Dave Semenko

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Dave Semenko
Date of birth July 12, 1957
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
date of death June 29, 2017
Place of death Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 98 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1977 , 2nd round, 25th position
Minnesota North Stars
WHA Amateur Draft 1977 , 2nd round, 21st position
Houston Eros
Career stations
1975-1977 Brandon Wheat Kings
1977-1986 Edmonton Oilers
1986-1987 Hartford Whalers
1987-1988 Toronto Maple Leafs

David John "Dave" Semenko (born July 12, 1957 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ; † June 29, 2017 in Edmonton , Alberta ) was a Canadian ice hockey player , coach and scout who worked for the Edmonton Oilers , Hartford Whalers from 1977 to 1988 and Toronto Maple Leafs played in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League . With the Oilers he won the Stanley Cup in 1984 and 1985 . The left winger was due to his body-hugging style of play and robustness as an enforcer , who acted in the service of the Oilers as the "protector" of Wayne Gretzky on the ice.

Career

Semenko played for the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League (WHL) during his junior years . Already at the Wheat Kings he stood out because of his tough style of play and sat in 152 WHL games a total of 511 penalty minutes on the bench. He was selected at the WHA Amateur Draft 1977 in the second round at a total of 21st position by the Houston Eros and at the NHL Amateur Draft 1977 in the second round at a total of 25th position by the Minnesota North Stars . He played with the Brandon Wheat Kings in the WHL until 1978 and was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers in November 1978 . Semenko played with the Oilers in the World Hockey Association (WHA) in his first two years in Edmonton . Semenko was the final goalscorer in the WHA before it broke up. After the dissolution of the WHA in 1979, he moved with the Oilers in the National Hockey League .

In the following season, the Canadian was part of the team's regular squad and fulfilled his task of protecting the then stars of the Oilers, Wayne Gretzky , Jari Kurri and Paul Coffey . After he started the 1980/81 season in the Central Hockey League with the Wichita Wind , he completed most of the season back in Edmonton. That season, he received just 88 penalty minutes in 66 NHL games, the lowest rate in his NHL career. In the following season he reached 196 penalty minutes in 63 games. He celebrated his greatest successes in the 1983/84 and 1984/85 seasons when he won the Stanley Cup with the Oilers .

On December 12, 1986, the Oilers gave him a third-round vote for 1988 to the Hartford Whalers . Semenko completed 55 NHL games for the Whalers. It was handed over to the Toronto Maple Leafs on September 8, 1987 . The Whalers received defender Bill Root as compensation . In Toronto Semenko made it again to a regular player and ended his active career after the 1987/88 season .

After a break of several years from the ice hockey business, in which he supervised games of the Edmonton Oilers as a commentator, Semenko was hired by his former team from Edmonton as an assistant coach before the 1996/97 season . From the following season he acted as a professional scout . He held this post for a total of 18 years until the summer of 2015. He died on June 29, 2017 in Edmonton of complications from cancer .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1974/75 Brandon Travelers MJHL 42 11 17th 28 55 - - - - -
1974/75 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 12 2 1 3 12 4th 0 0 0
1975/76 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 72 8th 5 13 194 5 0 0 0
1976/77 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 61 27 33 60 265 16 3 4th 7th 61
1977/78 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 7th 10 5 15th 40 - - - - -
1977/78 Edmonton Oilers WHA 65 6th 6th 12 140 5 0 0 0 8th
1978/79 Edmonton Oilers WHA 77 10 14th 24 158 11 4th 2 6th 29
1979/80 Edmonton Oilers NHL 67 6th 7th 13 135 3 0 0 0 2
1980/81 Edmonton Oilers NHL 58 11 8th 19th 80 8th 0 0 0 5
1980/81 Wichita wind CHL 14th 1 2 3 40 - - - - -
1981/82 Edmonton Oilers NHL 59 12 12 24 194 4th 0 0 0 2
1982/83 Edmonton Oilers NHL 75 12 15th 27 141 15th 1 1 2 69
1983/84 Edmonton Oilers NHL 52 6th 11 17th 118 16 5 5 10 44
1984/85 Edmonton Oilers NHL 69 6th 12 18th 172 14th 0 0 0 39
1985/86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 69 6th 12 18th 141 6th 0 0 0 32
1986/87 Edmonton Oilers NHL 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1986/87 Hartford Whalers NHL 51 4th 8th 12 87 4th 0 0 0 15th
1987/88 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 2 3 5 107 - - - - -
WCHL overall 152 47 44 91 511 25th 3 4th 7th
WHA total 142 16 20th 36 298 16 4th 2 6th 37
NHL overall 575 65 88 153 1175 73 6th 6th 12 208

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Doug Harrison: Ex-Oilers tough guy Dave Semenko dies of cancer at 59. CBC Sports, June 29, 2017, accessed June 29, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Semenko, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Semenko, David John (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and scout
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2017
Place of death Edmonton , Alberta , Canada