Dave Taylor (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Dave Taylor Ice hockey player
Date of birth 4th December 1955
place of birth Levack , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1975 , 15th lap, 210th position
Los Angeles Kings
WHA Amateur Draft 1975 , 8th round, 113th position
Houston Eros
Career stations
1974-1977 Clarkson University
1977-1994 Los Angeles Kings

David Andrew "Dave" Taylor (born December 4, 1955 in Levack , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and functionary who, among other things, 1203 games for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League in the course of his active career between 1974 and 1994 has contested on the position of the right winger . Taylor, who between 1985 and 1989 the eighth captain of the franchise was -History of Los Angeles Kings, received in 1991, both the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy and the King Clancy Memorial Trophy . Since 2012 he has been Vice President of Hockey Operations for the St. Louis Blues .

Career

Player career

After his first season with Clarkson University , Taylor was on both the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association's list of scouts for the draft, but he was not trusted. In the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft , the Los Angeles Kings only got him in the 15th round as 211th and in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft , the Houston Eros waited until the eighth round to pull him in 113th. Taylor stayed at Clarkson for two more years, where he still holds the scoring records today. He finished the season in the Central Hockey League with the Fort Worth Texans , to go hunting for goals in the NHL the following season.

With 43 points in his first season 1977/78 Taylor was already more successful than expected, but years followed with 90 to 112 points. In the "Triple Crown Line" Dave Taylor played together with Charlie Simmer and Marcel Dionne and in the 1980/81 season all three managed to book over 100 points. From 1985 Taylor was team captain of the Kings and was replaced by Wayne Gretzky in 1989 . Taylor only played for the Kings until 1994 and was the player who played the most games for the LA team until April 2018, when he was surpassed by Dustin Brown .

International

Internationally, Taylor represented his home country at the 1983 , 1985 and 1986 World Championships . He won the bronze medal in 1983 and 1986, and in 1985 he won the runner-up in the world championship with the Canadian national team and thus the silver medal. In a total of 30 World Cup appearances, Taylor scored 17 points scorer .

Functionary career

In 1997 Taylor took over the post of General Manager at the Kings and held this job until 2006. At the same time, he was also the team's senior vice president of hockey operations . Immediately after the end of his career in 1994, he had already received an official post with the LA Kings and had become assistant to the then General Manager Sam McMaster and Director of Player Development .

After leaving Los Angeles, the Canadian received an offer from the Dallas Stars , where he was Director of Player Personnel between 2007 and 2010 . He also held this post with the St. Louis Blues between 2010 and 2012 , before being promoted to Vice President of Hockey Operations .

Achievements and Awards

International

Team records

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1972/73 Onaping Falls Huskies NOJHL 45 67 76 143 - - - - -
1973/74 Clarkson University NCAA 25th 11 19th 30th 36
1974/75 Clarkson University NCAA 29 20th 34 54 36
1975/76 Clarkson University NCAA 28 26th 33 59 54
1976/77 Clarkson University NCAA 34 41 67 108 70
1976/77 Fort Worth Texans CHL 7th 2 4th 6th 6th - - - - -
1977/78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 64 22nd 21st 43 47 2 0 0 0 5
1978/79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 43 48 91 124 2 0 0 0 2
1979/80 Los Angeles Kings NHL 61 37 53 90 72 4th 2 1 3 4th
1980/81 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 47 65 112 130 4th 2 2 4th 10
1981/82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 39 67 106 130 10 4th 6th 10 20th
1982/83 Los Angeles Kings NHL 46 21st 37 58 76 - - - - -
1983/84 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 20th 49 69 91 - - - - -
1984/85 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 41 51 92 132 3 2 2 4th 8th
1985/86 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 33 38 71 110 - - - - -
1986/87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 67 18th 44 62 84 5 2 3 5 6th
1987/88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 68 26th 41 67 129 5 3 3 6th 6th
1988/89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 26th 37 63 80 11 1 5 6th 19th
1989/90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 15th 26th 41 96 6th 4th 4th 8th 6th
1990/91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 23 30th 53 148 12 2 1 3 12
1991/92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 10 19th 29 63 6th 1 1 2 20th
1992/93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 48 6th 9 15th 49 22nd 3 5 8th 31
1993/94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 33 4th 3 7th 28 - - - - -
NCAA overall 116 98 153 251 196
NHL overall 1111 431 638 1069 1589 92 26th 33 59 149

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1983 Canada WM 3rd place, bronze 10 1 4th 5 4th
1985 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 10 3 2 5 4th
1986 Canada WM 3rd place, bronze 10 3 4th 7th 12
Men overall 30th 7th 10 17th 20th

( 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 Taylor, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, David Andrew (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Levack , Ontario