Steven Finn (born August 20, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1985–86 until 1996–97. He is currently a junior hockey analyst for TVA Sports. As of 2024, Finn currently ranks second in penalty minutes in Nordiques/Avalanche history only behind Dale Hunter and ahead of Cody McLeod.
Playing career
A defenceman, Finn was drafted 57th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. He played 725 career NHL games, scoring 34 goals and 78 assists for 112 points. During the 1990–91 season he served as Quebec Nordiques team co-captain with Joe Sakic.
Finn played most of his career with the Nordiques, but towards the end of his career split parts of three seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Los Angeles Kings.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1982–83 | Laval Voisins | QMJHL | 69 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 108 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1983–84 | Laval Voisins | QMJHL | 68 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 164 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 27 | ||
| 1984–85 | Laval Voisins | QMJHL | 61 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 169 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1985–86 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 29 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 111 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 57 | ||
| 1986–87 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 36 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | ||
| 1986–87 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 38 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 75 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 198 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 77 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 235 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 64 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 208 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 71 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 228 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 65 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 194 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 160 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1993–94 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 159 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 50 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 54 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 75 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 134 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 148 | ||
| NHL totals | 725 | 34 | 78 | 112 | 1724 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 39 | ||||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Steven Finn's NHL Salary History at HockeyZonePlus.com
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