Dan Hodgson

Dan Hodgson
Date of birth	August 29, 1965
place of birth	Fort Vermillion , Alberta , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1983 , 5th round, 83rd position Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1980-1982	Cowichan Valley Capitals
1982-1985	Prince Albert Raiders
1985-1986	Toronto Maple Leafs
1986-1988	Vancouver Canucks
1988-1989	Milwaukee Admirals
1989-1990	EHC Lustenau Friborg-Gottéron
1990-1992	EC Hedos Munich
1992-1993	SC Langnau
1993-1994	Lausanne HC
1994-1998	HC Davos
1998-2003	ZSC Lions
2003-2004	EHC Basel
2004-2005	Friborg-Gottéron

Daniel W. "Dan" Hodgson (born August 29, 1965 in Fort Vermillion , Alberta ) is a former Swiss - Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League , EC Hedos Munich , from 1985 to 2004 played in the ice hockey Bundesliga and for various clubs in Switzerland.

Career

At the age of 15 he was on a team with Geoff Courtnall , Dave O'Brien and Rick Nasheim at the Cowichan Valley Capitals . As a junior he played for the Prince Albert Raiders in the Western Hockey League . After a strong season, chose him Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round than 83 out. This was followed by two outstanding years in the WHL, each with over 180 points. Especially in 1985, when he and his team won the Memorial Cup , he received numerous awards. He was the best player in the final round of the Memorial Cup, but also followed Mario Lemieux as CHL Player of the Year .

After a good start in the NHL in the 1985/86 season with 25 points in 40 games, he was sent to the AHL farm team to the St. Catharines Saints . The following year he was given to the Vancouver Canucks . Here, too, he did not make the breakthrough and played again and again in the AHL with the Fredericton Express and in the IHL for the Milwaukee Admirals .

In 1989 he decided to move to Europe. He played two games in Austria at EHC Lustenau , but spent most of the season in Switzerland at Friborg-Gottéron . For the 1990/91 season , the EC Hedos Munich brought him to Germany. Injuries hindered him in his first year, in the following season he was the best scorer in Munich, but could not meet the high expectations. Here he met with Ken Berry on a player with whom he had already played in Vancouver.

He moved to the Swiss National League B . From the 1994/95 season he played first class again at HC Davos . Thanks to his marriage to a Swiss woman, he had received Swiss citizenship and no longer burdened the quota of foreigners. After four years in Davos, he moved to the ZSC Lions for the 1998/99 season . In those years he was one of the top players in the Swiss league. After a year at the EHC Basel , he returned to Friborg-Gottéron in 2004 and ended his active career there in 2005.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	4th	114	29	45	74	64
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sporting successes

• Memorial Cup : 1985
• Gold medal at the Junior World Championship : 1985
• Swiss champions with the ZSC Lions: 2000 and 2001

Personal awards

• Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy : 1983
• WHL East First All-Star Team: 1985
• CHL Player of the Year : 1985
• Memorial Cup Tournament All-Star Team: 1985
• Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy : 1985

Web links

• Dan Hodgson in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Dan Hodgson at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Dan Hodgson at rodi-db.de
• Dan Hodgson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Dan Hodgson at legendsofhockey.net (English)