Troy Crowder

Troy Crowder
Born	(1968-05-03) May 3, 1968 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Ice hockey player, politician
Years active	1987–1997 (ice hockey)
Known for	NHL right winger for New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks; Progressive Conservative Party candidate; convicted of insurance fraud

Troy Crowder (born May 3, 1968) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who participated in parts of seven NHL seasons, representing the New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, and Vancouver Canucks between 1987–88 and 1996–97.

Hailing from Sudbury, Ontario, Crowder was selected 108th overall by the Devils during the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Throughout more than 150 NHL appearances, he amassed 433 penalty minutes while scoring nine goals and tallying sixteen points.

In 2022, Crowder was found guilty of criminal charges involving the submission of a forged document connected to an insurance fraud case.

Politics

In June 2017, Crowder pursued the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario nomination for the Sudbury provincial electoral district ahead of the 2018 Ontario general election and was acclaimed as the party’s candidate. He ultimately placed second to Jamie West of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Subsequently, Crowder entered the mayoral race for Greater Sudbury in the 2018 municipal election, where he finished in fifth place.

Insurance Fraud

After snow damage caused the collapse of his cottage boathouse in 2019, Crowder submitted falsified paperwork to his insurance company. This included a forged signature removing his estranged wife from the policy and a fabricated contractor’s estimate for demolition work that he mostly completed himself. These actions led to insurance payments exceeding $102,000.

On December 14, 2022, Crowder admitted guilt to knowingly presenting a forged document. He was sentenced to an eight-month conditional term—four months under house arrest—followed by one year of probation. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped four additional fraud charges. Furthermore, he was mandated to pay his estranged spouse $45,467.50 and reimburse his insurer $11,074 for the fraudulent claim.

Career statistics

1990–91 NHL season | New Jersey Devils | NHL |59||6||3||9||182 |—||—||—||—||— 1991–92 NHL season | Detroit Red Wings | NHL |7||0||0||0||35 |1||0||0||0||0 1994–95 NHL season | Los Angeles Kings | NHL |29||1||2||3||99 |—||—||—||—||— 1995–96 NHL season | Los Angeles Kings | NHL |15||1||0||1||42 |—||—||—||—||— 1996–97 NHL season | Vancouver Canucks | NHL |30||1||2||3||52 |—||—||—||—||— 1996–97 AHL season | Syracuse Crunch | AHL |2||0||0||0||0 |—||—||—||—||— 1997–98 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season | Hannover Scorpions | DEL |13||1||1||2||72 |6|||1|||1|||2 1998–99 AHL season | Hershey Bears | AHL |25||0||1||1||44 |—||—||—||—||— 1998–99 ISL season | London Knights | BISL |16||2||3||5||71 |6|||1|||1|||2 2002–03 QSPHL season | Saint-Jean Mission | QSPHL |4|||0|||2|||2|||0

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985–86	Hamilton Steelhawks	OHL		56	4	4	8	178		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Belleville Bulls	OHL		21	5	5	10	52		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	North Bay Centennials	OHL		35	6	11	17	90		23	3	9	12	99
1987–88	New Jersey Devils	NHL		—	—	—	—	—		1	0	0	0	12
1987–88	North Bay Centennials	OHL		9	1	2	3	44		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Belleville Bulls	OHL		46	12	27	39	103		6	2	3	5	24
1987–88	Utica Devils	AHL		3	0	0	0	15		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Utica Devils	AHL		62	6	4	10	152		2	0	0	0	25
1989–90	New Jersey Devils	NHL		10	0	0	0	23		2	0	0	0	10
1989–90	Nashville Knights	ECHL		3	0	0	0	15
NHL totals				150	9	7	16	433		4	0	0	0	22