Dean Evason

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CanadaCanada  Dean Evason Ice hockey player
Date of birth 22nd August 1964
place of birth Flin Flon , Manitoba , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 79 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 5th round, 89th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
1980-1981 Cowichan Valley Capitals
1981 Spokane Flyers
1981-1984 Kamloops Junior Oilers
1984-1985 Washington Capitals
1985-1991 Hartford Whalers
1991-1993 San Jose Sharks
1993-1995 Dallas Stars
1995-1996 Calgary Flames
1996-1997 Hockey Canada
EV Zug
1997-1999 EV Landshut
CanadaCanada  Dean Evason
Coaching stations
1999-2002 Kamloops Blazers
2002-2004 Vancouver Giants
2004-2005 Calgary Hitmen
2005–2012 Washington Capitals (assistant coach)
2012-2018 Milwaukee Admirals
since 2018 Minnesota Wild (Assistant & Interim Trainer)

Dean Clement Evason (born August 22, 1964 in Flin Flon , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach , who played 858 games for the Washington Capitals , Hartford Whalers , San Jose Sharks during his playing career between 1980 and 1999 , Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Evason celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the gold medal at the 1997 World Cup . Since June 2018 he has been assistant coach of the Minnesota Wild from the NHL, where he took over the role of head coach on an interim basis in February 2020.

Career

Evason first played in the 1980/81 season in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League with the Cowichan Valley Capitals. At the end of the season he moved to the Western Hockey League , where he ran up until 1984 for the Spokane Flyers and Kamloops Junior Oilers . In his senior year he was named to the league's West First All-Star team.

After the center had already been selected by the Washington Capitals in the fifth round in the fifth round in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft , they took him to the end of the 1983/84 season and used him in two season games. The following season Evason spent between the farm team , which belonged to the American Hockey League , and the NHL squad of the Caps, before he was transferred to the Hartford Whalers in March 1985 . There he belonged to the NHL regular team until the end of the 1990/91 season and played his best year in the 1986/87 season with 59 points from 80 games. In October 1991, the Canadian moved to the newly founded San Jose Sharks in exchange for Dan Keczmer , where he stayed for two years. Further transfers to the Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames followed .

For the 1996/97 season, he joined the Canadian national team , but also ran in three games for the EV train from the Swiss National League A in. After his stay with the national team, he went to the German Ice Hockey League at EV Landshut for the 1997/98 season , where he ended his career after the 1998/99 season.

After the end of his active career Evason took over for the 1999/00 season the post of head coach with the Kamloops Blazers from the Western Hockey League, which he occupied until the end of the 2001/02 season. This was followed by a one-year engagement as head coach with the Vancouver Giants in the 2002/03 game year. During the 2004/05 season he worked as an assistant coach for the Calgary Hitmen , who, like Kamloops and Vancouver, were based in the WHL. From the 2005/06 season he was assistant coach with the Washington Capitals in the NHL. First he assisted head coach Glen Hanlon , later he supported his successor Bruce Boudreau . For the 2012/13 season he was hired by the Milwaukee Admirals from the American Hockey League as head coach.

As a result, Evason worked in Milwaukee for six years until he returned to the NHL as an assistant coach for the 2018/19 season when he was signed by the Minnesota Wild . There he took over the role of head coach on an interim basis in February 2020 after Bruce Boudreau's dismissal .

International

Evason first played at the Junior World Championship in 1984 for the Canadian national team , but only reached fourth place. Spent with the senior national team Evason the entire 1996/97 season with the exception of three games for the EV train from the Swiss National League A . This also included participation in the 1997 World Cup , where the team won the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1980/81 Cowichan Valley Capitals BCJHL 50 20th 51 71 39 - - - - -
1980/81 Spokane Chiefs WHL 3 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1981/82 Spokane Chiefs WHL 26th 8th 14th 22nd 65 - - - - -
1981/82 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 44 21st 55 76 47 4th 2 1 3 0
1982/83 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 70 71 93 164 102 7th 5 7th 12 18th
1983/84 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 57 49 88 137 89 17th 21st 20th 41 33
1984 Kamloops Junior Oilers Memorial Cup 4th 2 2 4th 0
1983/84 Washington Capitals NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1984/85 Washington Capitals NHL 15th 3 4th 7th 2 - - - - -
1984/85 Binghamton Whalers AHL 65 27 49 76 38 8th 3 5 8th 9
1984/85 Hartford Whalers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1985/86 Binghamton Whalers AHL 26th 9 17th 26th 29 - - - - -
1985/86 Hartford Whalers NHL 55 20th 28 48 65 10 1 4th 5 10
1986/87 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 22nd 37 59 67 5 3 2 5 35
1987/88 Hartford Whalers NHL 77 10 18th 28 115 6th 1 1 2 2
1988/89 Hartford Whalers NHL 67 11 17th 28 60 4th 1 2 3 10
1989/90 Hartford Whalers NHL 78 18th 25th 43 138 7th 2 2 4th 22nd
1990/91 Hartford Whalers NHL 75 6th 23 29 170 6th 0 4th 4th 29
1991/92 San Jose Sharks NHL 74 11 15th 26th 99 - - - - -
1992/93 San Jose Sharks NHL 84 12 19th 31 132 - - - - -
1993/94 Dallas Stars NHL 80 11 33 44 66 9 0 2 2 12
1994/95 Dallas Stars NHL 47 8th 7th 15th 48 5 1 2 3 12
1995/96 Calgary Flames NHL 67 7th 7th 14th 38 3 0 1 1 0
1996/97 Team Canada International 56 25th 46 71 106
1996/97 EV train NLA 3 0 1 1 2 4th 0 2 2 4th
1997/98 EV Landshut DEL 42 8th 22nd 30th 38 6th 0 3 3 18th
1998/99 EV Landshut DEL 45 13 25th 38 76 3 0 1 1 2
WHL overall 200 150 251 401 303 28 28 28 56 51
AHL total 91 36 66 102 67 8th 3 5 8th 9
NHL overall 803 139 233 372 1000 55 9 20th 29 132
DEL total 87 21st 47 68 114 9 0 4th 4th 20th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1984 Canada June World Cup 4th Place 7th 6th 3 9 0
1997 Canada WM 1st place, gold 11 2 3 5 20th
Juniors overall 7th 6th 3 9 0
Men overall 11 2 3 5 20th

( 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 )

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Squad of the Minnesota Wild in the season 2019/20

Goalkeeper: Devan Dubnyk  | Alex Stalock  
Defender: Jonas Brodin  | Matt Dumba  | Brad Hunt  | Greg Pateryn  | Carson Soucy  | Jared Spurgeon  | Ryan Suter  ( A ) 
attacker: Ryan Donato  | Joel Eriksson Ek  | Kevin Fiala  | Marcus Foligno  | Alex Galchenyuk  | Jordan Greenway  | Ryan Hartman  | Mikko Koivu  ( C ) | Luke Kunin  | Zach Parise  ( A ) | Victor Rask  | Eric Staal  | Mats Zuccarello  
Head Coach:  Dean Evason    Assistant  Coach : Darby Hendrickson  | Bob Woods    General Manager:  Bill Guerin

personal data
SURNAME Evason, Dean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evason, Dean Clement (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd August 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Flin Flon , Manitoba