Dan Jensen (ice hockey player, 1969)

Dan Jensen
Date of birth	16th January 1969
place of birth	Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada
size	182 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1986-1989	Peterborough Petes
1989	Guelph Platers
1989-1990	AaB ishockey
1990-2005	Herning Blue Fox

Dan Jensen (born January 16, 1969 in Richmond Hill , Ontario ) is a former Canadian - Danish ice hockey player who was active for most of his career with the Herning Blue Fox in the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen . His son Nicklas is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Dan Jensen grew up in Canada as the son of Danish parents, which is why he has both citizenships. He started his ice hockey career with the Peterborough Petes in the Ontario Hockey League , one of the major junior leagues in Canada. In his third year he moved within the OHL to the Guelph Platers , where he played the 1988/89 season to the end. Since he saw no chance of a senior contract in North America at that time, the right-shooting defender moved to his parents' home country in the summer of 1989 and joined the first division AaB Ishockey . After a year in Aalborg, Jensen received an offer from the top club Herning IK , which he accepted. In his first two seasons at HIK, he won the Danish championship with the club . Jensen played in Herning for another 13 years, with seven more title wins. He was six times the best point defender of the season and is still the best point defender in league history. In 2005 Jensen ended his active career.

Since the end of his career as a player, Jensen has worked sporadically as a coach for the Danish Ice Hockey Federation. He was in charge of the U18 junior national team at the U18 Junior World Championship in 2007 .

International

Jensen represented Denmark at a total of ten world championships . At his eighth World Cup in Division I in 2002 , he was promoted to the top division with the national team . In the following two years he played in the A-World Championships before he announced his retirement from the national team in 2004.

Achievements and Awards

1991 Danish champion with the Herning Blue Fox 1991 Danish Cup winner with the Herning Blue Fox 1992 Danish champion with the Herning Blue Fox 1994 Danish champion with the Herning Blue Fox 1994 Danish Cup winner with the Herning Blue Fox 1995 Danish champion with the Herning Blue Fox 1996 Danish Cup winner with the Herning Blue Fox

1997 Danish champion with the Herning Blue Fox 1998 Danish champion with the Herning Blue Fox 1998 Danish Cup winner with the Herning Blue Fox 2001 Danish champion with the Herning Blue Fox 2003 Danish champion with the Herning Blue Fox 2005 Danish champion with the Herning Blue Fox

International

• 2002 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.

Career statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Ontario Hockey League	3	167	13	46	59	165
Elite series	16	549	175	315	490	954

International

Represented Denmark at:

B World Championship 1993 B World Championship 1994 B World Championship 1995 B World Championship 1996 B World Championship 1998

B World Championship 1999 B World Championship 2000 Division I World Championship 2002 World Championship 2003 World Championship 2004

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1993	Denmark	B-WM		7th	0	2	2	12
1994	Denmark	B-WM		7th	0	1	1	12
1995	Denmark	B-WM		7th	3	2	5	8th
1996	Denmark	B-WM		7th	0	1	1	14th
1998	Denmark	B-WM		7th	0	0	0	18th
1999	Denmark	B-WM		7th	0	2	2	28
2000	Denmark	B-WM		7th	1	6th	7th	10
2002	Denmark	WM Div. I.		5	0	4th	4th	10
2003	Denmark	WM		6th	1	0	1	8th
2004	Denmark	WM		6th	1	1	2	8th
Men overall				66	6th	19th	25th	128

( 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

• Dan Jensen at eliteprospects.com (English)