David Cooper (ice hockey player)

Canada David Cooper

Date of birth	2nd November 1973
place of birth	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	93 kg

position	defender
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	1992 , 1st round, 11th position Buffalo Sabers

Career stations

1988-1989	Edmonton Mets
1989-1993	Medicine Hat Tigers
1993-1996	Rochester Americans
1996-1998	Toronto Maple Leafs
1998-1999	Saint John Flames
1999-2000	Kassel Huskies
2000-2001	Toronto Maple Leafs
2001-2002	Polar bears Berlin
2002-2003	SKA Saint Petersburg
2003-2004	Iserlohn Roosters
2004-2005	HC Alleghe AS Asiago Hockey
2005-2007	Rødovre Mighty Bulls
2007-2008	SG Pontebba

David Cooper (born November 2, 1973 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who has spent three seasons in the National Hockey League and three in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

David Cooper began his career in 1988 in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with the Edmonton Mets. From 1989 to 1993 he played in the Western Hockey League for the Medicine Hat Tigers . Here the left-handed shooter was able to increase his points yield from year to year and twice became the most attacking defender of his team. In the 1992 NHL Entry Draft , Cooper was selected by the Buffalo Sabers in eleventh place in the first round.

He made his professional debut in 1993 in the playoffs of the American Hockey League for the Rochester Americans . In the following three seasons Cooper went on the ice for the Sabers farm team and also completed a few games in the East Coast Hockey League for the South Carolina Stingrays . In 1996 he signed as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs . Here he made his NHL debut and was active in both the NHL and the AHL in two seasons. In 1998 the Leafs transferred him to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Ladislav Kohn . However, they sent him to the AHL, where he played for the Saint John Flames . For the 1999/00 season , Cooper moved to Europe to the Kassel Huskies in the German Ice Hockey League . In 2000 he again accepted an offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs and played both in the NHL and for the St. John's Maple Leafs in the AHL.

In the next season he joined the Eisbären Berlin . In 2002/03 he played ten games for SKA Saint Petersburg . In 2003/04 he signed for the third time in Germany , this time with the Iserlohn Roosters . The next year he was active in the Italian Serie A for HC Alleghe and AS Asiago Hockey . From 2005 to 2007 he played in Denmark for the Rødovre Mighty Bulls . Cooper then spent another year in Italy with SG Pontebba and then ended his professional ice hockey career.

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹ play-downs / relegation )