David Walker (ice hockey player)

David Walker
Date of birth	June 13, 1979
place of birth	Bridgewater , Nova Scotia , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1996-2000	Moncton Wildcats
2000-2004	Dalhousie University
2004-2007	Long Beach Ice Dogs
2007-2008	Laredo Bucks
2008-2011	Ontario Reign
2011–2012	Schwenninger Wild Wings

David Walker (born June 13, 1979 in Bridgewater , Nova Scotia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player .

Career

David Walker began his career in 1996 with the Moncton Wildcats in the Québec Major Junior Hockey League . By 2000, he played 72 games for the Wildcats. Walker then majored in Political Science and History at Dalhousie University . During these four years he was also active for the team called Dalhousie Tigers , which is organized in the game operations of the Canadian University Championship Canadian Interuniversity Sport .

In the summer of 2004, Walker signed his first professional contract with the Long Beach Ice Dogs from the ECHL . In his three years with the Ice Dogs, he reached the play-offs once . After his team stopped playing in 2007, the Canadian joined the Laredo Bucks from the Central Hockey League . With the Bucks he got into the third play-off round. Walker then signed as the first player ever to play with the Ontario Reign , who started playing in the ECHL for the 2008/09 season. He stayed there for two years and reached the play-offs in 2009. On June 4, 2010, the Iserlohn Roosters from the German Ice Hockey League announced the Canadian's commitment. He first signed a trial contract until the end of August and came on the recommendation of former roosters trainer Greg Poss , who most recently worked as an assistant trainer for the Ontario Reign. On August 26, 2010, the Roosters announced that they would not renew Walker's contract because he was unable to fully meet expectations. In June 2011 he was signed by the Schwenninger Wild Wings for one year.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 ECHL All-Star Game

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1996/97	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL		17th	1	4th	5	32		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL		41	0	8th	8th	226		4th	0	0	0	14th
1999/00	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL		10	0	0	0	89		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Dalhousie University	CIS		24	3	7th	10	46
2001/02	Dalhousie University	CIS		26th	3	4th	7th	48
2002/03	Dalhousie University	CIS		28	5	9	14th	49
2003/04	Dalhousie University	CIS		28	4th	16	20th	36
2004/05	Long Beach Ice Dogs	ECHL		65	6th	15th	21st	119		6th	1	0	1	12
2005/06	Long Beach Ice Dogs	ECHL		59	1	10	11	82		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Long Beach Ice Dogs	ECHL		57	1	14th	15th	151		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Laredo Bucks	CHL		38	1	14th	15th	88		11	0	3	3	25th
2008/09	Ontario Reign	ECHL		70	7th	21st	28	136		7th	0	1	1	9
2009/10	Ontario Reign	ECHL		71	7th	35	42	106		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Ontario Reign	ECHL		69	5	33	38	106		-	-	-	-	-
QMJHL total				68	1	12	13	317		4th	0	0	0	14th
CIS total				106	15th	36	51	179
ECHL total				391	27	128	155	700		13	1	1	2	21st

( 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 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roosters are currently giving last place on the defensive ( memento of the original from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• David Walker at hockeydb.com (English)
• David Walker at eliteprospects.com (English)