Derek Laxdal

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CanadaCanada  Derek Laxdal Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 21, 1966
place of birth Stonewall , Manitoba , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 8th round, 151st position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1982-1983 Portland Winter Hawks
1983-1986 Brandon Wheat Kings
1984-1989 Toronto Maple Leafs
1985-1986 New Westminster Bruins
1985-1986 St. Catharines Saints
1986-1990 Newmarket Saints
1989-1991 New York Islanders
1989-1990 Springfield Indians
1990-1992 Capital District Islanders
1992-1993 Team Canada
1993-1994 Ilves Tampere
1993-1994 Herford EG
1994-1995 Roanoke Express
1995-1996 Humberside Hawks
1996-1998 Nottingham Panthers
1998-1999 Sheffield Steelers
1999-2001 Odessa Jackalopes

Derek Laxdal (born February 21, 1966 in Stonewall , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . During his active career, he played 67 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders in the National Hockey League , but was mostly used in minor leagues . Since the 2014/15 season he has been the head coach of the Texas Stars from the American Hockey League .

Career

player

Laxdal grew up in Manitoba and played from the 1982/83 season for the Portland Winter Hawks , the Brandon Wheat Kings and the New Westminster Bruins in the Western Hockey League (WHL), one of the top three junior leagues in Canadian ice hockey. In the 1984 NHL Entry Draft , he was drafted in the eighth round in 151st position by the Toronto Maple Leafs . Already in the 1984/85 season Laxdal completed his first assignments in the National Hockey League , but initially continued to play in the WHL. From the 1985/86 season Laxdal played in the second-rate American Hockey League (AHL) for the St. Catharines Saints and Newmarket Saints . His most successful NHL season was the 1988/89 season , in which Laxdal played 41 times for the Toronto Maple Leafs and scored nine goals. In the following season 1989/90 Laxdal moved to league rivals New York Islanders , but was mainly used in the AHL teams Springfield Indians and Capital District Islanders .

After a season in which he played for Team Canada , Laxdal moved in 1993 to the Finnish first division club Ilves Tampere . During the 1993/94 season Laxdal then moved to Herford EG in the German third-class Oberliga Nord . With the East Westphalia he reached the promotion playoffs to the 2nd Bundesliga . At the end of the season, the Herford had to file for bankruptcy and Laxdal returned to North America. He joined the Roanoke Express team from the East Coast Hockey League before moving to the Humberside Hawks in the British Hockey League in 1995. A year later Laxdal moved to the Nottingham Panthers , with whom he was British runner-up in 1997 . In 1998 he moved to league rivals Sheffield Steelers , before moving back to North America a year later and ending his career in 2001 with the Odessa Jackalopes .

Derek Laxdal completed a total of 67 games in the National Hockey League and scored twelve goals. He took part with the Canadian U20 national team in the Junior World Cup in 1986 and took second place behind the Soviet Union with his team at the tournament held in their own country . In the 1992/93 season Derek Laxdal completed 51 international matches for Team Canada , in which he scored 13 goals.

Trainer

After his active career, Laxdal became a coach and was initially assistant coach of the Odessa Jackalopes. From the 2002/03 season he worked as a coach of the teams Wichita Thunder , Idaho Steelheads , Edmonton Oil Kings and Texas Stars . While with the Idaho Steelheads, Laxdal led his team to the championship in the 2006/07 . In the 2009/10 Laxdal received the John Brophy Award for Best Trainer. With the Edmonton Oil Kings, Laxdal became champions of the Western Hockey League in the 2011/12 and 2013/14 seasons and led his team to win the Memorial Cup in 2014 .

Subsequently, Laxdal was introduced in July 2014 as the new head coach of the Texas Stars in the AHL.

successes

as a player
as a trainer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Brophy Award Winners. ECHL , accessed December 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Laxdal, Derek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Stonewall , Manitoba