David Gove

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United StatesUnited States  David Gove Ice hockey player
David Gove
Date of birth May 4th 1978
place of birth Centerville , Massachusetts , USA
date of death 5th April 2017
Place of death Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
size 175 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1997-2001 Western Michigan University
2001 Orlando Solar Bears
2001-2002 Johnstown Chiefs
Grand Rapids Griffins
2002-2003 San Antonio Rampage
Laredo Bucks
2003-2004 Utah grizzlies
2004-2005 Providence Bruins
2005-2006 Lowell Lock Monsters
2006-2008 Albany River Rats
2008-2009 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
United StatesUnited States  David Gove
Coaching stations
2015-2016 Wheeling Nailers

David T. Gove (born May 4, 1978 in Centerville , Massachusetts , † April 5, 2017 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) was an American ice hockey player and coach who played two games for the Carolina Hurricanes has played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . Mainly, however, he was active in the American Hockey League , where he completed almost 500 matches. In theIn the 2015/16 season Gove briefly filled the post of head coach of the Wheeling Nailers from the ECHL .

Career

Gove spent his junior years at Western Michigan University between 1997 and 2001 . There he played alongside his studies for the university team in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . During that time he was twice elected to the Division's Second All-Star Team.

Since the striker was not included in the NHL Entry Draft , he moved to the Orlando Solar Bears in the International Hockey League after completing his college career in the spring of 2001, until the end of the season . With the team he eventually won the Turner Cup . Then Gove was active for numerous teams in the American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League and Central Hockey League . At the AHL level he played for the Grand Rapids Griffins , San Antonio Rampage , Utah Grizzlies and Providence Bruins until the summer of 2005 , before he was signed by the Carolina Hurricanes from the National Hockey League in early August 2005. There the attacker was in the roster of the farm team Lowell Lock Monsters in the AHL during the 2005/06 season , but celebrated his NHL debut for the Hurricanes during the season, in which he was used once. On their way to winning the Stanley Cup this season, Gove was in the Carolinas training squad during the play-offs , but did not make any further appearances. In the following season he played another game for the reigning Stanley Cup winner, but otherwise spent the game year without exception with the new AHL farm team Albany River Rats .

After Gove had played there until the end of January 2008, he was transferred to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Joe Jensen and given to the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins farm team . He ended the 2007-08 season and became the 2008/09 season for their team captain appointed. Ultimately, he only played 20 games for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins during the season and ended his active career at the age of 31 after the season.

After a break of several years, Gove was hired as assistant coach by the Wheeling Nailers from the ECHL before the 2015/16 season . There he worked under the direction of head coach Clark Donatelli . After Donatelli was promoted to head coach of the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in mid-December 2015, Gove was promoted to head coach of the Nailers on an interim basis . A month later, he finally rose to head coach and filled this post into the playoffs, before leaving the team for undisclosed reasons. In July 2016, he was replaced by Jeff Christian .

On April 5, 2017, Gove was found lifeless in a rehab clinic in Pittsburgh . Numerous packets of heroin were discovered around the body . Gove was 38 years old.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Western Michigan University CCHA 36 8th 7th 15th 8th
1998/99 Western Michigan University CCHA 33 9 14th 23 12
1999/00 Western Michigan University CCHA 36 18th 28 46 22nd
2000/01 Western Michigan University CCHA 39 22nd 37 59 16
2000/01 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 9 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
2001/02 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 54 17th 32 49 32 8th 1 3 4th 4th
2001/02 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 17th 2 4th 6th 8th - - - - -
2002/03 Laredo Bucks CHL 8th 4th 12 16 15th - - - - -
2002/03 San Antonio Rampage AHL 72 15th 20th 35 30th 3 0 1 1 0
2003/04 Utah grizzlies AHL 75 14th 22nd 36 28 - - - - -
2004/05 Providence Bruins AHL 70 13 18th 31 30th 17th 3 3 6th 14th
2005/06 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 65 20th 26th 46 50 - - - - -
2005/06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2006/07 Albany River Rats AHL 49 8th 13 21st 27 4th 0 2 2 4th
2006/07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2007/08 Albany River Rats AHL 45 8th 15th 23 31 - - - - -
2007/08 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 36 15th 7th 22nd 10 23 5 7th 12 10
2008/09 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 20th 3 0 3 8th - - - - -
NCAA overall 144 57 86 143 58
AHL total 449 98 125 223 222 47 8th 13 21st 28
NHL overall 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -

( 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. ^ Clark Donatelli Hired as WBS Penguins Head Coach. Pittsburgh Penguins , December 23, 2015, accessed April 14, 2017 .
  2. ↑ David Gove Named Nailers Head Coach. Wheeling Nailers , January 21, 2016, accessed April 14, 2017 .
  3. ^ Seth Lakso: Penguins play waiting games. The Times-Tribune, April 29, 2016, accessed April 14, 2017 .
  4. ^ Bill West: Wheeling Nailers name former Penguin as new head coach. TribLive, July 12, 2016, accessed April 14, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Ralph Iannotti: Coach, Retired NHL Player Found Dead Of Apparent Heroin Overdose. Sources: Stamp Bags Of Heroin Found Near Body. CBS Pittsburgh, April 6, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Gove, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gove, David T. (full name); Gove, Dave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Centerville , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH 5th April 2017
Place of death Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania