Brian Wilks


Brian Wilks is a former professional hockey player who played for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League.

Biography

Wilks was born in Toronto, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Shopsy's minor ice hockey team.
He played for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League from 1982 to 1984. He was drafted in 1984, 24th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings. He led the Kings in preseason scoring in 1984-85. He made his NHL debut later that season. He played with the Kings until he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers on March 7, 1989. He never played in the NHL again, and finished his career in the American Hockey League in 1990.