belleville Bulls	OHL		21	5	5	10	52		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	North Bay Centennials	OHL		35	6	11	17	90		23	3	9	12	99
1987–88	New Jersey Devils	NHL		—	—	—	—	—		1	0	0	0	12
1987–88	North Bay Centennials	OHL		9	1	2	3	44		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Belleville Bulls	OHL		46	12	27	39	103		6	2	3	5	24
1987–88	Utica Devils	AHL		3	0	0	0	15		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Utica Devils	AHL		62	6	4	10	152		2	0	0	0	25
1989–90	New Jersey Devils	NHL		10	0	0	0	23		2	0	0	0	10
1989–90	Nashville Knights	ECHL		3	0	0	0	15		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	New Jersey Devils	NHL		59	6	3	9	182		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		7	0	0	0	35		1	0	0	0	0
1994–95	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		29	1	2	3	99		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		15	1	0	1	42		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		30	1	2	3	52		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Hannover Scorpions	DEL		13	1	1	2	72		6	1	1	2	33
1998–99	Hershey Bears	AHL		25	0	1	1	44		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	London Knights	BISL		16	2	3	5	71		6	1	1	2	4
2002–03	Saint-Jean Mission	QSPHL		4	0	2	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				150	9	7	16	433		4	0	0	0	22

Electoral results

2018 Ontario general election: Sudbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jamie West	17,386	48.07	+12.92
	Progressive Conservative	Troy Crowder	8,405	23.24	+15.73
	Liberal	Glenn Thibeault	8,108	22.42	-18.83
	Green	David Robinson	1,504	4.16	+0.92
	Consensus Ontario	Mila Chavez Wong	284	0.79
	Libertarian	James Wendler	212	0.59
	None of the Above	David Sylvestre	186	0.51
	Independent	J. David Popescu	82	0.23	+0.14
Total valid votes			36,167	100.0
Turnout				54.9
Eligible voters			65,850
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		-1.37
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

References

1. Internet Hockey Database, http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1173 accessed 23 January 2010
2. "Former NHL tough guy Crowder puts up dukes for PCs". Sudbury Star, June 28, 2017.
3. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10-11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.