The 2007-08 NHL season marks Charlie Huddy’s eighth season as an assistant coach with the Edmonton Oilers.
 
He returned to the Oilers, where he began his NHL career as a player, when he was named to the position on July 21, 2000 and renewed his commitment to the organization by signing a multi-year contract on July 2, 2003.

A former teammate of head coach Craig MacTavish and General Manager Kevin Lowe, Huddy spent two seasons (1998-99 and 1999-00) as an assistant coach with the New York Rangers. Prior to his time with New York, the Oshawa, Ontario native was the head coach and Director of Hockey Operations for the Huntington Blizzard of the East Coast Hockey League, where he guided the team to a franchise best 34-29-7 record during the 1997-98 season. In 1996-97, Huddy spent the season as a player/Assistant Coach with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.

Signed as a free agent by the Oilers on September 14, 1979, Huddy became one of the NHL’s most reliable defenceman during a 17 season NHL career which began with Edmonton in 1980-81 and ended with Buffalo in 1996-97. He skated in a total of 1,017 NHL games, scoring 99 goals and 354 assists for 453 points and registered 785 penalty minutes with Edmonton, Los Angeles, Buffalo and St. Louis.

A member of all five Edmonton’s Stanley Cup championship teams, Huddy made his NHL debut with the Oilers in 1980-81 and scored 368 points with 81 goals and 287 assists while accumulating 500 penalty minutes in 694 regular season games. Ranked 10th on the Oilers’ all-time scoring list, he is eighth in career assists, ninth in career games and can also be found among the club’s post-season leaders in games (5th), assists (5th) and points (7th), scoring 16-61-77 with 104 penalty minutes in 138 Stanley Cup playoff games.

The 1982-83 season saw him win the Emery Edge Award for the highest plus/minus ranking in the NHL at +62. In his 11 seasons with the Oilers he was a combined +251, including three consecutive seasons of +50 or better between 1982-83 and 1984-85. In 1984 Huddy was a member of the gold medal winning Team Canada at the Canada Cup tournament.

Huddy, 47, and his wife Karen reside in Edmonton with their daughter Amanda and son Ryan.