| Troy Crowder | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
May 3, 1968 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 238 lb (108 kg; 17 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles Kings Detroit Red Wings New Jersey Devils | ||
| NHL Draft |
108th overall, 1986 New Jersey Devils | ||
| Playing career | 1987–1997 | ||
Troy Crowder (born May 3, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played parts of seven seasons in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, and Vancouver Canucks from 1987–88 to 1996–97.
Crowder was born in Sudbury, Ontario. He was drafted 108th overall by the Devils in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He compiled 433 career penalty minutes in 150 NHL games played. He also scored nine goals and sixteen points.[1]
In 2022, he was criminally convicted of uttering a forged document in connection with a fraudulent insurance claim.[2]
Politics
In June 2017, Crowder announced that he was seeking the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario nomination in the provincial riding of Sudbury for the 2018 Ontario general elections. He was acclaimed as the candidate on June 29, 2017.[3] Crowder placed second in the election, behind Ontario New Democratic Party candidate Jamie West.
Following his defeat in the provincial election, Crowder registered to run for mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2018 municipal election. He finished fifth in that race.
Insurance Fraud
In 2019, a boathouse at Crowder's cottage collapsed due to snow, destroying a fridge and a cedar-strip canoe inside. He submitted a form to his insurance company, ostensibly signed by his estranged wife, removing her from the insurance policy. It was later revealed that his wife's signature had been forged. Months later, Crowder obtained an estimate for a contractor to demolish the boathouse. He then submitted that document to his insurance company, including a cheque number for a payment that had never been made, claiming reimbursement for work that had never been completed. Relying on Crowder's submissions, his insurer directed three cheques to him personally: $11,074 for the demolition work, which he had done himself with some assistance; $6,750 for the loss of the cedar-strip canoe and fridge; and $84,185.01 for the loss of the boathouse.[4]
On December 14, 2022, Crowder pleaded guilty to knowingly submitting a forged document as if it was genuine. He received an eight-month conditional sentence, the first four of which being house arrest, and a one-year probation order. In exchange for the guilty plea, four other fraud-related charges were withdrawn by the Crown prosecutor. Crowder was also required to pay his estranged wife $45,467.50, representing her half of the insurance proceeds. In addition, he was required to reimburse his insurer $11,074 for the fraudulent invoice.[5]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985–86 | Hamilton Steelhawks | OHL | 56 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 178 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 21 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 35 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 90 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 99 | ||
| 1987–88 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1987–88 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 46 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | ||
| 1987–88 | Utica Devils | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Utica Devils | AHL | 62 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| 1989–90 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1989–90 | Nashville Knights | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 59 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 182 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Hannover Scorpions | DEL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | ||
| 1998–99 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | London Knights | BISL | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Saint-Jean Mission | QSPHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 150 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 433 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||
Electoral results
| 2018 Ontario general election: Sudbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jamie West | 17,386 | 48.07 | +12.92 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Troy Crowder | 8,405 | 23.24 | +15.73 | ||||
| Liberal | Glenn Thibeault | 8,108 | 22.42 | -18.83 | ||||
| Green | David Robinson | 1,504 | 4.16 | +0.92 | ||||
| Consensus Ontario | Mila Chavez Wong | 284 | 0.79 | |||||
| Libertarian | James Wendler | 212 | 0.59 | |||||
| None of the Above | David Sylvestre | 186 | 0.51 | |||||
| Independent | J. David Popescu | 82 | 0.23 | +0.14 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,167 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54.9 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 65,850 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | -1.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Internet Hockey Database, http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1173 accessed January 23, 2010
- ↑ "Troy Crowder, former NHLer and Sudbury political candidate, guilty of fraud". CTV News, December 14, 2022
- ↑ "Former NHL tough guy Crowder puts up dukes for PCs". Sudbury Star, June 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Former NHL player sentenced in Sudbury to house arrest". Sudbury Star, December 14, 2022
- ↑ "Former NHL player sentenced in Sudbury to house arrest". Sudbury Star, December 14, 2022
- ↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10-11. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database