Dave Creighton

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CanadaCanada  Dave Creighton Ice hockey player
Dave Creighton
Date of birth June 24, 1930
place of birth Port Arthur , Ontario , Canada
date of death 18th August 2017
Place of death Wesley Chapel , Florida , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 82 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1946-1948 Port Arthur West End Bruins
1948-1954 Boston Bruins
Hershey Bears
1954 Toronto Maple Leafs
1954-1955 Chicago Black Hawks
1955-1958 New York Rangers
1958-1961 Toronto Maple Leafs
Rochester Americans
1961–1962 Buffalo bison
1962-1965 Baltimore Clippers
1965-1969 Providence Reds

David Theodore Creighton (born June 24, 1930 in Port Arthur , Ontario - † August 18, 2017 in Wesley Chapel , Florida , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for various franchises of the American Hockey League (AHL ) and the National Hockey League (NHL) played in over 1,500 games at the center . During this time he took part in the NHL All-Star Game five times , and in 1968 he was awarded the Les Cunningham Award as the most valuable player in the AHL . His son Adam Creighton was also active in the National Hockey League from 1983 to 1996.

Career

Dave Creighton began his career in 1946 with the Port Arthur West End Bruins in the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League , a regional junior league of the Canadian province of Ontario . During this time he won with the Bruins for a final triumph against the Barrie Flyers the Memorial Cup 1948 . After two seasons, he accepted a contract offer from the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League on October 5, 1948 . In the following four years Creighton was both with the Bruins in the NHL, and for their farm team Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League to use. With the beginning of the NHL season 1952/53 , the center belonged to the permanent staff of the Boston Bruins and completed 134 games for the franchise from the US state of Massachusetts in the following two seasons .

On July 20, 1954, the Bruins gave him in exchange for Fernie Flaman from the Toronto Maple Leafs . The Maple Leafs passed the offensive player on to the Chicago Black Hawks after 14 games of the 1954/55 season . After the end of the season, the Detroit Red Wings received the rights to the player after a transfer deal on May 27, 1955. Dave Creighton, however, never completed a game for the Red Wings, as he was already part of a player swap on August 18, 1955 and was given to the New York Rangers . In New York, Creighton had his statistically most successful time in the National Hockey League. So he ended the NHL season in 1955/56 as the second best point collector of the Rangers. League-wide , his 51 points scored in 70 games were the tenth most.

After three seasons for the New York Rangers, he was selected on June 3, 1958 in the Intra-League Draft of the Montréal Canadiens . For the Canadiens, however, the center never ran, as the Toronto Maple Leafs signed him on September 28, 1958, before the start of the 1958/59 season , from the waiver list . For the Maple Leafs Dave Creighton came in the following two seasons only in a total of 48 NHL games and spent the majority, as well as the entire season 1960/61, with Toronto's farm team Rochester Americans . In June 1961, the Toronto Maple Leafs finally gave Dave Creighton to the Buffalo Bisons .

After a season for the bison, it was passed on to the Baltimore Clippers . In Baltimore, the offensive player completed three full seasons before he was transferred to the Providence Reds during the current AHL season 1965/66 . It was his ninth change of club in 12 years. With the Reds, Creighton once again became a reliable offensive force and was the Reds' most successful points collector in his first two seasons. In the AHL season 1967/68 Dave Creighton was honored as the most valuable player in the American Hockey League with the Les Cunningham Award . After another season for the Reds, Creighton ended his playing career after 21 years as a professional.

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Coaching stations
1966-1970 Providence Reds

Dave Creighton was from 1966 until the end of his career as an active player in 1969 as a player- coach for the Providence Reds . During this period, the Reds qualified in the 1967/68 and 1968/69 seasons for the American Hockey League play-offs and were eliminated in both years in the second play-off round. In the 1969/70 AHL season , the Providence Reds missed qualifying for the finals for the Calder Cup , whereupon Dave Creighton's employment with the Reds was terminated.

Creighton died on August 18, 2017 at the age of 87 in Wesley Chapel , Florida .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

As a player

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1946/47 Port Arthur West End Bruins TBJHL 6th 8th 7th 15th 2 4th 5 3 8th 0
1947/48 Port Arthur West End Bruins TBJHL 9 19th 12 31 4th 5 5 4th 9 4th
1948/49 Hershey Bears AHL 49 19th 18th 37 12 - - - - -
1948/49 Boston Bruins NHL 12 1 3 4th 0 3 0 0 0 0
1949/50 Boston Bruins NHL 64 18th 13 31 13 - - - - -
1950/51 Hershey Bears AHL 11 2 5 7th 0 - - - - -
1950/51 Boston Bruins NHL 56 5 4th 9 4th 5 0 1 1 0
1951/52 Hershey Bears AHL 19th 9 15th 24 4th - - - - -
1951/52 Boston Bruins NHL 49 20th 17th 37 18th 7th 2 1 3 2
1952/53 Boston Bruins NHL 45 8th 8th 16 14th 11 4th 5 9 10
1953/54 Boston Bruins NHL 69 20th 20th 40 27 4th 0 0 0 0
1954/55 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 14th 2 1 3 8th - - - - -
1954/55 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 49 7th 7th 14th 6th - - - - -
1955/56 New York Rangers NHL 70 20th 31 51 43 5 0 0 0 4th
1956/57 New York Rangers NHL 70 18th 21st 39 42 5 2 2 4th 2
1957/58 New York Rangers NHL 70 17th 35 52 40 6th 3 3 6th 2
1958/59 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 34 3 9 12 4th 5 0 1 1 0
1958/59 Rochester Americans AHL 33 14th 17th 31 46 5 1 3 4th 4th
1959/60 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 14th 1 5 6th 4th - - - - -
1959/60 Rochester Americans AHL 58 25th 34 59 30th 12 3 3 6th 10
1960/61 Rochester Americans AHL 71 30th 42 72 31 - - - - -
1961/62 Buffalo bison AHL 68 21st 48 69 54 11 2 6th 8th 4th
1962/63 Baltimore Clippers AHL 71 24 48 72 14th 3 1 2 3 25th
1963/64 Baltimore Clippers AHL 72 17th 25th 42 20th - - - - -
1964/65 Baltimore Clippers AHL 62 23 28 51 10 5 2 2 4th 6th
1965/66 Baltimore Clippers AHL 14th 3 2 5 2 - - - - -
1965/66 Providence Reds AHL 56 16 37 53 14th - - - - -
1966/67 Providence Reds AHL 72 22nd 42 64 63 - - - - -
1967/68 Providence Reds AHL 72 22nd 53 75 54 8th 6th 2 8th 0
1968/69 Providence Reds AHL 72 11 20th 31 36 1 0 0 0 0
TBJHL total 15th 27 19th 46 6th 9 10 7th 17th 4th
AHL total 800 258 434 692 390 45 15th 18th 33 49
NHL overall 616 140 174 314 223 51 11 13 24 20th

( 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 )

As a trainer

season team league Sp S. N U placement
1966/67 Providence Reds AHL 72 13 46 13 5th, East Division
1967/68 Providence Reds AHL 72 30th 33 9 Play-off semi-finals
1968/69 Providence Reds AHL 74 32 36 6th Play-off semi-finals
1969/70 Providence Reds AHL 72 23 36 13 4th, East Division
AHL total 290 98 151 41 2 play-off appearances

(Legend to coach statistics: GC = games, W = won, L = lost, T = draw)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dave Creighton (1930-2017). American Hockey League , August 22, 2017, accessed August 23, 2017 .
  2. ↑ New York Rangers roster from 1955/56 season; sorted by scorer points. National Hockey League , accessed April 19, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Player list of the National Hockey League from the 1955/56 season; sorted by scorer points. National Hockey League , accessed April 19, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Providence Reds roster for the 1965/66 season; sorted by scorer points. hockeydb.com, accessed April 19, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Providence Reds roster from 1966/67 season; sorted by scorer points. hockeydb.com, accessed April 19, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Creighton, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Creighton, David Theodore (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Port Arthur , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 18th August 2017
Place of death Wesley Chapel , Florida