Craig Berube

Craig Berube was born on December 17, 1965 in Calahoo, Alberta. He played his major-junior hockey in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Kamloops Blazers, Medicine Hat Tigers and New Westminster Bruins. He wasn't drafted by an NHL team but signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1986. He spent a couple of seasons between the Flyers and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hershey Bears. By 1988 the 6'1" and 206 pound left winger was a part of the Flyer team and began making his mark as a tough NHL enforcer. In May 1991 he was traded from the Flyers along with with Craig Fisher and Scott Mellanby to the Edmonton Oilers for Dave Brown and Corey Foster and Jari Kurri. Berube never played a game for the Oilers that season and was traded in September to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Glenn Anderson and Grant Fuhr Vincent Damphousse, Peter Ing, Luke Richardson and Scott Thornton.

Craig Berube had a short stint in Toronto before being dispatched with Alexander Godynyuk, Gary Leeman, Michel Petit and Jeff Reese to the Calgary Flames for Doug Gilmour, Jamie Macoun, Kent Manderville, Ric Nattress and Rick Wamsley. Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, Berube played with several NHL teams filling in as their tough guy. He made stops with the Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals, New York Islanders, Calgary Flames. In 2003-04 he was a player-coach for the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League. Craig Berube has played over 1000 regular season NHL games with 5 different teams and stands 7th overall in NHL career penalty minutes with 3149.

Craig Berube's Career Statistics

Year      Team                 League  GP   G   A  Pts   Pim
1982-83 Kamloops Blazers         WHL    4   0   0    0     0
1983-84 New Westminster Bruins   WHL   70  11  20   31   104
1984-85 New Westminster Bruins   WHL   70  25  44   69   191
1985-86 Kamloops Blazers         WHL   32  17  14   31   119
1985-86 Medicine Hat Tigers      WHL   34  14  16   30    95
1986-87 Hershey Bears            AHL   63   7  17   24   325
1986-87 Philadelphia Flyers      NHL    7   0   0    0    57
1987-88 Hershey Bears            AHL   31   5   9   14   119
1987-88 Philadelphia Flyers      NHL   27   3   2    5   108
1988-89 Hershey Bears            AHL    7   0   2    2    19
1988-89 Philadelphia Flyers      NHL   53   1   1    2   199
1989-90 Philadelphia Flyers      NHL   74   4  14   18   291
1990-91 Philadelphia Flyers      NHL   74   8   9   17   293
1991-92 Toronto Maple Leafs      NHL   40   5   7   12   109
1991-92 Calgary Flames           NHL   36   1   4    5   155
1992-93 Calgary Flames           NHL   77   4   8   12   209
1993-94 Washington Capitals      NHL   84   7   7   14   305
1994-95 Washington Capitals      NHL   43   2   4    6   173
1995-96 Washington Capitals      NHL   50   2  10   12   151
1996-97 Washington Capitals      NHL   80   4   3    7   218
1997-98 Washington Capitals      NHL   74   6   9   15   189
1998-99 Washington Capitals      NHL   66   5   4    9   166
1998-99 Philadelphia Flyers      NHL   11   0   0    0    28
1999-00 Philadelphia Flyers      NHL   77   4   8   12   162 
2000-01 Washington Capitals      NHL   22   0   1    1    18
2000-01 New-York Islanders       NHL   38   0   2    2    54
2001-02 Calgary Flames           NHL   66   3   1    4   164
2002-03 Calgary Flames           NHL   55   2   4    6   100
2003-04 Philadelphia Phantoms    AHL   33   0   6    6   134
NHL Totals                           1054  61  98  159  3149 

Craig Berube's Hockey Goon Stat - 1.94

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