Paul Coffey
Paul Coffey
Paul Douglas Coffeyis a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played for nine teams in the National Hockey League. Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey ranks second all-time among NHL defencemen in career goals, assists, and points, behind Ray Bourque. Coffey was born in Weston, Ontario, but grew up in Malton, Ontario...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth1 June 1961
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
When the sweater was going up, there were a lot of things going through my mind.
It's a great tribute to be joining such an elite group of players.
It popped up and over. It's not like you could see it coming in. Next thing you know it was just buzzing us. It seemed to come out of nowhere.
Simple philosophy: be on time, come to the rink ready to play. And we pretty much did that all the time and pretty much learned as we went.
I didn't spend a whole lot of time here, but I had the seven best years of my career in this city and having an attachment here 20-some odd years later is pretty special to me.
Wayne was such a big part of my career here in Edmonton as well as everybody's that I think that having him in the building is just icing on the cake,