Denny Lambert

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Flag of Canada.svg  Denny Lambert Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 9, 1970
place of birth Wawa , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1986-1987 Sault Ste. Marie Legion
1987-1988 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds
1988-1991 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1991-1995 San Diego Gulls
1995-1996 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1996-1998 Ottawa Senators
1998-1999 Nashville Predators
1999-2001 Atlanta Thrashers
2001-2002 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2002-2003 Milwaukee Admirals

Denny Lambert (born January 9, 1970 in Wawa , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Ottawa Senators , Nashville Predators and Atlanta Thrashers during his active career in the National Hockey League . Lambert became known as an enforcer during his career .

Player career

The Canadian began his career as a teenager with the Sault Ste. Marie Legion and Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds, where he was active in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association . He then went three years in the Ontario Hockey League for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on the ice. In 1991 Lambert joined the San Diego Gulls and completed a total of 74 games in the International Hockey League in the 1991/92 season , scoring 31 points and receiving 229 penalty minutes. In the following season, the left winger was mostly in action with the Gulls and also played five games for the St. Thomas Wildcats from the Colonial Hockey League .

In August 1993 he signed, without ever having been selected in an NHL Entry Draft , as a free agent a contract with the newly formed NHL franchise the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . However, Lambert spent the following two years in the IHL with the San Diego Gulls and returned to Anaheim in 1995 to gain his first experience in the National Hockey League in the 1994/95 season . The following year he played mostly with the Baltimore Bandits in the American Hockey League , but received regular assignments with the Ducks and then finally made the jump into the NHL team.

After his contract with the Californians was not renewed, he signed in July 1996 - again as a free agent - a contract with the Ottawa Senators . There he immediately established himself as a regular player and completed a total of 169 games for the Senators in two years. At the NHL Expansion Draft in 1998 he was selected from the newly founded franchise of the Nashville Predators and played a total of 76 games for the team from Tennessee in the 1998/99 season , in which he scored 16 points. On August 16, 1999, these gave him in a transfer to the Atlanta Thrashers , in exchange Randy Robitaille went to the Predators. After Lambert was one of the regulars with the Thrashers, he was transferred to Anaheim on July 2, 2001 in an exchange deal. At the Ducks he was able to fight for a regular place, but his contract was not extended after only one season. As a clubless player, he moved to the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League in January 2003 and let his active career end there.

Coaching career

On July 11, 2003, Lambert announced the end of his career as an active player, at the same time he was appointed assistant coach at Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds appointed. In the following five years he was active in this position and worked together with head coach Craig Hartsburg , among others . After Hartsburg took over the Ottawa Senators in June 2008, Lambert was appointed head coach of Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds appointed. After the 2008/09 season ended with 19 wins and 45 losses, he was able to have a positive balance for the first time in the following season with 36 wins and 27 losses.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988-89 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 61 14th 15th 29 203 - - - - -
1989-90 Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds OHL 61 23 29 52 276 - - - - -
1990-91 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 59 28 39 67 169 14th 7th 9 16 48
1991-92 San Diego Gulls IHL 71 17th 14th 31 229 3 0 0 0 10
1992-93 St. Thomas Wildcats CoHL 5 2 6th 8th 9 - - - - -
San Diego Gulls IHL 56 18th 12 30th 277 14th 1 1 2 44
1993-94 San Diego Gulls IHL 79 13 14th 27 314 6th 1 0 1 45
1994-95 San Diego Gulls IHL 75 25th 35 60 222 - - - - -
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 13 1 3 4th 4th - - - - -
1995-96 Baltimore Bandits AHL 44 14th 28 42 126 12 3 9 12 39
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 33 0 8th 8th 55 - - - - -
1996-97 Ottawa Senators NHL 80 4th 16 20th 217 6th 0 1 1 9
1997-98 Ottawa Senators NHL 72 9 10 19th 250 11 0 0 0 19th
1998-99 Nashville Predators NHL 76 5 11 16 218 - - - - -
1999-00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 73 5 6th 11 219 - - - - -
2000-01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 67 1 7th 8th 215 - - - - -
2001-02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 73 2 5 7th 213 - - - - -
2002-03 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 39 12 12 24 132 6th 2 2 4th 42
OHL total 181 65 83 148 648 14th 2 9 11 35
Total CoHL 5 2 6th 8th 9 - - - - -
IHL total 281 73 75 148 1042 23 2 1 3 99
AHL total 83 26th 40 66 258 18th 5 11 16 81
NHL overall 487 27 66 93 1391 17th 0 1 1 28

( 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 Lambert, Denny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Wawa , Ontario , Canada