Dallas Drake

Dallas Drake
Date of birth	4th February 1969
place of birth	Trail , British Columbia , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 6th lap, 116th position Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1984-1987	Rossland Warriors
1987-1988	Vernon Lakers
1988-1992	Northern Michigan University
1992-1994	Detroit Red Wings
1994-1996	Winnipeg Jets
1996-2000	Phoenix Coyotes
2000-2007	St. Louis Blues
2007-2008	Detroit Red Wings

Dallas James Drake (born February 4, 1969 in Trail , British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 1099 games for the Detroit Red Wings , Winnipeg Jets , Phoenix Coyotes and St. Louis between 1987 and 2008 Blues has denied in the position of right winger . Drake celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Detroit Red Wings by winning the Stanley Cup in 2008 .

Career

Dallas Drake began his career in 1984 in the Canadian Junior League Kootenay International Junior Hockey League with the Rossland Warriors . He played there for three years and showed his qualities in the position of winger. In 1987 he moved to the junior league British Columbia Junior Hockey League for the Vernon Lakers , where he played for a year. From the fall of 1988 he went to Northern Michigan University and played for their ice hockey team. In the first two years he showed solid performances and was selected in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings in the sixth round at position 116. In 1990/91, Northern Michigan University qualified for the finals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's national college championships . Drake led his team to the final and scored the winning goal to win the title in the third extension. The following year, his performance improved again when he scored 39 goals in 38 games and contributed 41 assists .

Due to the success in college, he finally made the jump in the National Hockey League to the Detroit Red Wings in 1992 . He was a member of the Red Wings' regular for a year and a half before he was transferred to the Winnipeg Jets in March 1994 . Drake established himself there as a defensively oriented striker. In 1996 the franchise moved to Phoenix , Arizona and he played four more seasons for the successor team Phoenix Coyotes , but was never able to complete a full season due to injuries. His last year in Phoenix was also his best with 45 scorer points.

In the NHL Expansion Draft 2000 was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets , but they did not make a contract with him until the beginning of the 2000/01 season , so he finally signed with the St. Louis Blues . In his first season in St. Louis, he moved with the team in the playoffs to the final of the Western Conference , where they were subject to the Colorado Avalanche . The following years were not so successful. In 2005 Drake was named team captain for the Blues.

In the summer of 2007 Drake was put on the waiver list by the Blues , but he was not signed by any team. St. Louis eventually paid off the one-year contract and parted ways with Drake. Less than two weeks later, the Detroit Red Wings signed him, where he began his career 15 years earlier. In Detroit, Drake played in the 2007/08 season mainly in the defensive checking line alongside Kris Draper . On the offensive, however, he played his weakest season of his career with three goals and three assists. The Red Wings finished the regular season in the top position of the league and went into the playoffs as favorites. After they had won against the Nashville Predators and the Colorado Avalanche, the Red Wings faced the Dallas Stars , against whom Drake made a significant contribution to the Stanley Cup finals in the sixth game of the series with a goal and an assist . Also after six games, they finally won the Stanley Cup against the Pittsburgh Penguins . One month after winning the title, Dallas Drake announced the end of his active career.

Achievements and Awards

1989 Broadmoor Trophy win with Northern Michigan University 1991 Broadmoor Trophy win with Northern Michigan University 1991 NCAA Division I Championship with Northern Michigan University 1992 Broadmoor Trophy win with Northern Michigan University 1992 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year

1992 WCHA First All-Star Team 1992 NCAA West First All-American Team 2008 Stanley Cup win with the Detroit Red Wings 2010 inducted into the British Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1987/88	Vernon Lakers	BCJHL		47	39	85	124	50		11	9	17th	26th	30th
1988/89	Northern Michigan University	NCAA		45	18th	24	42	26th
1989/90	Northern Michigan University	NCAA		36	13	24	37	42
1990/91	Northern Michigan University	NCAA		44	22nd	36	58	89
1991/92	Northern Michigan University	NCAA		38	39	41	80	46
1992/93	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		72	18th	26th	44	93		7th	3	3	6th	6th
1993/94	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		47	10	22nd	32	37		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		1	2	0	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		15th	3	5	8th	12		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		43	8th	18th	26th	30th		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		69	19th	20th	39	36		3	0	0	0	0
1996/97	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		63	17th	19th	36	52		7th	0	1	1	2
1997/98	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		60	11	29	40	71		4th	0	1	1	2
1998/99	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		53	9	22nd	31	65		7th	4th	3	7th	4th
1999/00	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		79	15th	30th	45	62		5	0	1	1	4th
2000/01	St. Louis Blues	NHL		82	12	29	41	71		15th	4th	2	6th	16
2001/02	St. Louis Blues	NHL		80	11	15th	26th	87		8th	0	0	0	8th
2002/03	St. Louis Blues	NHL		80	20th	10	30th	66		7th	1	4th	5	23
2003/04	St. Louis Blues	NHL		79	13	22nd	35	65		5	1	1	2	2
2004/05	St. Louis Blues	NHL		not played because of lockout
2005/06	St. Louis Blues	NHL		62	2	24	26th	59	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	St. Louis Blues	NHL		60	6th	6th	12	38	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		65	3	3	6th	41	22nd	1	3	4th	12
NCAA overall				156	91	123	214	199
NHL overall				1009	177	300	477	885	90	14th	19th	33	79

( 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 )

Web links

• Dallas Drake at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Dallas Drake at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Dallas Drake at hockeydb.com (English)