Playing career

Quinn was drafted 13th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, while he was playing for the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Quinn made his debut with Calgary halfway through the next season, scoring 52 points in 54 games. When he was called up he had been leading the OHL in scoring with 59 points. On November 12, 1986, Quinn was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Mike Bullard. It was in Pittsburgh where Quinn would have the most individual success, as he scored a career high 40 goals in 1987-88, and a career-high 94 points the next season. This was in large part because he got to play on the same team as phenom Mario Lemieux.

Quinn was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in 1990, and that started a period where Quinn played for seven teams in five years. Quinn was alleged to have raped a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room in 1992. He was released by the Minnesota North Stars, the team he was playing for at the time. Quinn maintained that he and the woman had sex, but that it was consensual. The police did not press charges, and Quinn was back in the NHL the next season.

Quinn retired in November 1996, after being released by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Quinn currently resides in Florida with his wife and their two daughters and a son.

Awards

• Pittsburgh's Player's Players Award (1986-87 co-winner)

Golf

Quinn embarked on a career in golf after his career, and was one of the top players on the Celebrity Tour. In 2000, he caddied for John Daly at the U.S. Open. Quinn also caddies part-time for Ernie Els.

At the end of April 2014, Quinn became caddie for golfer Joost Luiten from the Netherlands, ranked number 43 at the Official World Golf Ranking.

Quinn has competed at the American Century Celebrity Golf Classic, an annual competition to determine the best golfers among American sports and entertainment celebrities. He won the tournament in 1992, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2012, and has a total of eighteen top-10 finishes. The tournament, televised by NBC in July, is played at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1981-82	Belleville Bulls	OHL		67	19	32	51	41		—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	Belleville Bulls	OHL		70	59	88	147	27		4	2	6	8	2
1983-84	Belleville Bulls	OHL		24	23	36	59	12		—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	Calgary Flames	NHL		54	19	33	52	20		8	3	5	8	4
1984-85	Calgary Flames	NHL		74	20	38	58	22		3	0	0	0	0
1985-86	Calgary Flames	NHL		78	30	42	72	44		18	8	7	15	10
1986-87	Calgary Flames	NHL		16	3	6	9	14		—	—	—	—	—
1986-87	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		64	28	43	71	40		—	—	—	—	—
1987-88	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		70	40	39	79	50		—	—	—	—	—
1988-89	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		79	34	60	94	102		11	6	3	9	10
1989-90	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		41	9	20	29	22		—	—	—	—	—
1989-90	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		37	16	18	34	27		—	—	—	—	—
1990-91	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		64	18	31	49	46		—	—	—	—	—
1990-91	St. Louis Blues	NHL		14	4	7	11	20		13	4	7	11	32
1991-92	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		67	11	26	37	26		—	—	—	—	—
1992-93	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		11	0	4	4	6		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	SC Bern	Switz.		25	13	18	31	56		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Ottawa Senators	NHL		13	7	0	7	6		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	EV Zug	Switz.		7	7	6	13	26		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		44	14	17	31	32		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	Ottawa Senators	NHL		28	6	18	24	24		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	Detroit Vipers	IHL		4	0	5	5	2		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		35	7	14	21	22		12	1	4	5	6
1996-97	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		16	0	3	3	10		—	—	—	—	—
14 seasons	NHL career			805	266	419	685	533		65	22	26	48	62

International play

• Played for Team Canada in the 1987 World Championships.

International statistics

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987	Canada	WC	10	2	2	4	12

[ Source: Wikipedia ]