Dave Gagner

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CanadaCanada  Dave Gagner Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 11, 1964
place of birth Chatham-Kent , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 85 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 1st lap, 12th position
New York Rangers
Career stations
1981-1984 Brantford Alexander
1983-1984 Team Canada
1984-1987 New York Rangers
1987-1993 Minnesota North Stars
1993-1996 Dallas Stars
1996 Toronto Maple Leafs
1996-1997 Calgary Flames
1997-1999 Florida panthers
1999 Vancouver Canucks

David R. Gagner (born December 11, 1964 in Chatham-Kent , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach , who worked for the New York Rangers , Minnesota North Stars , Dallas Stars during his active time from 1981 to 1999 , Toronto Maple Leafs , Calgary Flames , Florida Panthers and Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League . His son Sam is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Dave Gagner began his career as a hockey player with the Brantford Alexanders , for which he was active from 1981 to 1984 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the first round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft as the twelfth player of the New York Rangers . The attacker missed a large part of the 1983/84 season as he and Team Canada were preparing for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . In the New York Rangers, the left shooter could not fully assert himself in the three years from 1984 to 1987, so that he played very often for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the New Haven Nighthawks .

On October 8, 1987 Gagner was given to the Minnesota North Stars together with Jay Caufield in exchange for Jari Gronstrand and Paul Boutilier . With this he failed in the 1990/91 season only in the playoff final for the Stanley Cup at the Pittsburgh Penguins . The Canadian stayed with the franchise for a further three years after it moved to Dallas in 1993. The 1994/95 season , which was shortened due to the lockout , began with HC Courmaosta in the Italian Serie A1 and ended with the Dallas Stars in the NHL. On January 29, 1996, the responsible of the Dallas Stars transferred the former national player together with a six- round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 1996 in exchange for Benoît Hogue and Randy Wood to the Toronto Maple Leafs . For the Canadians, he scored seven goals in 34 games by the end of the season and provided another 17 templates.

Until his retirement in 1999 at the age of 34, Gagner was short-term each with the NHL clubs Calgary Flames , Florida Panthers and Vancouver Canucks under contract. On the occasion of the Heroes of Hockey Game , which took place as part of the NHL All-Star Games , he laced his ice skates again in 2001. From 2006 to 2008, the 1984 Olympian worked for two seasons as an assistant coach for the London Knights from the OHL. Since June 2008 he has worked as Director of Player Development at his ex-club Vancouver Canucks in the NHL.

International

For Canada , Gagner took part in the Junior World Championship in 1984 and the World Championship in 1993 . He was also on the Canadian squad at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo .

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 15th 946 318 401 719 1018
Playoffs 6th 57 22nd 26th 48 64

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personal data
SURNAME Gagner, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gagner, David R. (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Chatham-Kent , Ontario , Canada