Dave Keon

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CanadaCanada  Dave Keon Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1986
Dave Keon
Date of birth March 22, 1940
place of birth Noranda , Quebec , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 74 kg
position center
number # 14
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1956-1957 St. Michael's Buzzers
1957-1960 St. Michael's Majors
1960-1975 Toronto Maple Leafs
1975-1976 Minnesota Fighting Saints
1976 Indianapolis Racers
1976-1977 Minnesota Fighting Saints
1977-1982 New England / Hartford Whalers

David Michael "Dave" Keon (born March 22, 1940 in Noranda , Québec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played in the course of his active career between 1957 and 1982, among other things, 1392 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League and 342 others for the Minnesota Fighting Saints , Indianapolis Racers and New England Whalers in the World Hockey Association on the position of the center . Keon, who spent most of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, is one of the defining players in the franchise and won the Stanley Cup with him four times between 1962 and 1967 . In addition, he has received numerous individual awards and prizes in both the NHL and WHA, culminating in his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986.

Career

Dave Keon was one of the best defensive strikers in the NHL. In almost every game he was assigned to the opposing top center and made life difficult for them, but still he scored 396 goals. He was extraordinarily fair. With an average of 117 penalty minutes, he only had to go to the penalty box every 22nd game. For this he was honored twice with the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy . In 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967 he won the Stanley Cup with the Maple Leafs . In 1975 he moved to the WHA and landed there at his third station with the New England Whalers . After these were accepted as Hartford Whalers in the NHL, he made his comeback in the NHL. At the age of 42, he ended his playing career in 1982.

In 1986 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

Records

  • Two outnumbered goals in one game (April 18, 1963; Maple Leafs 3-1 Red Wings) (together with nine other players)

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1956/57 St. Michael's Buzzers MetJHL 23 30th 22nd 52 14th - - - - -
1956/57 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA Jr. 4th 1 3 4th 0 - - - - -
1957/58 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA Jr. 45 23 27 50 28 9 8th 5 13 10
1958/59 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA Jr. 46 16 29 45 0 15th 4th 9 13 8th
1959/60 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA Jr. 47 33 38 71 0 10 8th 10 18th 2
1959/60 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen OHA-Sr. 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
1959/60 Sudbury Wolves EPHL - - - - - 4th 2 2 4th 2
1960/61 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 20th 25th 45 6th 5 1 1 2 0
1961/62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 26th 35 61 2 12 5 3 8th 0
1962/63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 68 28 28 56 2 10 7th 5 12 0
1963/64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 23 37 60 6th 14th 7th 2 9 2
1964/65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 65 21st 29 50 10 6th 2 2 4th 2
1965/66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 24 30th 54 4th 4th 0 2 2 0
1966/67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 66 19th 33 52 2 12 3 5 8th 0
1967/68 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 67 11 37 48 4th - - - - -
1968/69 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 75 27 34 61 12 4th 1 3 4th 2
1969/70 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 32 30th 62 6th - - - - -
1970/71 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 38 38 76 4th 6th 3 2 5 0
1971/72 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 18th 30th 48 4th 5 2 3 5 0
1972/73 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 37 36 73 2 - - - - -
1973/74 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 25th 28 53 7th 4th 1 2 3 0
1974/75 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 16 43 59 4th 7th 0 5 5 0
1975/76 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 57 26th 38 64 4th - - - - -
1975/76 Indianapolis Racers WHA 12 3 7th 10 2 7th 2 2 4th 2
1976/77 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 42 13 38 51 2 5 3 1 4th 0
1976/77 New England Whalers WHA 34 14th 25th 39 8th 5 3 1 4th 0
1977/78 New England Whalers WHA 77 24 38 62 2 14th 5 11 16 4th
1978/79 New England Whalers WHA 79 22nd 43 65 2 10 3 9 12 2
1979/80 Hartford Whalers NHL 76 10 52 62 10 3 0 1 1 0
1980/81 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 13 34 47 26th - - - - -
1981/82 Hartford Whalers NHL 78 8th 11 19th 6th - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 142 73 97 170 28 34 20th 24 44 20th
NHL overall 1296 396 590 986 117 92 32 36 68 6th
WHA total 301 102 189 291 20th 41 16 24 40 8th

( 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 Keon, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keon, David Michael (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Noranda , Quebec