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Karl Dykhuis
Born (1972-07-08) July 8, 1972 (age 51)
Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Chicago Blackhawks
Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning
Montreal Canadiens
National team Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
NHL Draft 16th overall, 1990
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 1991–2006

Karl Sebastien Dykhuis (/ˈdkhs/ DYKE-hows; born July 8, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens.

As a youth, he played in the 1985 and 1986 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Sept-Îles, Quebec.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout Dykhuis played for the Amsterdam Bulldogs Hockey Club in The Netherlands.

Awards and achievements

  • QMJHL All-Rookie Team (1989)
  • QMJHL Defensive Rookie of the Year (1989)
  • QMJHL First All-Star Team (1990)
  • 1991 World Junior U20 Gold Medalist

Transactions

  • Feb. 16 1995: Traded to Philadelphia Flyers by Chicago Blackhawks for Bob Wilkie and Philadelphia's fifth round choice (Kyle Calder) in 1997 Entry Draft
  • Aug. 20 1997: Traded to Tampa Bay Lightning by Philadelphia Flyers with Mikael Renberg for Philadelphia's first round choices (previously acquired) in 1998 (Simon Gagne), 1999: (Maxime Ouellet), 2000 (Justin Williams) and 2001 (later traded to Ottawa - Ottawa selected Tim Gleason) Entry Drafts
  • Dec. 28, 1998: Traded to Philadelphia Flyers by Tampa Bay Lightning for Petr Svoboda
  • Oct. 20, 1999: Traded to Montreal Canadiens by Philadelphia Flyers for cash
  • Jan. 3, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • Aug. 25, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Mannheim (Germany)

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1987–88 Lac-St-Jean Cascades QMAAA 37 2 12 14 25 2 0 1 1 2
1988–89 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 63 2 29 31 59 9 1 9 10 6
1989–90 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 69 10 45 55 119 11 2 5 7 2
1990–91 Canada Intl 37 2 9 11 16
1990–91 Longueuil Collège Français QMJHL 3 1 4 5 6 8 2 5 7 6
1991–92 Canada Intl 19 1 2 3 16
1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 1 3 4 4
1991–92 Verdun Collège Français QMJHL 29 5 19 24 59 17 0 12 12 14
1992–93 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 12 0 5 5 0
1992–93 Indianapolis Ice IHL 59 5 18 23 76 5 1 1 2 8
1993–94 Indianapolis Ice IHL 73 7 25 32 132
1994–95 Indianapolis Ice IHL 52 2 21 23 63
1994–95 Hershey Bears AHL 1 0 0 0 0
1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 33 2 6 8 37 15 4 4 8 14
1995–96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 5 15 20 101 12 2 2 4 22
1996–97 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 62 4 15 19 35 18 0 3 3 2
1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 78 5 9 14 110
1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 33 2 1 3 18
1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 45 2 4 6 32 5 1 0 1 4
1999–2000 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 5 0 1 1 6
1999–2000 Montreal Canadiens NHL 67 7 12 19 40
2000–01 Montreal Canadiens NHL 67 8 9 17 44
2001–02 Montreal Canadiens NHL 80 5 7 12 32 12 1 1 2 8
2002–03 Montreal Canadiens NHL 65 1 4 5 34
2003–04 Montreal Canadiens NHL 9 0 0 0 2
2003–04 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 54 5 17 22 61 5 1 0 1 8
2004–05 Amsterdam Bulldogs NLD 5 1 1 2 36 7 1 3 4 39
2005–06 Adler Mannheim DEL 52 4 11 15 44
NHL totals 644 42 91 133 495 62 8 10 18 50
IHL totals 184 14 64 78 271 5 1 1 2 8

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1991 Canada WJC 7 0 3 3 2
1992 Canada WJC 7 0 0 0 8
Junior totals 14 0 3 3 10
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