Dwight Alexander Foster (born April 2, 1957 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player. He was drafted to the National Hockey League in the first round, 16th overall in 1977 to Boston Bruins. Besides Boston, he played for the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, and Detroit Red Wings before retiring in 1987 because of knee injuries. Foster is a father of four: Dwayne, Peter, Alex, and Genevieve. Foster's son Alex is also a professional ice hockey player.
Team Records[]
- 1976–77: Most points - Kitchener Rangers (143)
- 1976–77: Most assists - Kitchener Rangers (83)
- All time most points - Kitchener Rangers (382)
- Most goals in a game - Kitchener Rangers 1976–77 (5)
Career Statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1973–74 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 67 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 61 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1974–75 | Kitchener Rangers | OMJHL | 70 | 39 | 51 | 90 | 88 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1975–76 | Kitchener Rangers | OMJHL | 61 | 36 | 58 | 94 | 110 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 28 | ||
| 1976–77 | Kitchener Rangers | OMJHL | 64 | 60 | 83 | 143 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1977 | Team Canada | WJC | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1977–78 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1977–78 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1978–79 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 44 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 21 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1979–80 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 57 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1979–80 | Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1980–81 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 77 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1981–82 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 70 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 41 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1982–83 | Wichita Wind | CHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1982–83 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 58 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1983–84 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 52 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1984–85 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 50 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 55 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 48 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1985–86 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1986–87 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 47 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 541 | 111 | 163 | 274 | 420 | 35 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | ||||
External Links[]
| Boston Bruins First Round Draft Picks | |
|---|---|
| Romashyna • Campbell • Bailey • Gibbs • Bonnar • Schock • Tannahill • Spring • Boldirev • Leach • MacLeish • Plumb • Stewart • Jones • O'Reilly • Bloom • Savard • Larway • Halward • Pachal • Foster • Secord • Bourque • McCrimmon • Pederson • Leveille • Kluzak • Markwart • Pasin • Janney • Wesley • Quintal • Cimetta • Stevenson • Smolinski • Murray • Kvartalnov • Adams • Ryabchikov • McLaren • Brown • Aitken • Thornton • Samsonov • Boynton • Jonsson • Samuelsson • Morrisonn • Toivonen • Stuart • Lashoff • Kessel • Hamill • Colborne • Caron • Seguin • Hamilton • Subban • Pastrnak • Zboril • DeBrusk • Senyshyn | |
| This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Dwight Foster. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA). |