Dave Gardner (ice hockey player)

Canada Dave Gardner

Date of birth	23rd August 1952
place of birth	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	88 kg

position	center
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Amateur Draft	1972 , 1st lap, 8th position Montréal Canadiens

Career stations

1970-1972	Toronto Marlboros
1972-1973	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
1973-1974	Montréal Canadiens
1974	St. Louis Blues
1974-1976	California Golden Seals
1976-1988	Cleveland Barons
1978-1979	Tulsa Oilers Dallas Black Hawks Springfield Indians
1979-1980	Binghamton Dusters Maine Mariners Philadelphia Flyers
1980-1983	HC Ambrì-Piotta
1983-1985	EHC Visp

David Calvin Gardner (born August 23, 1952 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who worked for the Montréal Canadiens , St. Louis Blues , California Golden Seals , Cleveland Barons and Philadelphia Flyers from 1970 to 1985 played in the National Hockey League . His father Cal , brother Paul and son Ryan were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Dave Gardner began his career as a hockey player with the Toronto Marlboros , for which he was active from 1970 to 1972 in the Ontario Hockey Association . He was then selected in the first round of the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft as the eighth player of the Montreal Canadiens . For the team from Québec , the attacker made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1972/73 season , but played mainly for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Nova Scotia Voyageurs . After he began the following season in Montréal, he was given to the St. Louis Blues shortly before the end of the trade deadline in exchange for a first hour suffrage for the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft . For the Blues he only appeared 23 times before he moved to their league rivals California Golden Seals at the beginning of the 1974/75 season. From 1976 to 1978 the right-shooter played for their successor team, the Cleveland Barons .

After the Cleveland Barons franchise was dissolved in the summer of 1978, Gardner spent much of the 1978/79 season in the Central Hockey League , where he played for the Tulsa Oilers and Dallas Black Hawks , before playing with the Springfield Indians in the AHL finished. In his last year in North America , the center came to two appearances in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers in addition to the games for the AHL teams of Binghamton Dusters and Maine Mariners . Thereupon the Canadian was under contract until the end of his career in 1985, where he played for HC Ambrì-Piotta and EHC Visp .

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	7th	350	75	114	189	41
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

personal data
SURNAME	Gardner, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gardner, David Calvin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	23rd August 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Toronto , Ontario , Canada