Dave Nonis

Dave Nonis
Date of birth	May 25, 1966
place of birth	Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1984-1988	University of Maine
1988-1989	AaB ishockey

David "Dave" Nonis (born May 25, 1966 in Burnaby , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current - functional . His active career ended after four years at the University of Maine and a season in Denmark, so that he then mainly as general manager of the Vancouver Canucks (2004-2008) and the Toronto Maple Leafs (2013-2015) from the National Hockey League got known. Since July 2015 he has been an advisor to the Anaheim Ducks from the NHL.

Career

As a player

Dave Nonis was born in Burnaby and played there in his youth for the Burnaby Blue Hawks in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League . In 1984 he enrolled at the University of Maine and ran from then on for their ice hockey team, the Black Bears , in the Hockey East , a college league in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In the following four years the defender was regularly on the ice in Maine and also led the Black Bears for two years as team captain . However, he was subsequently ignored by North American professional leagues, so that after obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in 1988 he switched to the Danish elite series and played there for a year for AaB Ishockey . He then returned to Maine, briefly worked as an assistant coach for the Black Bears and graduated in 1990 with a Master of Business Administration .

As a functionary

After completing his studies, Nonis returned to his homeland and in 1990 took up a position in the management of the Vancouver Canucks from the National Hockey League (NHL). In the course of the following years he rose within the organization, so he took over the position of Director of Hockey Operations for the 1998/99 season before he was hired as General Manager for the 2004/05 season . He succeeded Brian Burke , under whom he had previously worked and whose contract had not been renewed. Nonis led the Canucks' fortunes for four years, where he was responsible for the engagement of Roberto Luongo and installed Alain Vigneault as head coach. After the 2007-08 season, in which the Canucks had missed the playoffs for the second time in three years, he was fired in Vancouver and replaced by Mike Gillis .

A few months later he followed Brian Burke to Anaheim, who had been General Manager of the Ducks there since 2005 . Nonis acted as his advisor and followed him to Toronto in late 2008, where Burke was hired as General Manager of the Maple Leafs . Thus, Nonis continued to work as Burke's assistant until Burke was dismissed as “GM” in January 2013 and Nonis took over this position. Under his leadership the team reached the playoffs in 2013 for the first time since 2004 again -season post , the playoffs missed in the following year but again, so he was released after the season 2014/15 and Lou Lamoriello became his successor.

Nonis then returned to the Anaheim Ducks, where he has been a management consultant since July 2015.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1982/83	Burnaby Blue Hawks	BCJHL		54	9	29	38	59
1983/84	Burnaby Blue Hawks	BCJHL		Statistics not available
1984/85	University of Maine	NCAA		39	6th	19th	25th	18th
1985/86	University of Maine	NCAA		40	3	10	13	22nd
1986/87	University of Maine	NCAA		39	1	23	24	18th
1987/88	University of Maine	NCAA		35	4th	12	16	13
1988/89	AaB ishockey	Elite series		Statistics not available
NCAA overall				153	14th	64	78	71

( 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 )

Web links

• Dave Nonis at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ex-Leafs GM Dave Nonis joins Anaheim Ducks front office. thestar.com, July 3, 2015, accessed November 27, 2018 .