Daniel Cleary
Date of birth | December 18, 1978 |
place of birth | Carbonear , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 96 kg |
position | Right wing |
number | # 11 |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1997 , 1st round, 13th position Chicago Blackhawks |
Career stations | |
1994-1998 | Belleville Bulls |
1998-1999 | Chicago Blackhawks |
1999-2003 | Edmonton Oilers |
2003-2004 | Phoenix Coyotes |
2004-2005 | Mora IK |
2005-2015 | Detroit Red Wings |
2015-2017 | Grand Rapids Griffins |
Daniel Michael Thomas Cleary (born December 18, 1978 in Carbonear , Newfoundland and Labrador ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 1059 games for the Chicago Blackhawks , Edmonton Oilers , Phoenix Coyotes and Detroit Red in the course of his active career between 1994 and 2017 Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . With the Detroit Red Wings, Cleary won the Stanley Cup in 2008 .
Career
Daniel Cleary began his career in 1994 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League , where he played for the Belleville Bulls . In his first season he was able to convince and scored 81 points in 62 games. The following year he was able to improve and came to 115 points. He was chosen for his good performance in the First All-Star Team of the OHL. In the 1996/97 season, his point yield dropped slightly, but he was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks from the National Hockey League in the first round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in 13th position.
The striker made his debut in the National Hockey League at the beginning of the 1997/98 season , but was sent back to the OHL after six games. There were also four games for the Indianapolis Ice , a Blackhawks farm team , in the International Hockey League . In the 1998/99 season he completed 35 games for the Blackhawks in the NHL, but also came to appearances for their farm team in the American Hockey League , the Portland Pirates , before he was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers in March 1999 . He played the rest of the season in the AHL with the Hamilton Bulldogs .
In the course of the 1999/2000 season Cleary came only sporadically to missions for the Oilers. Instead, he was able to prove his skills in the AHL. In 58 games he reached 74 points and was elected to the Second All-Star Team of the AHL. In the following three years he was part of the permanent squad of the Edmonton Oilers. In the summer of 2003, however, his current contract was paid off ( buy-out ) and the team separated from Cleary. He then signed with the Phoenix Coyotes , for which he played the 2003/04 season .
Due to the lockout and the associated cancellation of the 2004/05 NHL season , Cleary moved to the Swedish Elitserien to Mora IK . After his return to North America, the Canadian was initially without a contract, but was able to prevail in the training camp of the Detroit Red Wings and denied the 2005/06 season mainly in their third or fourth series. In the summer of 2006 he received a new two-year contract from the Red Wings. Cleary was also able to convince immediately and played his best season as he scored 20 goals and was able to prepare another 20. He also moved with the Red Wings in the playoffs to the final of the Western Conference . In the 2007/08 season Cleary built on the good performance of the previous year and was able to set his personal best of 40 points scorer in the 56th game of the season, but he broke his jaw in the following game and was out for six weeks. After his return at the end of March 2008, he was able to expand his personal record in the remaining games to 42 points. In the subsequent playoffs, he became the first native Newfoundland dog to win the Stanley Cup .
Cleary initially remained in the Detroit squad until the end of the 2014/15 season and was mainly used in outnumbered situations, he also played for several years with Kris Draper and Kirk Maltby in the checking line . After ten years in the NHL squad of the Red Wings, Cleary was handed over to the AHL farm team, the Grand Rapids Griffins , for the first time in the run-up to the 2015/16 season . The attacker spent the two game years there until the summer of 2017, although he did not play any more games in the 2016/17 season and instead took on a role as a mentor for the younger players in the squad. After winning the Calder Cup in June 2017, Cleary retired from his active career at the age of 38.
International
Cleary represented his home country at the 2002 World Cup in Sweden . There he reached sixth place with the Canadians. In seven tournament games, the striker got three points. There were two gates underneath.
Achievements and Awards
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Career statistics
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1994/95 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 62 | 26th | 55 | 81 | 62 | 16 | 7th | 10 | 17th | 23 | ||
1995/96 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 64 | 53 | 62 | 115 | 74 | 14th | 10 | 17th | 27 | 40 | ||
1996/97 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 64 | 32 | 48 | 80 | 88 | 6th | 3 | 4th | 7th | 6th | ||
1997/98 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 30th | 16 | 31 | 47 | 14th | 10 | 6th | 17th | 23 | 10 | ||
1997/98 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1997/98 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 4th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 35 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 30th | 9 | 17th | 26th | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1999/00 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 58 | 22nd | 52 | 74 | 108 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18th | ||
1999/00 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 17th | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8th | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2000/01 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 81 | 14th | 21st | 35 | 37 | 6th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8th | ||
2001/02 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 65 | 10 | 19th | 29 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 57 | 4th | 13 | 17th | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 68 | 6th | 11 | 17th | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2004/05 | Mora IK | Elitserien | 47 | 11 | 26th | 37 | 138 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2005/06 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 77 | 3 | 12 | 15th | 40 | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
2006/07 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 71 | 20th | 20th | 40 | 24 | 18th | 4th | 8th | 12 | 30th | ||
2007/08 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 63 | 20th | 22nd | 42 | 33 | 22nd | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4th | ||
2008/09 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 74 | 14th | 26th | 40 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 6th | 15th | 12 | ||
2009/10 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 64 | 15th | 19th | 34 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4th | ||
2010/11 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 68 | 26th | 20th | 46 | 20th | 11 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 6th | ||
2011/12 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 75 | 12 | 21st | 33 | 30th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2012/13 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 48 | 9 | 6th | 15th | 40 | 14th | 4th | 6th | 10 | 2 | ||
2013/14 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 52 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 17th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 35 | 3 | 12 | 15th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
OHL total | 220 | 127 | 196 | 323 | 238 | 46 | 26th | 48 | 74 | 79 | ||||
AHL total | 132 | 34 | 82 | 116 | 197 | 17th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | ||||
NHL overall | 938 | 165 | 222 | 387 | 492 | 121 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 76 |
International
Represented Canada to:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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2002 | Canada | WM | 6th place | 7th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Men overall | 7th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Web links
- Daniel Cleary at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Daniel Cleary at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cleary, Daniel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cleary, Daniel Michael Thomas (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Carbonear , Newfoundland and Labrador |