David Latta
 David Latta 
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| Date of birth | 3rd January 1967 |
| place of birth | Thunder Bay , Ontario , Canada |
| size | 185 cm |
| Weight | 88 kg |
| position | Left wing |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1985 , 1st lap, 15th position Quebec Nordiques |
| Career stations | |
| 1983-1987 | Kitchener Rangers |
| 1987-1989 | Quebec Nordiques |
| 1989-1991 | Halifax Citadels |
| 1991-1992 | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 1992-1993 | EC Bad Nauheim |
| 1993-1994 |
EC Bad Tölz EC Peiting |
| 1994-1995 | EHC Zweibrücken |
| 1995-1996 | EC Bad Toelz |
| 1996-1997 | EC Peiting Manchester Storm |
| 1997-1998 | Anchorage Aces |
David "Dave" Latta (born January 3, 1967 in Thunder Bay , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played in the NHL for the Québec Nordiques and in the German ice hockey league for the Adler Mannheim and the Augsburg Panthers .
Career
The 1.86 m tall winger began his career with the Kitchener Rangers in the Canadian Junior League OHL before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft as 15th in the first round by the Nordiques .
The left-shooter made his first NHL appearance in the 1985/86 season , but during his entire time in Québec he never got beyond the role of a supplementary player. Most of the time Latta spent with the Fredericton Express and the Halifax Citadels , two farm teams of the Nordiques in the American Hockey League . In the 1992/93 season , the Canadian moved to the 2nd German Bundesliga at EC Bad Nauheim , and via EC Bad Tölz and EC Peiting , he finally got to Adler Mannheim for the 1994/95 DEL premiere season . Another DEL station in Latta was the Augsburg Panthers in the 1995/96 season , but the Canadian never made a breakthrough in the highest German professional game class.
Latta ended his career in 1998 with the Anchorage Aces in the US Minor League WCHL , previously he had been active in the British Ice Hockey Superleague with the Manchester Storm .
International
For the Canadian U20 national team Dave Latta denied the Junior World Cup in 1987 , but in which the team was disqualified after a mass brawl in the game against the Soviet Union .
Career statistics
| Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1983/84 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 66 | 17th | 26th | 43 | 54 | 16 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 9 | ||
| 1984/85 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 52 | 38 | 27 | 65 | 26th | 4th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 4th | ||
| 1985/86 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 55 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 60 | 5 | 7th | 1 | 8th | 15th | ||
| 1985/86 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1985/86 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1986/87 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 50 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 46 | 4th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1987/88 | Fredericton Express | AHL | 34 | 11 | 21st | 32 | 28 | 15th | 9 | 4th | 13 | 24 | ||
| 1987/88 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1988/89 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 42 | 20th | 26th | 46 | 36 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1988/89 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 24 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1989/90 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 34 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1990/91 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 22nd | 4th | 7th | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1990/91 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1991/92 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 76 | 18th | 27 | 45 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||
| 1992/93 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 13 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1992/93 | EC Bad Nauheim | 2nd BL | 26th | 26th | 25th | 51 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993/94 | EC Bad Toelz | OIL | 25th | 30th | 34 | 64 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993/94 | EC Peiting | OIL | 29 | 33 | 31 | 64 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | EHC Zweibrücken | 2nd Lg | 44 | 67 | 147 | 214 | 252 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | EC Bad Toelz | 1. Lg | 33 | 14th | 26th | 40 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | EHC Zweibrücken | 2nd Lg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | Augsburg panther | DEL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996/97 | EC Peiting | 1. Lg | 10 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1996/97 | Manchester Storm | BISL | 21st | 1 | 3 | 4th | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997/98 | Anchorage Aces | WCHL | 48 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| OHL total | 223 | 123 | 133 | 256 | 186 | 29 | 12 | 14th | 26th | 30th | ||||
| AHL total | 208 | 64 | 86 | 150 | 221 | 24 | 10 | 7th | 17th | 28 | ||||
| NHL overall | 36 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Oberliga / 2. League overall | 99 | 130 | 213 | 343 | 312 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 2nd Bundesliga / 1st League overall | 69 | 42 | 55 | 97 | 118 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| DEL total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
( 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 )
family
His brother Ken was also a professional ice hockey player and currently works as a coach. His nephew Nick is also a professional ice hockey player.
Web links
- David Latta at hockeydb.com (English)
- David Latta at eurohockey.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Latta, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Latta, Dave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd January 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thunder Bay , Ontario, Canada |