Dale McTavish

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Dale McTavish
Date of birth February 28, 1972
place of birth Eganville , Ontario , Canada
size 187 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1989-1993 Peterborough Petes
1993-1995 Saint Francis Xavier University
1995-1997 Saint John Flames
1997-1999 SaiPa Lappeenranta
1999-2000 Espoo Blues
2000-2005 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2005-2007 ZSC Lions
2007-2010 EV train
since 2010 SaiPa Lappeenranta

Dale Neil Bradley McTavish (born February 28, 1972 in Eganville , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with SaiPa Lappeenranta in the Finnish SM-liiga since 2010 .

Career

Dale McTavish began his career as a hockey player with the Peterborough Petes , for which he was active from 1989 to 1993 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . With his team he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup , the OHL championship title, in his last year in the 1992/93 season . He then attended Saint Francis Xavier University for two years , for whose ice hockey team he took part in the game operations of the university league Atlantic University Sport . In the 1995 season he also played in six games for the New Jersey Rockin Rollers from the professional inline hockey league Roller Hockey International . On August 1, 1996, the winger received a contract as a free agent with the Calgary Flames , after he had already completed 19 games for their farm team Saint John Flames in the American Hockey League in the 1995/96 season . He previously spent the rest of the time with the Canadian national team, for which he played a total of 53 test matches. In the 1996/97 season , the Canadian made his debut for the Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League , scoring one goal and making two assists. Most of the season, however, he completed again in the AHL team in Saint John, for which he scored 38 scorer points in 56 games, including 16 goals.

For the 1997/98 season McTavish moved to SaiPa Lappeenranta from the Finnish SM-liiga . On the smaller ice surfaces in Europe he was able to convince right away and received the Aarne Honkavaara trophy as the top scorer in the SM-liiga in his first year in Finland . After another season at SaiPa, he moved to their league rivals Espoo Blues for the 1999/2000 season . He then signed a contract with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the Swiss National League A . For Rapperswil-Jona he played a total of five years, where he was also in the playoffs of the 2004/05 season in four games for HC Sierre in the National League B on the ice and contributed one goal and six assists. From 2005 to 2007 the Canadian played in the NLA for the ZSC Lions . He then moved to his league rivals EV Zug , where he completed his best point season in Switzerland in the 2007/08 season, whereupon he was elected to the All-Star Team of the National League A.

For the 2010/11 season McTavish returned to SaiPa Lappeenranta from the SM-liiga and scored 22 scorer points in 38 games this season, including 16 goals.

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 1 9 1 2 3 2
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
SM liiga main round 4th 182 95 60 155 324
SM liiga playoffs 3 14th 5 8th 13 18th
NLA main round 10 361 188 190 378 474
NLA playoffs 6th 41 18th 16 34 66
NLA relegation 2 14th 6th 10 16 16

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

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personal data
SURNAME McTavish, Dale
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McTavish, Dale Neil Bradley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Eganville , Ontario , Canada