Rod Langway is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman, born on May 3, 1957, who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and the Washington Capitals and one season in the World Hockey Association with the Birmingham Bulls. He won the Stanley Cup in his first NHL season and, after a blockbuster trade to Washington in 1982, became a franchise icon nicknamed the Secretary of Defense, helping the Capitals reach the playoffs in ten consecutive seasons. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy in 1982-83 and 1983-84, played 994 NHL games, later served as a player-coach in the American Hockey League and the East Coast Hockey League, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.
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is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman
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He soon became known as a dominant shutdown defenseman
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is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman
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In his first season in the NHL, Langway won the Stanley Cup
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for the Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals
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