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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Linden3cropped1.JPG
| caption = Linden with the [[Vancouver Canucks]] in 2008
| played_for = [[Vancouver Canucks]] <br/>[[New York Islanders]] <br/>[[Montreal Canadiens]] <br/>[[Washington Capitals]]
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]/[[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 220
| ntl_team = Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|4|11}}
| birth_place = [[Medicine Hat, Alberta]], Canada
| draft = 2nd overall
| draft_year = 1988
| draft_team = [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 2008
| website = {{URL|http://www.trevorlinden.com}}
}}

'''Trevor John Linden''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|CM|OBC}} (born April 11, 1970) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] player and former president of hockey operations and alternate governor of the [[Vancouver Canucks]]. He spent 19 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), playing [[Centre (ice hockey)|centre]] and [[Winger (ice hockey)|right wing]] with four teams: the Vancouver Canucks (in two tenures; the first and last), [[New York Islanders]], [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[Washington Capitals]]. Before joining the NHL in [[1988–89 NHL season|1988]], Linden helped the [[Medicine Hat Tigers]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL) win consecutive [[Memorial Cup]] championships.<ref name="Canuck Legends">{{cite book|last=Rud|first=Jeff|title=Canucks Legends: Vancouver's Hockey Heroes|year=2006|publisher=Raincoast Books|location=Vancouver|isbn=978-1-55192-809-8|page=171}}</ref> In addition to appearing in two [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star Games]], Linden was a member of the [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Canadian Olympic team]] and participated in the [[1996 World Cup of Hockey]].

Throughout his career, Linden was recognized as a respected leader on and off the ice.<ref name="Pregame Speech">{{cite news|title=Linden's 'huge' pre-game chat lifts spirits |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=683f3ad4-6060-4637-a7ba-0469a014e15b&k=784 |last=Botchford |first=Jason |newspaper=[[The Province]] |date=March 16, 2008 |access-date=March 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320071733/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=683f3ad4-6060-4637-a7ba-0469a014e15b&k=784 |archive-date=March 20, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Salvage Lockout">{{cite news |title =Linden Tries to Salvage Something From Lockout|url =https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/21/sports/hockey/21linden.html?fta=y|last=Lapointe|first=Joe|newspaper =[[New York Times]]|date =January 21, 2005|access-date =March 13, 2008}}</ref> He was named [[List of Vancouver Canucks captains|captain of the Canucks]] at age 21, making him one of the youngest captains in league history. In that capacity, Linden was nicknamed "'''Captain Canuck'''" and led the team to back-to-back Smythe Division titles in 1992 and 1993, followed by a trip to the [[1994 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals in 1994]], where they lost in seven games. In 1998, he was elected president of the [[National Hockey League Players' Association]] (NHLPA), a position he held for eight years.<ref name="Captain of Islanders"/> As President, he played an instrumental role in the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]], including negotiations with league owners.<ref name="Linden Resigns">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/linden-out-as-nhlpa-president-1.581150|title=Linden out as NHLPA president|access-date=January 29, 2018|publisher=CBC|author=CBC Sports | date=July 11, 2006}}</ref> Off the ice, Linden has taken an active role in charities, and was awarded the [[King Clancy Memorial Trophy]] for leadership on the ice and humanitarian contributions off the ice in [[1996–97 NHL season|1997]],<ref name="King Clancy Trophy">{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=KCT&year=1996-97|title=King Clancy Memorial Trophy Winner: Trevor Linden|publisher=Legends of Hockey|access-date=February 18, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080419082545/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=KCT&year=1996-97 |archive-date = April 19, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as the [[NHL Foundation Player Award]] in [[2007–08 NHL season|2008]]. Linden retired on June 11, 2008, 20 years to the day after he was drafted into the NHL.<ref name="Retirement">{{cite web|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=240290|title=Linden Announces Retirement After 19 NHL Seasons|publisher=TSN|access-date=June 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607002418/http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=240290|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Linden's jersey number 16 was retired by the Canucks on December 17, 2008, the second number retired by the team.

On April 9, 2014, Linden was named president of hockey operations for the Vancouver Canucks, a position he held until July 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/article-canucks-president-of-hockey-operations-trevor-linden-agree-to-part|title=Canucks, president of hockey operations Trevor Linden agree to part ways|date=July 25, 2018|author=Darryl Dyck|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|access-date=July 25, 2018}}</ref>
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== Early life ==
Trevor Linden's grandfather, Nick van der Linden, emigrated to Canada from the [[Netherlands]] in 1929.<ref name="Last Time Around">{{cite news|title='Last time around' for Linden |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=9e2101a7-1e3d-49f2-8e91-eb2fbcbd0496&k=88025&p=1 |author=MacIntyre, Iain |newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]] |date=February 21, 2008 |access-date=February 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104114344/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=9e2101a7-1e3d-49f2-8e91-eb2fbcbd0496&k=88025&p=1 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref> He ran a construction company until his son Lane (Trevor's father) replaced him in 1979.<ref name="Life after hockey">{{cite news|title=Life after hockey |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=0e0d3a19-872c-4dd9-9070-5ff9276da6ed&p=1 |author=MacIntyre, Iain |newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]] |date=September 1, 2007 |access-date=March 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104114406/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=0e0d3a19-872c-4dd9-9070-5ff9276da6ed&p=1 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref> Trevor was born on April 11, 1970, in [[Medicine Hat|Medicine Hat, Alberta]] to Lane and Edna Linden. Linden was a skilled athlete; while hockey was his top priority, he also participated in baseball, golf, volleyball, basketball and speed skating.<ref name="Medicine Hat">{{Cite web|url=http://www.medicinehat.ca/City%20Government/Departments/City%20Clerk/Wall%20of%20Fame/Trevor%20Linden.asp |title=City of Medicine Hat Wall of Fame Biography |access-date=March 18, 2008 |publisher=Medicine Hat |year=2008 |author=Medicine Hat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706185310/http://www.medicinehat.ca/City%20Government/Departments/City%20Clerk/Wall%20of%20Fame/Trevor%20Linden.asp |archive-date=July 6, 2011 }}</ref> An excellent student in school, he was recruited by [[Princeton University]] to play for their hockey team. Instead, Linden chose to stay in Medicine Hat and play with the local major junior team, the [[Medicine Hat Tigers]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL).<ref name="Burnside">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/columns/story?id=1981684|title=Linden to dad: 'Maybe I can make a difference'|access-date=February 21, 2008|publisher=[[ESPN]]|year=2005|author=Burnside, Scott}}</ref> Linden grew up watching the Tigers and idolized [[Lanny McDonald]], who played in Medicine Hat before he joined the NHL.<ref name="Ask A Player">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=319333 |title=Ask A Player – Trevor Linden |access-date=January 23, 2008 |publisher=Canucks.com |year=2006 |author=Canucks.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615132635/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=319333 |archive-date=June 15, 2008 }}</ref>

After one season playing with the Medicine Hat Midget Tigers of the [[Alberta Midget Hockey League]] (AMHL), Linden joined the WHL Tigers for the final five games of the [[1985–86 WHL season|1985–86 regular season]], where he scored two goals; he also appeared in six playoff games, scoring one goal. The next season, at age 16, he made the team full-time. In his first full season in the WHL, Linden had 36 points in 72 games, and then had 9 points in 20 playoff games, including two goals in the championship game, helping Medicine Hat win their first [[Memorial Cup]] as Canadian junior champions.<ref name="Local Heroes">{{Cite book|last1=Lapp|first1=Richard M.|last2=White|first2=Silas|title=Local Heroes: A History of the Western Hockey League|publisher=Harbour Publishing|location=Madeira Park, BC|year=1993|isbn=1-55017-080-5}}</ref> The next year, Linden had 110 points in 67 games and led the Tigers to their second consecutive Memorial Cup title.<ref name="Memorial Cup">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=322849 |title=Not So Junior Experience |access-date=January 23, 2008 |publisher=Canucks.com |year=2007 |author=Paterson, Jeff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615132721/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=322849 |archive-date=June 15, 2008 }}</ref> During the 1988 WHL playoffs, Linden set a WHL playoff record by scoring the fastest goal from the start of a game, seven seconds into a 6–5 Tigers win over the [[Saskatoon Blades]] on April 15, 1988.<ref name="WHL Record">{{Cite web|url=http://www.whl.ca/records/?id=43|title=WHL Playoff Records|access-date=January 24, 2008|publisher=WHL.ca|year=2003|author=WHL|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080217212654/http://www.whl.ca/records/?id=43 |archive-date = February 17, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the [[1988 NHL Entry Draft]], the [[Vancouver Canucks]] selected Linden second overall, after the [[Minnesota North Stars]] selected [[Mike Modano]].<ref name="Recordbook"/>

== NHL career ==

=== Vancouver Canucks (1988–1998) ===
Linden made his NHL debut on October 6, 1988, against the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]], aged 18.<ref name="Canucks Player Page">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app?page=HistoricalPlayerDetail&pkey=8448825&service=page |title=Vancouver Canucks Player Bio |access-date=July 15, 2008 |publisher=Canucks.com |year=2008 |author=Vancouver Canucks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926115048/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app?page=HistoricalPlayerDetail&pkey=8448825&service=page |archive-date=September 26, 2008 }}</ref> He scored his first goal on October 18, 1988, against [[Kelly Hrudey]] of the [[New York Islanders]] and later, on November 17, he scored his first [[hat-trick]] against the Minnesota North Stars.<ref name="NHLPA Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://nhlpa.com/WebStats/PlayerBiography.asp?ID=3298|title=NHLPA Player Bio|access-date=January 23, 2008|publisher=NHLPA|year=2008|author=National Hockey League Players' Association|author-link=National Hockey League Players' Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220142109/http://www.nhlpa.com/WebStats/PlayerBiography.asp?ID=3298 <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=February 20, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Canucks Hall of Fame">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=27 |title=Canucks Hall of Fame |access-date=March 1, 2008 |publisher=Vancouver Canucks |year=2008 |author=Vancouver Canucks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201085502/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=27 |archive-date=February 1, 2008 }}</ref> Linden finished the season tied for the team lead in goals (30) and second for points (59). He was the first Canucks rookie to score 30 goals<ref name="Local Heroes"/><ref name="2006–07 Media Guide">{{cite book | last = Vancouver Canucks | title = 2006–07 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide | year = 2006 | publisher = Hemlock Printers Ltd. | location = Vancouver | pages = 264}}</ref> and came within one point of tying [[Ivan Hlinka]]'s team record of 60 points as a first-year player, set in [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]] (the record was later tied by [[Pavel Bure]] in [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Crash claims Czech coach|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/WorldCup/2004/08/17/587638.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719020545/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/WorldCup/2004/08/17/587638.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 19, 2012|access-date=December 24, 2011|date=August 17, 2004|work=[[Calgary Sun]]|author=Sportak, Randy}}</ref> Linden also became the first rookie to win the [[Cyclone Taylor Award]], given to the Canucks' most valuable player.<ref name="2006–07 Media Guide"/> He was named to the [[NHL All-Rookie Team]], and finished second to [[Brian Leetch]], of the [[New York Rangers]], in voting for the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]], awarded to the rookie of the year.<ref name="Linden 2.0">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=322834 |title=Linden 2.0 |access-date=March 13, 2008 |publisher=Vancouver Canucks |year=2007 |author=Canucks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305013504/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=322834 |archive-date=March 5, 2008 }}</ref> Fans voted him as the winner of ''[[The Hockey News]]''' rookie of the year award.<ref name="this day"/> The Canucks made the playoffs in the [[1988–89 NHL season#Playoffs|1988–89 season]], for the first time in three years, and Linden scored seven points in the Canucks' seven-game series loss to the eventual [[Stanley Cup]] champion [[Calgary Flames]].<ref name="Recordbook">{{cite book  | last = National Hockey League  | author-link = National Hockey League  | title = National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2007  | publisher = Dan Diamond & Associates, Inc.  | year = 2006  | location = Toronto  | isbn = 978-1-894801-02-7  | url-access = registration  | url = https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse_a8h9  }}</ref>

In his sophomore NHL season, Linden finished second on the team in goals (21) and points (51) and finished third in assists (30). The following year, he was one of three Canucks to share a rotating captaincy, the others being [[Doug Lidster]] and [[Dan Quinn (ice hockey)|Dan Quinn]].<ref name="Canuck Legends"/> Linden led the team with 37 assists and 70 points, and made his first appearance in an [[42nd National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star Game]], where he was the youngest player.<ref name="Numbers and notables">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=395948 |title=Numbers and notables |access-date=December 4, 2008 |publisher=Canucks.com |year=2008 |author=Barbosa, Brian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206114112/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=395948 |archive-date=December 6, 2008 }}</ref> At age 21, he was made sole captain of the team,<ref name="Young Captains">{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2000/03/23/lecavalier_youngcaptain/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010622035444/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2000/03/23/lecavalier_youngcaptain/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2001|title=Youth is serving|access-date=March 18, 2008|publisher=CNN/SI|year=2000|author=Hunt, Ryan}}</ref> becoming the youngest Canucks captain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fans, peers honour Trevor Linden's 19-year hockey career|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Vancouver/2008/04/07/5213956-cp.html|publisher=The Canadian Press|year=2008|author=Sudlow, Ron|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080518124520/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Vancouver/2008/04/07/5213956-cp.html|archive-date=May 18, 2008|url-status=usurped}}</ref> That season, Linden led the Canucks in scoring for a second straight year with 75 points (31 goals and 44 assists), leading the Canucks to their first division title since the [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75 season]].<ref name="2006–07 Media Guide"/>

A natural [[winger (ice hockey)|winger]] early in his career, Linden began learning to play at the [[centre (ice hockey)|centre]] position during the Canucks training camp in October 1992. Canucks head coach [[Pat Quinn (ice hockey)|Pat Quinn]] initiated the switch in response to the losses of centres [[Anatoli Semenov]] and [[Petr Nedvěd]] during the off-season.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rossiter, Sean|publisher=Opus Productions Inc.|location=Vancouver|page=15|year=1994|title=Vancouver Canucks: The Silver Edition}}</ref> The Canucks repeated as [[Smythe Division]] champions that year, setting franchise records for wins and points with 46 and 101 respectively.{{refn|The wins record was surpassed in [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]] by three, while the points record was broken in [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]] by three.<ref>{{cite web|title=Standings for the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_standings.php?tmi=8756|access-date=June 10, 2011|publisher=Hockeydb.com}}</ref>|group=notes}} For the third-straight season, Linden surpassed 30 goals and 70 points, finishing with 33 goals and 72 points.<ref name="Recordbook"/>

In the [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94 season]], Linden scored 32 goals, the fifth time in six seasons he had scored at least 30, but his points total fell to 61 as the Canucks finished 12 points behind the division leader. Although they were the seventh seed in the playoffs, the Canucks reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 12 years and second time in team history. Considered the underdogs against the [[Presidents' Trophy]]-winning [[New York Rangers]] captained by [[Mark Messier]], the Canucks initially fell behind three games to one but pushed the series to seven games. In Game 7, Linden scored twice (the next player to get two goals in a game seven was [[Alex Tanguay]] in 2001), but the Canucks lost 3–2.<ref name="Fan Guide">{{cite book  | last = MacKinnon | first = John | title = NHL Hockey: The Official Fans' Guide |publisher = Raincoast Books | year = 1996  | location = Vancouver |isbn = 1-55192-047-6}}</ref> Linden finished second on the team in playoff scoring, with 12 goals and 25 points.<ref name="2006–07 Media Guide"/> It was revealed afterwards that Linden had played through the finals with broken ribs and torn rib cartilage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Linden heroic in 1994 Stanley Cup Final|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=397641|access-date=June 2, 2010|date=December 15, 2008|publisher=[[National Hockey League]]|author=John McGourty}}</ref>

In the [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96 season]], Linden had 33 goals, 47 assists and 80 points, the most he has ever collected in all three statistical categories.<ref name="1997 NHL Yearbook">{{cite book | last = National Hockey League  | title = 1997 NHL Yearbook | year = 1996 | publisher = Worldsport Properties | location = Toronto | pages = 232}}</ref> On February 27, 1996, he played in his 437th consecutive game, breaking the team record previously held by [[Don Lever]].<ref name="this day">{{cite web|title=On This Day |url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=40197 |access-date=December 24, 2011 |publisher=[[Vancouver Canucks]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421121310/http://canucks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=40197 |archive-date=April 21, 2012 }}</ref> The following season marked the end of Linden's ironman streak; between October 4, 1990, and December 3, 1996, he appeared in 482 consecutive games, the longest in the league at the time.<ref name="1998 NHL Yearbook">{{cite book | last = National Hockey League  | title = 1998 NHL Yearbook | year = 1997 | publisher = Worldsport Properties | location = Toronto | pages = 240}}</ref> His team record was later broken in 2007 by [[Brendan Morrison]].<ref name="Morrison Ironman">{{cite news|title=Morrison's game milestone |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=858bf4fc-6eb2-4da2-8c4f-e97315fb7191 |author=Willes, Ed |newspaper=[[The Province]] |date=February 23, 2007 |access-date=May 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104154142/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=858bf4fc-6eb2-4da2-8c4f-e97315fb7191 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref> In his 49 games that season, he scored 9 goals and 31 assists. At the conclusion of the season, the NHL recognized Linden's contributions to the Vancouver community and awarded him the King Clancy Memorial Trophy.<ref name="1998 NHL Yearbook"/>

At the start of the [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98 season]], the Canucks added free agent Mark Messier, a six-time Stanley Cup winner, and manager/head coach [[Mike Keenan]], who were, respectively, captain and head coach of the New York Rangers when they defeated Vancouver in the [[1994 Stanley Cup Finals]]. Keenan's hiring was as a result of Pat Quinn being dismissed as general manager, and Keenan also assumed the title of bench boss by firing head coach [[Tom Renney]] early in the season. According to some accounts, Linden initially gave up the team captaincy to Messier out of respect, but later regretted the move as he felt Messier's invasion of the dressing room was hostile.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/08/08/sayitaintso_canucks/| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714051946/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/2001/08/08/sayitaintso_canucks/| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 14, 2012|title=Say It Ain't So Canucks | work=CNN | access-date=May 26, 2010}}</ref> Friction developed between Linden and Keenan early in the season.<ref name="Captain Vancouver">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vanmag.com/articles/07apr/Captainvancouver.shtml|title=Captain Vancouver|access-date=January 29, 2008|publisher=Vancouver Magazine|year=2007|author=McKinley, Michael|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615025618/http://www.vanmag.com/articles/07apr/Captainvancouver.shtml |archive-date = June 15, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> As the relationship worsened, Keenan claimed that it was evident Linden would be traded.<ref name="Captain of Islanders">{{cite news|title=Spots of The Times; Here's How A Captain Operates|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE7DB113AF932A25751C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1|author=Vecsey, George|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=December 11, 1998|access-date=February 21, 2008}}</ref> After a 5–1 loss to the [[St. Louis Blues]], Keenan openly blamed Linden for the loss, a moment Linden refers to as his "darkest time".<ref name="Darkest time">{{cite news|title=Linden outlasts 'darkest time' trade from Canucks |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=8f587dcd-243b-41da-9aeb-accd1d1d46ac |author=Pratt, Dave |newspaper=[[The Province]] |date=February 5, 2008 |access-date=February 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104154208/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=8f587dcd-243b-41da-9aeb-accd1d1d46ac |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref> Playing in 42 games with the Canucks before the February Olympic break, Linden had 7 goals and 21 points.

=== New York, Montreal and Washington (1998–2001) ===
Linden was traded to the [[New York Islanders]] on February 6, 1998, in exchange for [[Todd Bertuzzi]], [[Bryan McCabe]] and the Islanders' third-round pick (used to select [[Jarkko Ruutu]]) in the [[1998 NHL Entry Draft]]. After the conclusion of the Olympics, in which he participated, Linden (who was named captain, succeeding the traded McCabe) joined the Islanders and played 25 games with the team.  He scored 10 goals and 7 assists for 17 points to finish the season, with a combined 17 goals and 21 assists for 38 points in 67 games. The following year, his first full season in three years, Linden was second on the team with 47 points, and third with 18 goals. However, on May 29, 1999, the Islanders traded Linden to the [[Montreal Canadiens]] for a first-round draft pick in the [[1999 NHL Entry Draft]] (used to select [[Branislav Mezei]]), mostly for financial reasons.<ref name="Trade to Canadiens">{{cite news |title =Strapped Islanders Trade Linden To Montreal for a Draft Pick|url =https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906E6DB1530F933A05756C0A96F958260|author =El-Bashir, Tarik|newspaper =[[New York Times]]|date =May 30, 1999|access-date =March 6, 2008}}</ref> The thrill of playing in [[Montreal]], the "centre of hockey", was an exciting prospect to Linden after his time spent with the Islanders, where [[Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum|the arena]] was usually half-filled when he played there.<ref name="2000 NHL Yearbook">{{cite book | last = National Hockey League  | title = 2000 NHL Yearbook | year = 1999 | publisher = Worldsport Properties | location = Toronto | pages = 256}}</ref>

With Montreal, Linden was often injured and only appeared in 50 games during his first season, scoring 30 points. The next year, he appeared in 57 games, scoring 33 points. While with the Canadiens, he signed a four-year contract worth $15&nbsp;million.<ref name="Canuck Legends"/> However, he was traded for the third time in his career, this time to the [[Washington Capitals]], going with [[Dainius Zubrus]], and the [[New Jersey Devils]]' second-round draft pick in the [[2001 NHL Entry Draft]] (later traded to Tampa Bay, who selected [[Andreas Holmqvist]]) in exchange for [[Richard Zedník]], [[Jan Bulis]] and Washington's first-round pick in the 2001 Draft (used to select [[Alexander Perezhogin]]). With Washington, Linden reached the playoffs for the first time in four years, in the [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01 season]].<ref name="Capitals Trade">{{cite news |title=Linden glad to get second shot at Cup|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/cup01/bonus/caps.htm|author=Graves, Gary|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=April 10, 2001|access-date=November 21, 2007}}</ref>

=== Return to Vancouver (2001–2008) ===
After 28 games over two seasons with the Capitals, Linden had scored only four goals and three assists. On November 10, 2001, the Capitals traded Linden, along with a second-round draft pick in either [[2002 NHL Entry Draft|2002]] or 2003 (used to select [[Denis Grot]]), to the Canucks in exchange for their first round pick in 2002 (used to select [[Boyd Gordon]]) and a third-round pick in [[2003 NHL Entry Draft|2003]] (later traded to the [[Edmonton Oilers]], who selected [[Zack Stortini]]). Linden scored 34 points with Vancouver in 64 games, which included his 1,000th regular season game on March 26, 2002, against the [[Los Angeles Kings]].<ref name="1000 Games">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-honour-linden-welcome-ducks-1.316003|title=Canucks honour Linden, welcome Ducks|access-date=June 20, 2020|publisher=CBC.ca|author=CBC Sports | date=October 24, 2002}}</ref> In his first playoff series with Vancouver in six years, he scored a goal and four assists in six games.

The [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03 season]] was Linden's first full season with the Canucks since [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]], though Linden sprained his knee in the season opener and had to miss two weeks.<ref name="Craighead">{{Cite web|url=https://static.espn.go.com/nhl/news/2002/1024/1450790.html|title=Craighead will play for AHL club in Manitoba|access-date=May 9, 2008|work=ESPN.com|year=2002|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> He returned in time to be honoured for his 1,000th career game, which he achieved the season before. As he did not want to distract the team from the playoff race, Linden asked for the ceremony to be delayed.<ref name="1000 Games honoured">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=221024022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104000936/https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=221024022|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2022|title=Kariya's goal in third allows Ducks to earn tie|access-date=May 9, 2008|work=ESPN.com|year=2002|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> On November 25, 2002, against the [[Minnesota Wild]], Linden scored his 263rd goal with the Canucks, breaking former captain [[Stan Smyl]]'s team record for most goals.<ref name="263 goals">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-win-linden-sets-record-1.321970|title=Canucks win, Linden sets record|access-date=June 20, 2020|publisher=CBC.ca|author=CBC Sports | date=November 26, 2002}}</ref> He finished the year with 19 goals and 22 assists for 41 points, his highest goal total in seven seasons, and his highest points total since [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]].

{{Quote box| quote  ="The career he's had, a lot of us watched him when we were younger, and the runs he's had when he first broke in. He's played for so long, and also playing against him, he's a guy that plays hard all the time. He's a leader. He's a guy that's a good, honest, hard player to play against. He's not cheap. We have a lot of respect also for what he's done for us off the ice as a group of players. I'm not sure if it's his last for sure, but if it is, it definitely was an honor to play with him."|align=left |width=25em|source=—[[Jarome Iginla]] talking about Linden after an April 5, 2008, game, Linden's final game<ref name="End of An Era?">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=452706|title=End of An Era?|access-date=2008-04-08|publisher=Canucks.com|year=2008|author=Dhillon, Sunny}}</ref>}}

The following season, Linden broke several more Canucks records. In a February 16, 2004, game against the [[Colorado Avalanche]], he played in his 897th game as a Canuck, passing Smyl.<ref name="897 games">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=240216017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310135801/http://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=240216017|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2018|title=Cloutier makes 23 saves in victory|access-date=May 12, 2008|publisher=ESPN|year=2004|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> On March 8, once again playing the Avalanche, Linden had two points, including his team-record 674th point with the Canucks, a mark also previously held by Smyl.<ref name="Canuck Legends"/> For the first time in five years, he played in all 82 games, recording 36 points. After a year-long break from hockey during the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]], in which he actively participated in new [[collective agreement]] negotiations on behalf of the [[National Hockey League Players' Association]] (NHLPA), Linden again appeared in all 82 games during the [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06 season]], scoring 7 goals and 16 points. Linden became the first player to play 1,000 games with the Canucks on April 13, 2006, when they faced the [[San Jose Sharks]].<ref name="2006–07 Media Guide"/>
[[File:Trevor Linden 2007a.jpg|right|thumb|Linden during a pre-game warm-up in November 2007]]
In the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]] opener, on October 5, 2006, Linden scored the game winner against the [[Detroit Red Wings]] to become the first Canuck to score 300 goals with the team.<ref name="300 Goals">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-van/2006/10/05/2006020008|title=October 5, 2006 Game Recap|access-date=March 26, 2008|publisher=NHL.com|year=2006|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> After notching 25 points in 80 games, he helped the Canucks reach the second round of the playoffs. He scored two game-winning goals in the first round, including the series-winning goal against the [[Dallas Stars]] in Game 7 of their first-round matchup, which was Linden's sixth Game 7 goal of his playoff career.<ref name="Game 7">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/linden-lifts-canucks-over-stars-in-game-7-1.630777|title=Linden lifts Canucks over Stars in Game 7|access-date=May 12, 2008|publisher=CBC.ca|author=CBC Sports|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070708022117/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/stanleycup2007/story/2007/04/23/nhl-stars-canucks.html |archive-date = July 8, 2007|url-status=live|date=April 24, 2007}}</ref> He finished the playoffs with a team-leading 7 points in 12 games. This made Linden the Canucks' all-time leader in playoff goals (34), assists (61) and points (95).<ref name="Resigned 2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-re-sign-trevor-linden-for-1-year-1.661916|title=Canucks re-sign Trevor Linden for 1 year|access-date=January 29, 2018|publisher=CBC|author=CBC Sports | date=August 21, 2007}}</ref>

[[File:Trevor-Linden retired jersey.jpg|left|thumb|Trevor Linden's number 16, along with Stan Smyl's number 12, Markus Näslund's number 19, Pavel Bure's number 10, Daniel Sedin's number 22, and Henrik Sedin's number 33 are the only six retired jersey numbers in Vancouver Canucks history.]]

After taking the summer to decide if he would return for another season, Linden signed a one-year contract with the Canucks in August 2007.<ref name="Resigned 2007"/> The season was not ideal for Linden, who was a healthy scratch 23 times.<ref name="Retirement seems nearly certain">{{cite news|title=Retirement seems nearly certain for Linden |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=16c9bf04-9bdf-4be1-b0ad-f247698c0c2b |author=MacIntyre, Iain |newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]] |date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=May 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411234725/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=16c9bf04-9bdf-4be1-b0ad-f247698c0c2b |archive-date=April 11, 2008 }}</ref> In the 59 games he played, he scored seven goals and five assists, by far the lowest totals in his career. Against the Calgary Flames on November 8, 2007, he earned his 412th assist with the Canucks, surpassing Smyl once again.<ref name="412 assists">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=366053 |title=Linden was No. 1 in hearts of Canucks fans |access-date=December 6, 2008 |publisher=Canucks.com |year=2008 |author=Kreiser, John |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218215347/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=366053 |archive-date=December 18, 2008 }}</ref> He finished his career with 415 assists as a Canuck, which stood as the all-time mark until [[Henrik Sedin]] surpassed him on March 14, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sedin brothers star for Canucks in win over Flames|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=314098|access-date=March 15, 2010|date=March 15, 2010|publisher=[[The Sports Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606232848/http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=314098|archive-date=June 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Linden played in the final game of his NHL career on April 5, 2008, against Calgary. Despite Vancouver losing 7–1, Linden was named the game's first star and skated a lap around [[GM Place]] to a standing ovation and received handshakes from the Calgary players.<ref name="Retirement seems nearly certain"/>

{{Quote box| quote  ="A guy who tried to work hard and do what's right." |align=right |width=25em|source=—Trevor Linden, on what he wants his legacy to be<ref name="Globe and Mail Retirement">{{cite news|title =Linden will achieve more goals with his winning personality|url =https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20080612.BCMASON12/TPStory/TPComment|archive-url =https://archive.today/20090116062142/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20080612.BCMASON12/TPStory/TPComment|url-status =dead|archive-date =2009-01-16|author =Mason, Gary|work =[[The Globe and Mail]]|date =2008-06-12|access-date =2008-07-08|location =Toronto}}</ref>}}

On June 11, 2008, after 19 seasons in the NHL and 20 years to the day of being drafted into the NHL by the Canucks, Linden announced his retirement, leaving as the franchise leader in games played with the Canucks (1140) and assists (415, since surpassed by Henrik Sedin), and second in goals to later captain [[Markus Näslund]].<ref name="Retirement"/> Shortly after, Vancouver City Council stated it would honour Linden by declaring the date of his jersey retirement to be Trevor Linden Day in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite web|last=Makwana|first=Dharm|title=Linden Street ahead|url=http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2008/06/13/5863486-sun.html|publisher=24 Hours Vancouver|date=June 13, 2008|access-date=June 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716133638/http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2008/06/13/5863486-sun.html|archive-date=July 16, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Canucks retired Linden's jersey number, 16, from circulation in a [[pre-game ceremony]] December 17, 2008, prior to playing the Edmonton Oilers.<ref name="Jersey retired">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=398691|title=Linden prepares for his big night|access-date=December 17, 2008|publisher=NHL.com|year=2008|author=Kreiser, John }}</ref> Linden became the second Canuck to have his jersey retired, joining former captain Stan Smyl, whose jersey number, 12, was retired in 1991.<ref name="2006–07 Media Guide"/> Earlier in the day, the Canucks changed the number of the entrance gate for players and VIPs from Gate 5 to Gate 16 in honour of Linden.<ref name="Jersey retired"/>

== Off the ice ==

=== Personal life===
In 1995, Linden married Cristina Giusti,<ref name="Captain Vancouver"/> the owner of Basquiat, a Vancouver boutique.<ref name="Fashion Magazine">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fashionmagazine.com/shops/regulararticle/28/ |title=Vancouver Style Profile: Cristina Linden |access-date=January 29, 2008 |publisher=Fashion Magazine |year=2006 |author=Raya, Jessica |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211174340/http://www.fashionmagazine.com/shops/regulararticle/28/ |archive-date=February 11, 2008 }}</ref> In 2017, the Lindens had their first child, son Roman Matthias Linden, named after Cristina's father Romano and Linden's Canuck teammate [[Mattias Ohlund]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/trevor-linden-names-son-after-mattias-ohlund-canucks|title=Trevor Linden names his son after former Canucks teammate|last=Williams|first=Rob|date=August 25, 2017|publisher=Daily Hive|accessdate=May 22, 2023}}</ref> In 2004, Linden was baptized as a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecatholicspirit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3279&Itemid=33|title=Former NHL star, seminarian are Olympic torch-bearers|date=February 11, 2010|publisher=[[The Catholic Spirit]]|author=Catholic News Service|access-date=February 12, 2010|author-link=Catholic News Service}}</ref> Linden's younger brother, [[Jamie Linden (ice hockey)|Jamie Linden]], also played ice hockey. After a lengthy junior career in the WHL, Jamie played four games with the [[Florida Panthers]] in the [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95 season]] before finishing his hockey career in the minor leagues. Together with Trevor, Jamie is now a property developer, something they developed an interest in while growing up in Medicine Hat.<ref name="Life after hockey"/> Trevor had indicated that after his playing career was finished, he would like to become more involved in real estate.<ref name="Life after hockey"/><ref name="Real Estate">{{cite news|title=Pro athletes make a sport of real estate |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071026.re-sports-1026/REStory/RealEstate/ |author=Gold, Kerry |work=The Globe and Mail |date=October 26, 2007 |access-date=March 12, 2008 |location=Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124053751/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071026.re-sports-1026/REStory/RealEstate/ |archive-date=January 24, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Linden is also an avid and competitive cyclist, frequenting the local [[Squamish, British Columbia|Squamish]] and [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]] area to mountain bike, in addition to participating in various races.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smolens|first=Amy|title=An Interview with "Cyclist" Trevor Linden|url=http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews/December/12.19.076.51PM05.shtml|date=December 19, 2007|publisher=Canadian Cyclist|access-date=May 9, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080618012232/http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews/December/12.19.076.51PM05.shtml |archive-date = June 18, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most significantly, in the summer of 2007, Linden competed in the Trans Alp bike race, a 600&nbsp;km race across the European [[Alps]]. Linden and racing teammate John Ramsden finished 48th out of the 122 competing two-man teams over the eight-day competition.<ref name="Biking">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=337412 |title=Mountain training keeps Linden, Gelinas at their peak |access-date=January 23, 2008 |publisher=NHL.com |year=2007 |author=Raimondi, Jennifer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231141530/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=337412 |archive-date=December 31, 2007 }}</ref>
[[File:TrevorLinden2008.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Linden being interviewed in Vancouver]]

Linden was involved in the creation and recent launch of Club 16 – Trevor Linden Fitness. Linden has also partnered with Vancouver developer Howard Airey, principal of Airey Development Group, to build two residential/commercial development projects.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevor Linden's Second Act |url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/trevor-lindens-second-act |website=bcbusiness.ca |access-date=February 9, 2019 |date=January 4, 2011}}</ref> He was also the spokesperson for ClearlyContacts.ca.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Korstrom |first1=Glen |title=Trevor Linden adds smaller locations to gym business |url=https://biv.com/article/2016/08/trevor-linden-expands-gym-business-smaller-footpri |website=biv.com |access-date=February 9, 2019 |date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>

=== NHLPA president ===
As a player representative to the [[National Hockey League Players' Association]] (NHLPA) since 1990,<ref name="Masterton Story">{{Cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=452685|title=Linden handles role transition with class |access-date=January 26, 2014|publisher=Canucks.com|date=March 30, 2008|author=Kimelman, Adam}}</ref> Linden was responsible for being the contact between his teammates and the NHLPA.<ref name="Salvage Lockout"/> He saw the experience as a chance to be involved in the business side of the sport.<ref name="Masterton Story"/> In light of this service, Linden was elected president of the NHLPA in June 1998. Consequently, Linden was actively involved in negotiations with [[Gary Bettman]] and the NHL on a new [[collective agreement]] that ended the [[2004–05 NHL lockout|2004–05 lockout]].<ref name="Linden Resigns"/> This included a final meeting in January 2005 between Linden and [[Harley Hotchkiss]], the chairman of the NHL Board of Governors, in an attempt to avoid losing the NHL season.<ref name="Salvage Lockout"/> Despite this meeting, a result was not found in time to keep the NHL from cancelling the [[2004–05 NHL season|2004–05 season]].

=== Attachment to Vancouver ===
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[[File:Trevor Linden.jpg|thumb|left|Trevor Linden with the Canucks in 2004]]
Linden's long tenure with the Canucks (Linden holds third most games played in franchise history at 1,140), deep attachment to the city of [[Vancouver]] and history of charitable community service and involvement have made him one of the most beloved and respected players among fans in franchise history.<ref name ="Order of BC">{{cite web|title=Order of British Columbia citation for Trevor Linden|url=http://www.protocol.gov.bc.ca/protocol/prgs/obc/2003/2003_TLinden.htm|author=British Columbia|publisher=British Columbia|year=2003|access-date=March 13, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080601224649/http://www.protocol.gov.bc.ca/protocol/prgs/obc/2003/2003_TLinden.htm |archive-date = June 1, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> His 2001 return to the Canucks was an emotional event for fans and players alike, with Linden admitting he was too excited to sleep the night before his first game back.<ref name="Canuck Legends"/> He is still often referred to affectionately as "Captain Canuck", despite not having captained the team since 1997.<ref name="Captain Canuck">{{cite news|title=Linden Letters: Readers tell us why Mr. Canuck should stay or go |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=a18129da-831e-4f00-b9f1-84f9fd84d381 |author=Vancouver Sun |newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]] |date=August 17, 2007 |access-date=March 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622031701/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=a18129da-831e-4f00-b9f1-84f9fd84d381 |archive-date=June 22, 2015 }}</ref> On April 5, 2008, the Canucks' final game of the [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08 season]], the Vancouver crowd gave Linden a standing ovation before the start of the third period. Once the game ended, the crowd again rose to their feet in recognition of Linden.<ref name="Talk of the Town">{{cite web|title=Talk of the Town |url=http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=359769 |author=Jory, Derek |publisher=Canucks.com |year=2008 |access-date=May 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513163537/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=359769&page=NewsPage&service=page |archive-date=May 13, 2008 }}</ref>

=== Community involvement ===
In addition to hockey, Linden has also undertaken a considerable amount of charitable work. Working primarily with children, he has made frequent appearances at the [[BC Children's Hospital]] and Canuck Place, a hospice for terminally ill children.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=MacQueen |first=Ken |title=Trevor Linden |url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20040701_83565_83565 |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |access-date=May 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110174017/http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20040701_83565_83565 |archive-date=January 10, 2009 }}</ref> In 1995, he inaugurated the Trevor Linden Foundation to raise money for local charities and also hosts an annual golfing event as a fundraiser for BC Children's Hospital.<ref name="Masterton Story"/> When he was awarded the [[Order of British Columbia]] in 2003, the citation referred to him as a "hockey player and humanitarian".<ref name="Order of BC"/> Linden has cited his brother, Dean, as being the inspiration for undertaking his charitable work, telling him to use his power as a hockey player.<ref name="Globe and Mail Retirement"/>

In testament to his efforts off the ice in Vancouver, Linden has been a recipient of the [[King Clancy Memorial Trophy]] ([[1996–97 NHL season|1997]]) and the [[NHL Foundation Player Award]] ([[2007–08 NHL season|2008]]), honours awarded by the NHL to players for significant contributions in his community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24933|title=King Clancy Trophy|publisher=NHL|access-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=62989|title=NHL Foundation Award|publisher=NHL|access-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> Linden took part in the [[2010 Winter Olympics torch relay]] when the flame was in Vancouver before the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/olympic-flame-heats-up-vancouver-1.904371|title=Olympic flame heats up Vancouver|date=February 11, 2010|publisher=cbcsports.ca|author=CBC News|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> On December 30, 2010, it was announced that Linden was to be invested as a [[Order of Canada|Member of the Order of Canada]]. He was cited "[f]or his ongoing sportsmanship and community engagement as a respected leader both on and off the ice."<ref name="Order of Canada">{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13995|title=Appointments to the Order of Canada|author=Office of the Governor General of Canada|date=December 30, 2010|publisher=GG.ca|access-date=December 30, 2010}}</ref>

=== Management career ===
On April 9, 2014, he was named the president of hockey operations for the Canucks, replacing [[Mike Gillis]] in that role. Linden was hired by the Canucks the day after Gillis was fired, following a season where the team failed to become a playoff contender.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=713673|title=Canucks name Linden president of hockey operations|author=Woodley, Kevin|date=April 9, 2015|access-date=November 16, 2015|publisher=NHL}}</ref> On May 1, 2014, Linden fired head coach [[John Tortorella]]. [[Jim Benning]], who was then serving as assistant general manager of the [[Boston Bruins]], and a former Canuck and teammate of Linden in his playing career, was hired by Linden to replace Gillis as the Canucks' general manager on May 23. On June 23, 2014, Benning hired [[Willie Desjardins]] as the 18th head coach in Canucks history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/willie-desjardins-named-canucks-head-coach-1.2684536 |title=Willie Desjardins named Canucks head coach |date=June 23, 2014 |author=CBC Sports |publisher=CBC.ca |access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> On July 25, 2018, Linden parted ways with the Canucks organization.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4353616/trevor-linden-leaves-canucks/|title=Vancouver Canucks announce departure of team president Trevor Linden|date=July 25, 2018|author=Jon Azpiri|publisher=Global News|access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref>

== International play ==
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{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canada]] }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1988 Soviet Union]] | Ice hockey }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1991 Finland]] | Ice hockey }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Cup of Hockey|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1996 World Cup of Hockey]] | Ice hockey }}
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Throughout his hockey career, Linden appeared in five international tournaments for [[Canada national men's ice hockey team|Team Canada]]. He first appeared on the world stage at the [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1988 World Junior Championships]], a tournament Canada won, where he scored one goal. His first senior international tournament was the [[1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1991 World Championship]], in which he contributed one goal and four assists in ten games as Canada won the silver medal. Linden was also invited to training camp for the [[1991 Canada Cup]] roster, but was released early.<ref name="Cut from Canada Cup">{{cite news|title =Cuts by Team Canada|url =https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/21/sports/sports-people-hockey-cuts-by-team-canada.html?pagewanted=print|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date =August 21, 1991|access-date =March 1, 2008}}</ref> In the [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996 World Cup]], the successor to the [[Canada Cup (ice hockey)|Canada Cup]], Linden helped Canada to a second-place finish with a goal and an assist over eight games.

Two years later, Linden was selected as a member of Team Canada in the [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano Olympics]].<ref name="1998 selection">{{cite news |title =HOCKEY; Gretzky In, Messier Out As Canada Picks Team|url =https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/30/sports/hockey-gretzky-in-messier-out-as-canada-picks-team.html?pagewanted=print|last=Willes|first=Ed|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date =November 30, 1997|access-date =March 20, 2008}}</ref> Though he injured his knee only weeks before,<ref name ="Olympics">{{cite web|title=Linden's limbo to end soon|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamNaganoHockeyMenArchive/feb2_linden.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715033523/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamNaganoHockeyMenArchive/feb2_linden.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 15, 2012|agency=Associated Press|publisher=SLAM! Sports|year=1998|access-date=November 21, 2007}}</ref> he played in all six games, scoring one goal, a game-tying marker with 67 seconds left against the [[Czech Republic national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]] that sent the semi-final game to overtime.<ref name ="67 Seconds">{{cite magazine|title=Olympic Men's Hockey Recap (Czech Republic-Canada)|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/scoreboards/1998/02/20/recap.czech_republic.canada.html|publisher=CNN/SI|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=November 21, 2007|date=February 20, 1998|archive-date=February 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223042005/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/scoreboards/1998/02/20/recap.czech_republic.canada.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Canada finished fourth in the tournament.<ref name="Recordbook 1999">{{cite book | last = National Hockey League | author-link = National Hockey League | title = National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 1998–99 | publisher = NHL Publishing | year = 1998 | location = Toronto | isbn = 0-920445-60-8 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle00nati_1 }}</ref> Later that summer, he participated in the [[1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1998 World Championships]]. He scored one goal and four assists as Canada finished fifth.<ref name="Legends of Hockey">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10949|title=Trevor Linden Page|access-date=April 22, 2008|publisher=Legends of Hockey|year=2007|author=Legends of Hockey}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-  
| 1985–86
| Medicine Hat Tigers
| [[Alberta Midget Hockey League|AMHL]]
| 40 || 14 || 22 || 36 || 14
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1985–86 WHL season|1985–86]]
| [[Medicine Hat Tigers]]
| [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0
| 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
| [[1986–87 WHL season|1986–87]]
| Medicine Hat Tigers
| WHL
| 72 || 14 || 22 || 36 || 59
| 20 || 5 || 4 || 9 || 17
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1987 Memorial Cup|1986–87]]
| Medicine Hat Tigers
| [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| [[1987–88 WHL season|1987–88]]
| Medicine Hat Tigers
| WHL
| 67 || 46 || 64 || 110 || 76
| 16 || 13 || 12 || 25 || 19
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988 Memorial Cup|1987–88]]
| Medicine Hat Tigers
| M-Cup
| — || — || — || — || —
| 5 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 0
|-
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 80 || 30 || 29 || 59 || 41
| 7 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 73 || 21 || 30 || 51 || 43
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 80 || 33 || 37 || 70 || 65
| 6 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 80 || 31 || 44 || 75 || 101
| 13 || 4 || 8 || 12 || 6
|-
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 84 || 33 || 39 || 72 || 64
| 12 || 5 || 8 || 13 || 16
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 84 || 32 || 29 || 61 || 73
| 24 || 12 || 13 || 25 || 18
|-
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 48 || 18 || 22 || 40 || 40
| 11 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 12
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 82 || 33 || 47 || 80 || 42
| 6 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 6
|-
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 49 || 9 || 31 || 40 || 27
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 42 || 7 || 14 || 21 || 49
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1997–98
| [[New York Islanders]]
| NHL
| 25 || 10 || 7 || 17 || 33
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| New York Islanders
| NHL
| 82 || 18 || 29 || 47 || 32
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1999–00 NHL season|1999–00]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| NHL
| 50 || 13 || 17 || 30 || 34
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 57 || 12 || 21 || 33 || 52
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 2000–01
| [[Washington Capitals]]
| NHL
| 12 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 8
| 6 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
| Washington Capitals
| NHL
| 16 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 2001–02
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 64 || 12 || 22 || 34 || 65
| 6 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 71 || 19 || 22 || 41 || 30
| 14 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 10
|-
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 82 || 14 || 22 || 36 || 26
| 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 82 || 7 || 9 || 16 || 15
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 80 || 12 || 13 || 25 || 34
| 12 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]
| Vancouver Canucks
| NHL
| 59 || 7 || 5 || 12 || 15
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals
! 1,382 !! 375 !! 492 !! 867 !! 895
! 124 !! 34 !! 65 !! 99 !! 104
|}

=== International ===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [[1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1988]]
| [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| 7 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1991]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| 10 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 4
|- 
| [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996]]
| Canada
| [[World Cup of Hockey|WCH]]
| 8 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|1998]]
| Canada
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|OG]]
| 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 10
|- 
| [[1998 IIHF World Championship|1998]]
| Canada
| WC
| 6 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Senior totals
! 30 !! 4 !! 9 !! 13 !! 18
|}

=== All-Star Games ===
<br />
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" width="45%" style="text-align:centre"
|-  bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Location
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! G !! A !! P
|-
| [[42nd National Hockey League All-Star Game|1991]]
| [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago]]
| 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[43rd National Hockey League All-Star Game|1992]]
| [[Philadelphia Flyers|Philadelphia]]
| 1 || 1 || 2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | All-Star totals
! 1 !! 1 !! 2
|}

* ''All stats taken from NHL.com.<ref name="NHL Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8448825|title=Trevor Linden #16|access-date=February 17, 2014|publisher=NHL.com|author=NHL.com}}</ref>''

== Awards ==

=== Canadian honours ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
|-
| [[Order of British Columbia]]
| 2003<ref name="Order of BC"/>
|-
| [[Order of Canada]]
| 2010<ref name="Order of Canada"/>
|}

=== NHL ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
|-
| [[NHL All-Rookie Team]]
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1989]]<ref name="Total Hockey">{{cite book|editor-last=Diamond|editor-first=Dan|title=Total Hockey: The Ultimate Hockey Encyclopedia|edition=2nd|year=2000|publisher=Total Sports Publishing|location=Kingston, New York|isbn=1-892129-85-X|page=1336}}</ref>
|-
| [[King Clancy Memorial Trophy]]
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1997]]<ref name="Total Hockey"/>
|-
| [[NHL Foundation Player Award]]
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2008]]<ref name="Retirement"/>
|}

=== WHL and CHL ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
|-
| [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] East Second All-Star team
| [[1987–88 WHL season|1988]]<ref name="Total Hockey"/>
|-
| [[Memorial Cup]] Tournament All-Star team
| [[1988 Memorial Cup|1988]]<ref name="Total Hockey"/>
|-
| Alumni Achievement Awards – Professional Hockey Achievement
| [[2008–09 WHL season|2009]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tigershockey.com/trevor-linden-recipient-of-whl-alumni-achievement-award/|title=Trevor Linden Recipient of WHL ALumni Achievement Award|date=October 28, 2008|publisher=Medicine Hat Tigers|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref>
|}

=== Vancouver Canucks team awards ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
|-
| [[Molson Cup]]
| 1989, 1991<ref name="2009 Media Guide">{{cite book|editor-last1=Brown|editor-first1=Ben|editor-last2=Maniago|editor-first2=Stephanie|editor-last3=Carling|editor-first3=TC|title=2009–10 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide|year=2009|publisher=Hemlock Printers Ltd.|location=Vancouver|page=209}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cyclone Taylor Award]]
| 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996<ref name="2009 Media Guide"/>
|-
| Most Exciting Player
| 1989, 1991<ref name="2009 Media Guide"/>
|-
| [[Cyrus H. McLean Trophy]]
| 1991, 1992<ref name="2009 Media Guide"/>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Reflist|group=notes}}

== External links ==
{{Commons}}
* {{ice hockey stats|legends=10949}}
* {{Team Canada|trevor-linden}}
* {{Olympics.com|trevor-linden}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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