Davis Payne

Davis Payne
Date of birth	September 24, 1970
place of birth	Port Alberni , British Columbia , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 7th lap, 140th position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1988-1992	Michigan Technological University
1992-1995	Greensboro Monarchs
1995-1997	Boston Bruins Providence Bruins
1997-1998	San Antonio Dragons
1998-2000	Greenville Grrrowl

Davis Payne (born September 24, 1970 in Port Alberni , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . During his active career, the left winger played 22 games for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League , but was mostly used in minor leagues . He then worked in the NHL as head coach of the St. Louis Blues (2010-2011) and has currently been an assistant coach for the Ottawa Senators since June 2019 .

Career

As a player

Davis Payne played in his youth for the Kamloops Lions and the Kamloops Chiefs in regional junior leagues in British Columbia . In 1988 he enrolled at Michigan Technological University and ran from then on for their ice hockey team, the Huskies , in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a league in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). While at Michigan Tech, the winger was selected in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in 140th position by the Edmonton Oilers , but without ever playing for the team. Rather, he succeeded after four college years for the 1992/93 season with the Greensboro Monarchs from the ECHL the leap into the professional field. There the Canadian appeared as a regular scorer and already appeared in higher-class leagues the following year, for the Phoenix Roadrunners in the International Hockey League (IHL) and for the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League (AHL).

While Payne was still mainly active for Greensboro in the ECHL, he ran briefly in the 1994/95 season for the Providence Bruins in the AHL. There he recommended himself for the National Hockey League (NHL), so that he was taken in September 1995 by the Boston Bruins under contract, the NHL cooperation partner of Providence. In the following two years, the attacker played a total of 22 NHL games for Boston, while he was mainly used in the AHL. It followed a year with the San Antonio Dragons in the IHL before he let his career in the ECHL end with the Greenville Grrrowl . After the 1999/00 season he ended his active career.

As a trainer and functionary

Payne as the head coach of the St. Louis Blues

Davis Payne
Coaching stations
2000-2003	Pee Dee Pride
2003-2007	Alaska Aces
2007-2010	Peoria Rivermen
2010-2011	St. Louis Blues
2012-2017	Los Angeles Kings (assistant coach)
2017-2019	Buffalo Sabers (assistant coach)
since 2019	Ottawa Senators (Assistant Coach)

Immediately at the end of his active career, Payne was hired as an assistant coach at the Greenville Grrrowl and took over the position of head coach at the Pee Dee Pride in the ECHL during his first season . He trained this until 2003, when he moved to the Alaska Aces within the league . He directed their fortunes for four years, during which the team won the playoffs for the Kelly Cup in 2006 and he was personally honored the following year with the John Brophy Award as ECHL's best coach. He then moved to the AHL to the Peoria Rivermen , which he also took over as head coach after a year as an assistant for the 2008/09 season. After a year and a half in this role, the St. Louis Blues , the Rivermen's NHL cooperation partner , dismissed their head coach Andy Murray , so that Payne was installed as his successor on an interim basis in January 2010. Although he missed the playoffs with the Blues, he still received management's trust beyond this season. After he was unable to reach the post-season after the 2010/11 season and started the following season with only six wins, Payne was relieved of his duties in November 2011 and replaced by Ken Hitchcock .

The Canadian then moved to the Los Angeles Kings as Darryl Sutter's assistant , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in the 2014 playoffs . After five years in California, the entire coaching team was fired after the 2016/17 season, so that he was employed in the same position by the Buffalo Sabers . However, under Phil Housley it was not possible to lead the Sabers back to the playoffs, so that his tenure there came to an end after two years. A little later, the Ottawa Senators announced in June 2019 that they had signed Payne as DJ Smith's new assistant .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Kelly Cup win with the Alaska Aces
• 2007 John Brophy Award
• 2014 Stanley Cup win with the Los Angeles Kings (as assistant coach)

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1988/89	Michigan Technological University	NCAA		35	5	3	8th	38
1989/90	Michigan Technological University	NCAA		30th	11	10	21st	81
1990/91	Michigan Technological University	NCAA		41	15th	20th	35	82
1991/92	Michigan Technological University	NCAA		24	6th	1	7th	71
1992/93	Greensboro Monarchs	ECHL		57	15th	20th	35	178		1	0	0	0	4th
1993/94	Greensboro Monarchs	ECHL		36	17th	17th	34	139		8th	2	1	3	27
1993/94	Phoenix Roadrunners	IHL		22nd	6th	3	9	51		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Rochester Americans	AHL		2	0	0	0	5		3	0	2	2	0
1994/95	Greensboro Monarchs	ECHL		62	25th	36	61	195		17th	7th	10	17th	38
1994/95	Providence Bruins	AHL		2	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Providence Bruins	AHL		51	17th	22nd	39	72		4th	1	4th	5	2
1995/96	Boston Bruins	NHL		7th	0	0	0	7th		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Providence Bruins	AHL		57	18th	15th	33	104		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Boston Bruins	NHL		15th	0	1	1	7th		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	San Antonio Dragons	IHL		59	15th	10	25th	117		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Providence Bruins	AHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Greenville Grrrowl	ECHL		43	19th	20th	39	96		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Greenville Grrrowl	ECHL		48	22nd	25th	47	104		5	0	0	0	6th
NCAA overall				130	37	34	71	272
ECHL total				246	98	118	216	712		31	9	11	20th	75
IHL total				81	21st	13	34	168		-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				115	36	37	73	181		7th	1	6th	7th	2
NHL overall				22nd	0	1	1	14th		-	-	-	-	-

( 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 )

NHL coaching statistics

				Regular season							Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	N	U	Pt	space		Sp	S.	N	result
2009/10	St. Louis Blues	NHL		42	23	15th	4th	50	4th, Central		does not qualify
2010/11	St. Louis Blues	NHL		82	38	33	11	87	4th, Central		does not qualify
2011/12	St. Louis Blues	NHL		13	6th	7th	0	13	-		dismiss
NHL overall				137	67	55	15th	149	0 division title		-	-	-	0 Stanley Cups

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

Web links

Commons : Davis Payne  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Davis Payne at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Davis Payne in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Davis Payne at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ottawa Senators name Davis Payne assistant coach. nhl.com, June 30, 2019, accessed July 5, 2019 .