Dave Babych

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CanadaCanada  Dave Babych Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 23, 1961
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 100 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1980 , 1st lap, 2nd position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
1977-1980 Portland Winter Hawks
1980-1985 Winnipeg Jets
1985-1991 Hartford Whalers
1991-1998 Vancouver Canucks
1998-1999 Philadelphia Flyers
1999 Los Angeles Kings
1999-2000 HC Ambrì-Piotta

David Michael "Dave" Babych (born May 23, 1961 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and official who played 1309 games for the Winnipeg Jets , Hartford Whalers during his active career between 1977 and 2000 , Vancouver Canucks , Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Babych celebrated his greatest career success, who was selected as the overall runner-up in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft and twice participated in the NHL All-Star Game , in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the silver medal at the 1989 World Cup . His older brother Wayne was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Dave Babych began his active career with the Fort Saskatchewan Traders in the Alberta Junior Hockey League , for which he was active in the 1977/78 season. He then joined the Portland Winter Hawks and went on the ice for their team in the top Canadian junior league Western Hockey League for the next three years . Babych, who had received positive attention because of his achievements and was awarded the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy as the best defender of the 1979/80 season , was selected in the first round of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft in second place by the Winnipeg Jets . For the 1980/81 season , the defensive player was immediately included in the NHL squad of the Jets. During his debut season, Babych completed 69 games for the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL and scored 44 points scorer . After the qualification for the play-offs was clearly missed, the team finished third in the Campbell Conference in the 1981/82 season and thus secured a place in the finals. In four games, however, the team lost in the first round against the St. Louis Blues and Babych spent 29 penalty minutes on the bench.

In the following three years, the defender managed to get into the play-offs with the Jets, but the team was defeated three times in a row against the Edmonton Oilers . During this time he was twice in the NHL All-Star Game for the Campbell Conference All-Stars team and scored one goal each in 1983 and 1984 . On November 25, 1985 he was given in an exchange deal with the Hartford Whalers , in return Ray Neufeld went to Winnipeg. In Hartford, too, the defensive player was always one of the regulars and qualified for the finals five times with the Whalers in six years. He fell out for almost the entire 1990/91 season for the game operation, since he had to undergo surgery after an injury to his wrist and as a result only completed eight games for the Whalers. Babych were selected by the Minnesota North Stars in the Expansion Draft on May 30, 1991 . On June 22, 1991 he was bartered to the Vancouver Canucks and Tom Kurver was sent to the North Stars as compensation . In the 1993/94 season he managed to move into the finals of the Stanley Cup with the Canucks and lost the series against the New York Rangers in just under seven games.

In the following seasons he could not build on this success with the team and failed to qualify for the finals three times in a row. On March 24, 1998, the Canucks gave him in exchange for a draft pick to the Philadelphia Flyers . There Babych was not a regular player for the first time in his active career and scored comparatively few points. After spending a year in Philadelphia, the next barter followed. He was submitted along with a five-round suffrage to the Los Angeles Kings and in return Steve Duchesne was sent to the Flyers. After he had completed eight games for the Kings and scored two points, his contract was not renewed at the end of the season. Babych remained a free agent until January 2000 and then signed with HC Ambrì-Piotta as a playing assistant coach. The defender ran in three games for the club in the National League A on the ice and ended his active career at the end of the season.

After a break of several years, he returned behind the gang for the 2008 Deutschland Cup as assistant coach for the Canadian national team . Between 2009 and 2014, Babych was employed as a consultant for his ex-team Vancouver Canucks.

International

Babych took part in the 1981 and 1989 World Championships with the Canadian national team. His greatest success was winning the silver medal at the 1989 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1977/78 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL 56 31 69 100 37 - - - - -
1977/78 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 6th 1 3 4th 4th - - - - -
1978/79 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 67 20th 59 79 63 25th 7th 22nd 29 22nd
1979/80 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 50 22nd 60 82 71 8th 1 10 11 2
1980/81 Winnipeg Jets NHL 69 6th 38 44 90 - - - - -
1981/82 Winnipeg Jets NHL 79 19th 49 68 92 4th 1 2 3 29
1982/83 Winnipeg Jets NHL 79 13 61 74 56 3 0 0 0 0
1983/84 Winnipeg Jets NHL 66 18th 39 57 62 3 1 1 2 0
1984/85 Winnipeg Jets NHL 78 13 49 62 78 8th 2 7th 9 6th
1985/86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 19th 4th 12 16 14th - - - - -
1985/86 Hartford Whalers NHL 62 10 43 53 36 8th 1 3 4th 14th
1986/87 Hartford Whalers NHL 66 8th 33 41 44 6th 1 1 2 14th
1987/88 Hartford Whalers NHL 71 14th 36 50 54 6th 3 2 5 2
1988/89 Hartford Whalers NHL 70 6th 41 47 54 4th 1 5 6th 2
1989/90 Hartford Whalers NHL 72 6th 37 43 62 7th 1 2 3 0
1990/91 Hartford Whalers NHL 8th 0 6th 6th 4th - - - - -
1991/92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 5 24 29 63 13 2 6th 8th 10
1992/93 Hartford Whalers NHL 43 3 16 19th 44 12 2 5 7th 6th
1993/94 Hartford Whalers NHL 73 4th 28 32 52 24 3 5 8th 12
1994/95 Hartford Whalers NHL 40 3 11 14th 18th 11 2 2 4th 14th
1995/96 Hartford Whalers NHL 53 3 21st 24 38 - - - - -
1996/97 Hartford Whalers NHL 78 5 22nd 27 38 - - - - -
1997/98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 47 0 9 9 37 - - - - -
1997/98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 6th 0 0 0 12 5 1 0 1 4th
1998/99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 33 2 4th 6th 20th - - - - -
1998/99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 8th 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
1999/00 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
W (C) HL total 123 43 122 165 138 33 8th 32 40 24
NHL overall 1195 142 581 723 970 114 21st 41 62 113

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1981 Canada WM 4th Place 7th 0 2 2 8th
1989 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 10 2 0 2 4th
Men overall 17th 2 2 4th 12

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Babych, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Babych, David Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta , Canada