Dany Heatley

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Dany Heatley
Date of birth January 21, 1981
place of birth Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany
size 191 cm
Weight 100 kg
position Left wing
number # 15
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 1st round, 2nd position
Atlanta Thrashers
Career stations
1998-1999 Calgary Canucks
1999-2001 University of Wisconsin – Madison
2001-2004 Atlanta Thrashers
2004-2005 SC Bern
2005 Ak Bars Kazan
2005-2009 Ottawa Senators
2009-2011 San Jose Sharks
2011-2014 Minnesota Wild
2014-2015 Norfolk Admirals
2015 San Antonio Rampage
2015-2016 Nuremberg Ice Tigers

Daniel James "Dany" Heatley (born January 21, 1981 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a former German - Canadian ice hockey player who played 946 games for the Atlanta Thrashers , Ottawa Senators and San Jose Sharks between 1998 and 2016 , Minnesota Wild and Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger . With the Canadian national team , Heatley, who was selected in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft in second overall position, was Olympic and world champion. His father Murray and brother Mark were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Beginnings in junior and college areas

Dany Heatley began playing ice hockey in Calgary, where he was initially active in some lower class junior teams. During this time he ran between 1996 and 1998 for the Calgary Buffaloes in the Alberta Midget Hockey League . There he finished his second season with 91 points from 36 games, which gave him the trophy as top scorer. At the season-closing Air Canada Cup , he led the team to third place and was also the most valuable player and top scorer of the tournament. In the summer of 1998, the then 17-year-old then joined the Calgary Canucks from the Alberta Junior Hockey League in order to later play at college . In his only season for the team, he led the same to win the league championship. In addition, he had achieved 127 points scorer in 60 games and 22 points in ten playoff games in the regular season. This achievement personally earned him the Alberta Junior Hockey League and Canadian Junior Hockey League Player of the Year award . He was also elected to the AJHL's First All-Star Team.

After winning the AJHL title, Heatley decided to study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and play at the same time for their university team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . His father was also active for this university. In his very first college season, after 56 points in 38 games, he was appointed to various selection teams and named WCHA Rookie of the Year . In the summer of 2000, he was also considered a promising candidate for one of the top places for the NHL Entry Draft . After all, the Atlanta Thrashers picked him in second place overall, just behind goalkeeper Rick DiPietro . Heatley, however, remained at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for another year and played as successfully as in his rookie season . This was linked to a number of nominations for the selection teams of the WCHA and NCAA.

First stop in the NHL with the Atlanta Thrashers

After the 2000/01 season, the Canadian decided to forego his two possible seasons at university and to switch to the professional camp. At the age of 20 he made the leap into the NHL roster of the Thrashers straight away . His rookie season in the NHL was perfect for the striker. He led all rookies in the league with 67 points and 41 assists. In the list of goalscorers, he finished second behind his teammate, the Russian Ilya Kovalchuk . After he had already been invited as one of the best league newcomers to the NHL YoungStars Game in the course of the 2001/02 season , he received the Calder Memorial Trophy as best newcomer at the end of the season and was also voted into the NHL All-Rookie Team . In the second season he was able to improve again and managed to collect more scorer points than he completed games. This achievement earned him an invitation to the NHL All-Star Game . There he met four times and set a record held by Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux , among others . This earned him the MVP of the game that year. Because of a serious car accident caused by him and the resulting injuries, Heatley was only able to intervene in the action from January 2004 in the 2003/04 game year . He played only 31 games in which he could not build on his previously shown performances.

Time in Europe during the lockout

In order to gain some distance, and since the entire 2004/05 NHL season fell victim to a lockout , the left winger decided to spend the season abroad. Due to Heatley's family situation, the Hamburg Freezers , Eisbären Berlin and Kassel Huskies had justified hopes for an engagement. There was also a serious interest in playing in Germany on the part of Heatley, but financially more potent clubs ultimately made the race. In October 2004, Heatley first moved to SC Bern in the Swiss National League A , where Daniel Brière was also under contract. He played 16 games for the Swiss and posted 24 points. An injury in November 2004 forced him to have an operation on the orbit , which is why he was out for a long time. On February 10, 2005, he moved to the Russian super league club Ak Bars Kazan . There he met his Thrashers team-mate Ilja Kowaltschuk and Vincent Lecavalier, among others . Nevertheless, Heatley did not find his way around the Russian league well and only contributed seven points in a total of 15 games.

Heatley in the dress of the Ottawa Senators

Transfer to the Ottawa Senators

After the very successful comeback, Heatley wanted to make sport the center of his life again and move away from the memories of the accident. So he asked the management of the Atlanta Thrashers for a change, as he had to pass the scene of the accident in order to get to daily training. On August 23, 2005, he was transferred to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for striker Marián Hossa and defender Greg de Vries . Heatley, who held the status of a restricted free agent at that time , received a three-year contract worth 13.5 million US dollars until the summer of 2008. Heatley scored at least one scorer point in each of the first 22 games for his new club and missed Wayne Gretzky's record by just one game. At the end of the season he had 50 goals and 103 points scorer, which made him the fourth best scorer in the entire league. The Senators, with whom he formed the very successful front row with Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson , had the second-best record in the league. In the playoffs, however, they were eliminated in the second round. Heatley himself was appointed to the NHL Second All-Star Team along with Alfredsson .

In the following season, the German-Canadian scored 50 goals and was the first player since Pawel Bure in the 2000/01 season to reach this mark in two consecutive seasons. His 105 scorer points were the fifth best value in the league and meant both a new franchise and personal record. With the Senators he reached the final of the Stanley Cup in the 2006/07 season , but failed there in five games at the Anaheim Ducks . With the election to the NHL First All-Star Team , however, another personal award was added. Shortly before the start of the 2007/08 season , Heatley extended his contract with the Senators prematurely by six years, which guaranteed him $ 45 million. The game year was not as successful for the striker personally and for Ottawa as in the two years before. Heatley missed eleven games with a shoulder injury and the already injured Senators failed early in the playoffs. The 2008/09 season was even worse , although he was appointed by coach Craig Hartsburg to one of the two assistant captains. The Senators fired Hartsburg as the season progressed, replacing him with Cory Clouston , who gave Heatley less responsibility. As a result, Ottawa clearly missed the playoffs and the winger completed the worst season of his career with the exception of his rookie season and the playing time after the accident.

Heatley in the jersey of the San Jose Sharks

Change to San Jose

As a result, Heatley asked for a transfer on June 9, 2009, just like in Atlanta, although four years of his current contract were still outstanding. Due to the strained salary cap situation of many interested teams and Heatley's costly contract, it was extremely difficult for General Manager Bryan Murray to find a new team for the striker. With the Edmonton Oilers he presented a transfer partner on June 30th, who in return offered Andrew Cogliano , Dustin Penner and Ladislav Šmíd . But Heatley refused to switch several times due to a clause in his contract. To make matters worse, the contract guaranteed Heatley on July 1 a bonus payment of four million US dollars. After several months of searching and various rumors, Murray found a seriously interested team again in September. The San Jose Sharks finally secured the services of the Canadian on September 12th. Together with a five-round draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , he moved to the US west coast. In return, San Jose sent Jonathan Cheechoo , Milan Michálek and a second-round draft pick for 2010 to the Canadian capital. Two days earlier, a transfer deal had already been reported in the media, in which Heatley should also move to San Jose. The Los Angeles Kings were also involved and should deliver Alexander Frolow and Jarret Stoll to Ottawa. In return, San Jose's Patrick Marleau should come to Los Angeles. This transfer was not confirmed during the day.

Minnesota Wild, Anaheim Ducks, and Florida Panthers

In early July 2011, the Sharks exchanged Heatley for Martin Havlát of the Minnesota Wild . There he scored the fastest goal in the history of the Wild in February 2012 with his goal after 13 seconds against the Vancouver Canucks . In the 2012/13 season shortened by the lockout , the German-Canadian only played 36 games for Minnesota and had to end the season prematurely due to an injury-related operation after he dislocated his shoulder in a game against his former club San Jose Sharks in April 2013 . The following 2013/14 season should be the weakest of his NHL career to date. Heatley got relatively few scorer points, so that he was used in the fourth row with little ice age before he was completely deleted from the squad at the end of the season.

In July 2014, he signed a one-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks . Heatley could not prevail there and came to only six NHL missions by December 2014, also due to a groin injury. As a result, the Ducks gave him to their farm team , the Norfolk Admirals , so that Heatley plays for the first time in his career in the American Hockey League .

In February 2015, the Ducks gave him, including a third-round vote for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to the Florida Panthers , who in turn sent Tomáš Fleischmann to Anaheim. There he finished the 2014/15 season with the San Antonio Rampage farm team , but did not receive a new contract afterwards.

Move to Germany

On September 17, 2015, the Nürnberg Ice Tigers announced the commitment of the German-Canadian, which was celebrated in the media as the transfer of the most successful ice hockey player in the history of the German Ice Hockey League . Heatley signed with the DEL club one-year contract and got the jersey number 15. The target for the club owner championship was in season 2015/16 , however, not be celebrated as Nuremberg DEL semifinal the EHC Wolfsburg defeated, with Heatley in the decisive match to 1: Scored 2 follow-up goals for his club. Heatley's record with 19 goals and 18 assists in 59 DEL appearances is considered solid, with his unpretentious and team-serving demeanor being particularly appreciated. After the season he ended his active career at the age of 35.

International

At the international level, Heatley is one of the most successful players of the new millennium.

For the first time, Heatley played at the U20 World Junior Championship in Sweden in 2000 for the Canadian national team . There he scored four points in seven tournament games and won the bronze medal after a narrow victory in the game for third place over the United States . He contributed a goal. He was able to repeat this success the following year at the U20 World Junior Championship in Russia in 2001 . With five points from seven games, he was able to improve slightly.

In the senior division, the striker made his debut following his rookie season in the NHL at the 2002 World Cup in Sweden. While Heatley scored four points, the tournament for Canada ended in the quarterfinals. The next year the striker was again in the World Cup squad and led the team to the gold medal in the world championships in the Czech Republic with seven goals and ten points. In addition, he was elected to the tournament's All-Star Team .

The following year he took part in the World Cup again. With eleven scorer points, he was the outstanding player and top scorer of the tournament after he had rarely convinced in the NHL season as a result of the accident. He was named Most Valuable Player and reassigned to the All-Star Team. In the end, the gold medal was won again. A few months later he was able to celebrate winning the World Cup of Hockey 2004 with the national team . Due to the large number of top-class players in the squad, Heatley played a subordinate role there and only contributed two templates in six games. He got these templates in the final in a 3-1 victory over Finland . In spring 2005 he was again active in the World Cup , where it won the silver medal after a 3-0 final defeat against the Czech Republic . This should be his last appearance in world championships for the next three years.

The high point of his international career celebrated Heatley with the nomination for the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Italian Turin on December 21, 2005. In six games he played, while three points, but the Canadians disappointed with the early failure in the quarterfinals to Russia.

The striker made amends at the 2008 World Cup in his home country Canada . Canada only finished second after a narrow defeat to Russia in the final , but Heatley was at his best. He scored 20 points in just nine games and became Canada's top scorer and point collector of all time in World Cup tournaments. With that he overtook Marcel Dionne and Steve Yzerman . His achievements brought him numerous personal awards. A year later at the 2009 World Cup in Switzerland , the same final duel won a silver medal again.

In the summer of 2009, the striker was one of 46 players who received an invitation to the preparatory training camp for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver , before his second Olympic participation on December 30, 2009 was confirmed. His club colleagues Patrick Marleau , Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle also played for the Canadians, who secured the gold medal with a narrow win in extra time against arch rivals USA. Heatley was one of the most successful Canadian players in the tournament with seven scorer points.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1998/99 Calgary Canucks AJHL 60 70 57 127 94 10 10 12 22nd 30th
1999/00 University of Wisconsin – Madison NCAA 38 28 28 56 32
2000/01 University of Wisconsin-Madison NCAA 39 24 33 57 74
2001/02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 26th 41 67 56 - - - - -
2002/03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 77 41 48 89 58 - - - - -
2003/04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 31 13 12 25th 18th - - - - -
2004/05 SC Bern NLA 16 14th 10 24 58 - - - - -
2004/05 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 11 3 1 4th 22nd 4th 2 1 3 4th
2005/06 Ottawa Senators NHL 82 50 53 103 86 10 3 9 12 11
2006/07 Ottawa Senators NHL 82 50 55 105 74 20th 7th 15th 22nd 14th
2007/08 Ottawa Senators NHL 71 41 41 82 76 4th 0 1 1 6th
2008/09 Ottawa Senators NHL 82 39 33 72 88 - - - - -
2009/10 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 39 43 82 54 14th 2 11 13 16
2010/11 San Jose Sharks NHL 80 26th 38 64 56 18th 3 6th 9 12
2011/12 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 24 29 53 28 - - - - -
2012/13 Minnesota Wild NHL 36 11 10 21st 8th - - - - -
2013/14 Minnesota Wild NHL 76 12 16 28 18th 11 1 5 6th 4th
2014/15 Norfolk Admirals AHL 25th 2 5 7th 8th - - - - -
2014/15 Anaheim Ducks NHL 6th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2014/15 San Antonio Rampage AHL 18th 6th 7th 13 8th 3 0 0 0 0
2015/16 Nuremberg Ice Tigers DEL 46 17th 15th 32 30th 12 2 3 5 14th
AJHL total 60 70 57 127 94 10 10 12 22nd 30th
NCAA overall 77 52 61 113 103
AHL total 43 8th 12 20th 16 3 0 0 0 0
NHL overall 869 372 419 791 620 77 16 47 63 63

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2000 Canada U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 2 2 4th 4th
2001 Canada U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 3 2 5 10
2002 Canada WM 6th place 7th 2 2 4th 2
2003 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 7th 3 10 10
2004 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 8th 3 11 4th
2004 Canada World cup 1st place, gold 6th 0 2 2 2
2005 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 3 4th 7th 16
2006 Canada Olympia 7th place 6th 2 1 3 8th
2008 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 12 8th 20th 4th
2009 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 6th 4th 10 8th
2010 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 7th 4th 3 7th 4th
Juniors overall 14th 5 4th 9 14th
Men overall 71 44 30th 74 58

( 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 )

Others

family

Heatley's Canadian father, Murray Heatley , played the final years of his career from 1979 to 1984 in Germany, mostly for EHC Freiburg . There he met a Berliner, Heatley's future mother. After the father's career ended, the family moved to Calgary , where Heatley learned to play ice hockey and grew up as a fan of the Calgary Flames . His younger brother Mark played for two years at EHC Munich in the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey team from the 2008/09 season before he followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Wölfen Freiburg in July 2010. In summer 2011 he moved to the Bietigheim Steelers .

Dany Heatley has both Canadian and German citizenship.

Road accident and death of Dan Snyder

On September 29, 2003, Heatley lost control of his Ferrari 360 Modena, in which he was sitting with his then teammate Dan Snyder , and hit a wall. The vehicle was torn in two as a result of the impact and both occupants were thrown out. Heatley was seriously injured. He broke his jaw , suffered a minor concussion, and internal injuries to his lungs and kidneys . In addition, three ligaments tore in his right knee . Snyder was hit far worse. He suffered a skull base fracture which resulted in death in hospital on October 5, six days after the accident.

Heatley was subsequently charged with the manslaughter and pleaded guilty on most of the charges. In early February 2005 he was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence. There were also further requirements. The pleadings of Snyder's father and brother, in which they spoke out against imprisonment, were also taken into account when the verdict was reached.

As a further consequence of the accident, Heatley's picture was removed from the cover of the video game NHL 2004 by EA Sports and replaced at short notice by Joe Sakic . Nevertheless, some specimens with the Heatley image found their way onto the open market.

Web links

Commons : Dany Heatley  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Review of Draft 2000: Heatley in 2nd position. In: nhl.com. Retrieved June 8, 2017 .
  2. ^ Abendblatt.de, Freezers want Heatley
  3. highbeam.com, Heatley latest NHL player to sign with Russia's AK Bars Kazan ( Memento from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Nytimes.com, Thrashers Trade Heatley to the Senators for Hossa
  5. sportingnews.com, Senators coach: Heatley's best is to come ( Memento from February 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  6. senators.nhl.com, Bulletin: Senators and Heatley Reach Agreement ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. canada.com, Hartsburg gives Heatley an A ( Memento of February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  8. tsn.ca, Heatley asks Senators for trade
  9. tsn.ca, Oilers, Senators agree to deal, ask Heatley to waive no-move ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  10. tsn.ca, McKenzie: Heatley deal to Oilers on hold, for now ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  11. tsn.ca, Heatley once again refuses to waive no-move to go to Oilers ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  12. tsn.ca, Heatley saga continues as other Canadian teams wheel and deal ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  13. blog.mlive.com, NHLPA has a pickle on its hands in dispute over Dany Heatley's bonus money
  14. tsn.ca, Sens deal Heatley to Sharks for Michalek, Cheechoo
  15. sports.yahoo.com, ESPN: Heatley to Sharks, Marleau to Kings, denials all around
  16. nhl.com Report: Heatley to have shoulder surgery
  17. torontosun.com The fall has been quick and hard for the Minnesota Wild's Dany Heatley
  18. nhl.com Veteran Heatley glad to get chance with Ducks
  19. So far I have only played on the Playstation with Heatley. Rheinische Post , September 25, 2015, accessed on September 10, 2016 .
  20. THE HEAT IS ON: Superstar Dany Heatley is coming! (No longer available online.) Icetigers.de, September 17, 2015, archived from the original on February 2, 2018 ; accessed on September 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.icetigers.de
  21. An old star for the millionaire. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 10, 2015, accessed on September 10, 2016 .
  22. DEL - DEL.org. (No longer available online.) In: www.del.org. Formerly in the original ; accessed on September 10, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / datenarchiv.del.org  
  23. Sebastian Böhm: Game 6 - Master of Pain. Blog: Men Staring at Tigers, April 10, 2016, accessed September 10, 2016 .
  24. ^ The Sports Network, World Junior Hockey Championship - History: 2000 - Skelleftea, Sweden ( Memento of October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  25. afp.google.com, Heatley scores three as Canada dominates Slovenia 5-1 ( Memento from July 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  26. hockeycanada.ca, Heatley moves past Yzerman to become all-time points leader for Canada
  27. The Sports Network, Hockey Canada unveils men's camp invites ( Memento of November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  28. On the hunt for the last record. sueddeutsche.de, May 15, 2008, accessed on March 10, 2012 .
  29. Dany Heatley with Canada in the dream final against Russia. faz.net, May 17, 2008, accessed March 10, 2012 .
  30. sports.espn.go.com, Felony charge dropped for Thrashers star's plea