Byron Dafoe

Byron Dafoe
Date of birth	February 25, 1971
place of birth	Sussex , England , UK
size	180 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 2nd round, 35th position Washington Capitals
Career stations
1987-1988	Juan de Fuca Whalers
1988-1990	Portland Winter Hawks
1990-1991	Prince Albert Raiders
1991-1992	Baltimore Skipjacks
1992-1995	Washington Capitals
1995-1997	Los Angeles Kings
1997-2002	Boston Bruins
2002-2004	Atlanta Thrashers

Byron Jaromir Dafoe (born February 25, 1971 in Sussex , England ) is a former British ice hockey goalkeeper with a Canadian passport who played for the Washington Capitals , Los Angeles Kings , Boston Bruins and Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League from 1992 to 2004 played.

Career

As a junior, Dafoe from England played in the Canadian Junior League WHL with the Portland Winter Hawks . In the 1989 NHL Entry Draft he was drawn by the Washington Capitals in the second round as 35th. Within the WHL, he moved to the Prince Albert Raiders during his last season (1990/91) .

In the 1991/92 season, the Capitals mostly used him in the American Hockey League . Here he played most of the season with the Baltimore Skipjacks , where he alternated between the posts with Olaf Kölzig , among others . Just like Kölzig, Dafoe couldn't get past goalkeeper Don Beaupre during this time . He was allowed to play his first game in the 1992/93 season . Also in the next two seasons he came to isolated missions, but there were no more than 10 games in the jersey of the Capitals.

From the 1995/96 season he played for the Los Angeles Kings and shared the playing time there with the long-time goalkeeper of the Kings Kelly Hrudey , who moved to San Jose after the season and was replaced by Stéphane Fiset . After two seasons in Los Angeles, Dafoe moved to the Boston Bruins for the 1997/98 season and became the undisputed number 1. The five years in Boston were certainly the best of his career, after the 2001/02 season he moved to the Atlanta Thrashers . Here he could not really assert himself against the goalkeeper Pasi Nurminen and was temporarily thrown out of the race in his second and last season in 2003/04 due to a slight concussion . He paused the following season, which was canceled by the lockout, but did not return to the ice afterwards.

Together with Olaf Kölzig and Scott Mellanby , he founded Athletes Against Autism , an organization that advocates research into autism .

Achievements and Awards

• 1994 AHL First All-Star Team
• 1994 Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award (together with Olaf Kölzig )
• 1994 Calder Cup win with the Portland Pirates
• 1999 NHL Player of the Month for April
• 1999 NHL Second All-Star Team

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victory cut	Conceded goal	Shutout
Regular season	12	415	0.412	2.69	26th
Playoffs	5	27	0.370	2.31	3

Web links

• Byron Dafoe at hockeydb.com (English)
• Byron Dafoe at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Byron Dafoe at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Byron Dafoe at hockeygoalies.org