Phil Bourque

Phil Bourque (born June 8, 1962, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts) is a former National Hockey League left wing and defenceman. He was never selected in the NHL Entry Draft; instead, he was signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 4, 1982.
==Playing career==
Bourque joined the Penguins organization after playing two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Kingston Canadians. He joined the Penguins' American Hockey League affiliate, the Baltimore Skipjacks for the 1982–83 season, and made his NHL debut with Pittsburgh in 1983–84, playing in five games.
Bourque would not become a mainstay on the Penguins roster until the 1988–89 season, during which he played in all 80 of the team's games. He would be a member of the Penguin teams which won the Stanley Cup in the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons. He would leave the Penguins after the 1992 Cup victory, and play sparingly with the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators. Just prior to the 1994–95 NHL lockout, Bourque was nearly killed when he took a 40-foot fall down a cliff near Arizona's Lake Powell. He suffered three broken vertebrae in his neck, a broken skull, a shattered sinus cavity, a broken cheekbone and a broken nose in the incident.
Bourque left the NHL after the 1995–96 season. He played with the IHL's Chicago Wolves for one season, and then spent three seasons playing in Germany before retiring following the 1999–2000 season.
Bourque currently works as the color commentator alongside Mike Lange for Penguins radio broadcasts. Bourque is lovingly known by Penguins faithful as the Ol' Two-Niner. Bourque's final segment of the Penguins pre-game broadcasts is known as "Two Minutes with the Ol' Two-Niner." in which Bourque interviews a player, coach, or personality relevant to the upcoming game.
In his NHL career, Bourque appeared in 477 games. He scored 88 goals and added 111 assists. He also appeared in 56 playoff games, scoring 13 goals and recording 12 assists.
==Career statistics==
  	  	 	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1980–81	Kingston Canadians 	OHL 	 	47 	4 	4 	8 	46 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1981–82	Kingston Canadians 	OHL 	 	67 	11 	40 	51 	111 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
1982–83	Baltimore Skipjacks 	AHL 	 	65 	1 	15 	16 	93 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1983–84	Baltimore Skipjacks 	AHL 	 	58 	5 	17 	22 	96 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1983–84	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	5 	0 	1 	1 	12 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1984–85	Baltimore Skipjacks 	AHL 	 	79 	6 	15 	21 	164 	 	13 	2 	5 	7 	23
1985–86	Baltimore Skipjacks 	AHL 	 	74 	8 	18 	26 	226 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1985–86	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1986–87	Baltimore Skipjacks 	AHL 	 	49 	15 	16 	31 	183 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1986–87	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	22 	2 	3 	5 	32 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1987–88	Muskegon Lumberjacks	IHL 	 	52 	16 	36 	52 	66 	 	6 	1 	2 	3 	16
1987–88	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	21 	4 	12 	16 	20 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1988–89	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	80 	17 	26 	43 	97 	 	11 	4 	1 	5 	66
1989–90	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	76 	22 	17 	39 	108 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1990–91	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	78 	20 	14 	34 	106 	 	24 	6 	7 	13 	16
1991–92	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	58 	10 	16 	26 	58 	 	21 	3 	4 	7 	25
1992–93	New York Rangers 	NHL 	 	55 	6 	14 	20 	39 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94	New York Rangers 	NHL 	 	16 	0 	1 	1 	8 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94	Ottawa Senators 	NHL 	 	11 	2 	3 	5 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95	Ottawa Senators 	NHL 	 	38 	4 	3 	7 	20 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96	Detroit Vipers 	IHL 	 	36 	4 	13 	17 	70 	 	10 	1 	3 	4 	10
1995–96	Ottawa Senators 	NHL 	 	13 	1 	1 	2 	14 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97	Chicago Wolves 	IHL 	 	77 	7 	14 	21 	50 	 	4 	0 	2 	2 	2
1997–98	Rosenheim Star Bulls	DEL 	 	40 	4 	7 	11 	60 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99	Hamburg Crocodiles 	2.GBun	 	35 	8 	20 	28 	98 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00	Hamburg Crocodiles 	2.GBun	 	36 	1 	7 	8 	57 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
 	NHL totals 	 	 	477 	88 	111 	199 	516 	 	56 	13 	12 	25 	107
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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