Landon Wilson is a former American professional ice hockey right winger who last played for the Texas Stars of the AHL, where he served as team captain.
Background
He is the son of former National Hockey League forward Rick Wilson. Landon Wilson was born on March 13, 1975 in Saint Louis, Missouri. At the time, his father Rick Wilson was in the first of his two seasons playing for the Saint Louis Blues.
Career
The Wilson family went on to move eight times over the next 18 years as a result of Rick"s playing career and coaching career. By 1989, the Wilson family settled in the Los Angeles, California area where Rick spent three seasons on the coaching staff of the Los Angeles Kings from 1989-1992. Landon spent his first three years of high school at El Segundo High School, where he played football quarterback and led the high school to league championships in 1990 and 1991.
London"s father was hired as an assistant coach with the Minnesota North Stars in 1992, and Landon gave up a promising senior year of football at El Segundo due to his family"s move to Minnesota.
As a result of the move, Landon decided to focus on hockey rather than football during his senior year of high school. Wilson finished his senior year of high school at Dubuque Senior High School while playing for the Fighting Saints.
Wilson was drafted 19th overall in the 1993 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Wilson has also played for the Boston Bruins, Phoenix Coyotes and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Wilson has played 375 career National Hockey League games, scoring 53 goals and 66 assists for 119 points.
Wilson received a partially blinding eye injury in one eye when a flying puck collided with his eye while he was not wearing a visor. He took a small break but is returned to playing. In 2004-2005, he played for Espoo Blues in Finland.
After that he moved to Switzerland to play with The Human Context Davos.
After one season in Davos he moved to The Human Context Lugano. On July 3, 2008, Wilson returned to North America and signed with the Dallas Stars.
He was then reassigned to Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League to start the 2008-2009 season.