Dave Karpa

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CanadaCanada  Dave Karpa Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 7th 1971
place of birth Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 4th lap, 68th position
Nordiques de Québec
Career stations
1988-1990 Notre Dame Hounds
1990-1992 Ferris State University
1992-1995 Nordiques de Québec
1995-1998 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1998-2001 Carolina Hurricanes
2001-2003 New York Rangers
2003-2004 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2004 Amur Khabarovsk
2004-2005 San Diego Gulls
2005 Syracuse crunch
2005-2006 Bridgeport Sound Tigers

David James "Dave" Karpa (born May 7, 1971 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 576 games for the Nordiques de Québec , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, among others, in the course of his active career between 1988 and 2006 , Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers has played in the National Hockey League on the position of fullback .

Career

Dave Karpa began his career as a hockey player with the Notre Dame Hounds, for which he was active from 1988 to 1990 in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League . He then played for two years for the team at Ferris State University . During this period, the defender was selected in the fourth round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft as a total of 68 players by the Québec Nordiques .

For the Nordiques he made his debut in the National Hockey League towards the end of the 1991/92 season , where he remained pointless in four games. After three years in Québec, during which he was mainly on the ice for their farm teams from the American Hockey League , the Halifax Citadels and Cornwall Aces , the left shooter switched to the Nordiques' league rivals, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, during the 1994/95 season . In his three years in Anaheim Karpa always had a regular place with the Californians before he joined the Carolina Hurricanes in the summer of 1998 , for which he spent another three seasons in the NHL. It was followed by two years with the New York Rangers before he moved to the AHL club Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins for the 2003/04 season.

After only 29 games with his new team, the Canadian signed with Amur Khabarovsk from the Russian Super League , for which he gave a template in twelve games. For the 2004/05 season he returned to North America, where he initially ran up for the San Diego Gulls from the ECHL . The former NHL player ended his career after brief guest appearances with the AHL teams Syracuse Crunch and Bridgeport Sound Tigers in 2006 at the age of 35.

In the 2015/16 season Karpa worked as an assistant coach in the Ontario Hockey League for the Flint Firebirds .

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 41 16 37 53 - - - - -
1989/90 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 43 9 19th 28 271 - - - - -
1990/91 Ferris State University NCAA 41 6th 19th 25th 109
1991/92 Ferris State University NCAA 34 7th 12 19th 124
1991/92 Halifax Citadels AHL 2 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
1991/92 Nordiques de Québec NHL 4th 0 0 0 14th - - - - -
1992/93 Halifax Citadels AHL 71 4th 27 31 167 - - - - -
1992/93 Nordiques de Québec NHL 12 0 1 1 13 3 0 0 0 0
1993/94 Cornwall Aces AHL 1 0 0 0 0 12 2 2 4th 27
1993/94 Nordiques de Québec NHL 60 5 12 17th 148 - - - - -
1994/95 Cornwall Aces AHL 6th 0 2 2 19th - - - - -
1994/95 Nordiques de Québec NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1994/95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 26th 1 5 6th 91 - - - - -
1995/96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 72 3 16 19th 270 - - - - -
1996/97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 69 2 11 13 210 8th 1 1 2 20th
1997/98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 78 1 11 12 217 - - - - -
1998/99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 33 0 2 2 55 2 0 0 0 2
1999/00 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 39 1 8th 9 147 - - - - -
1999/00 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 27 1 4th 5 52 - - - - -
2000/01 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 80 4th 6th 10 159 6th 0 0 0 17th
2001/02 New York Rangers NHL 75 1 10 11 131 - - - - -
2002/03 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 34 0 7th 7th 70 2 0 0 0 0
2002/03 New York Rangers NHL 19th 0 2 2 14th - - - - -
2003/04 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 29 3 8th 11 43 - - - - -
2003/04 Amur Khabarovsk Super league 12 0 1 1 68 - - - - -
2004/05 Syracuse crunch AHL 5 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
2004/05 San Diego Gulls ECHL 20th 2 10 12 65 - - - - -
2005/06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 22nd 0 4th 4th 44 - - - - -
SJHL overall 84 25th 56 81 271 - - - - -
NCAA overall 75 13 31 44 233
AHL total 170 7th 48 55 353 14th 2 2 4th 27
NHL overall 557 18th 80 98 1374 19th 1 1 2 39

( 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 Karpa, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karpa, David James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 7th 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada