Doug Lidster

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CanadaCanada  Doug Lidster Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 18, 1960
place of birth Kamloops , British Columbia , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1980 , 7th lap, 133rd position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1977-1988 Kamloops Chiefs
1978-1979 Kamloops Rockets
1979-1983 Colorado College
1983-1993 Vancouver Canucks
1993-1994 New York Rangers
1994-1995 St. Louis Blues
1995-1998 New York Rangers
1999 Dallas Stars

John Douglas Andrew "Doug" Lidster (born October 18, 1960 in Kamloops , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 977 games for the Vancouver Canucks , New York, between 1977 and 1999 Rangers , St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars played in the National Hockey League on the position of fullback . Lidster celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the New York Rangers when he won the Stanley Cup in 1994 .

Career

Doug Lidster began his career as a hockey player in his hometown, where he was active from 1977 to 1979 for the Kamloops Chiefs and Kamloops Rockets in the Canadian junior league British Columbia Hockey League . He then attended Colorado College for four years , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In 1982 and 1983 he was elected to the First All-Star Team of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , and in 1983 to the First All-Star Team of the Western Conference of the NCAA. During his college days, the defender was selected in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft in the seventh round as a total of 133 players by the Vancouver Canucks . For the Canucks he played from 1983 to 1993 in the National Hockey League and developed into one of the team's leading players.

For the 1993/94 season Lidster was given in exchange for John Vanbiesbrouck to the New York Rangers , with whom he immediately won the prestigious Stanley Cup . Following this success he was transferred to the St. Louis Blues together with Esa Tikkanen in exchange for Petr Nedvěd . There, too, he only stayed a year before returning to the Rangers, for whom he was active for another three seasons. After he was previously without a club, the experienced Canadian signed a contract as a free agent with the Dallas Stars in late February 1999 , which won the Stanley Cup in the 1998/99 season . However, he himself did not play enough games to be engraved on the trophy. He then ended his career at the age of 38.

In the 2002/03 season Lidster was active as an assistant coach for the Medicine Hat Tigers from the junior Western Hockey League . For the 2004/05 season he was the head coach of the Saginaw Spirit from the Ontario Hockey League , but was replaced during the season by the American Bob Mancini. After working as an assistant coach for the Canadian women's national team , he was assistant coach for the Texas Stars from 2012 to 2014 . In July 2014, the Vancouver Canucks signed him in the same position, where he assisted Willie Desjardins . Together with him, Lidster was dismissed after the 2016/17 season.

International

For Canada , Lidster took part in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . He was also in his country's squad at the 1985 , 1990 and 1991 World Championships .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1982 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1983 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1983 NCAA West First All-Star Team

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1977/78 Kamloops Chiefs BCJHL 64 24 39 63 46 - - - - -
1977/78 Seattle Breakers WCHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1978/79 Kamloops Rockets BCJHL 59 36 47 83 50 - - - - -
1979/80 Colorado College WCHA 39 18th 25th 43 52
1980/81 Colorado College WCHA 36 10 30th 40 54
1981/82 Colorado College WCHA 36 13 22nd 35 32
1982/83 Colorado College WCHA 34 15th 41 56 30th
1983/84 Hockey Canada International 59 6th 20th 26th 28
1983/84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 8th 0 0 0 4th 2 0 1 1 0
1984/85 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 6th 24 30th 55 - - - - -
1985/86 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 12 16 28 56 3 0 1 1 2
1986/87 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 12 51 63 40 - - - - -
1987/88 Vancouver Canucks NHL 64 4th 32 36 105 - - - - -
1988/89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 63 5 17th 22nd 78 7th 1 1 2 9
1989/90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 8th 28 36 36 - - - - -
1990/91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 6th 32 38 77 6th 0 2 2 6th
1991/92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 66 6th 23 29 39 11 1 2 3 11
1992/93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 71 6th 19th 25th 36 12 0 3 3 8th
1993/94 New York Rangers NHL 34 0 2 2 33 9 2 0 2 10
1994/95 St. Louis Blues NHL 37 2 7th 9 12 4th 0 0 0 2
1995/96 New York Rangers NHL 59 5 9 14th 50 7th 1 0 1 6th
1996/97 New York Rangers NHL 48 3 4th 7th 24 15th 1 5 6th 8th
1997/98 New York Rangers NHL 36 0 4th 4th 24 - - - - -
1998/99 Hockey Canada International 38 4th 15th 19th 64
1998/99 Dallas Stars NHL 17th 0 0 0 10 4th 0 0 0 2
BCJHL total 123 60 86 146 96 - - - - -
NCAA overall 145 56 118 174 158
NHL overall 897 75 268 343 679 80 6th 15th 21st 64

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1984 Canada Olympia 4th Place 7th 0 2 2 2
1985 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 10 3 1 4th 4th
1990 Canada WM 4th Place 10 1 0 0 6th
1991 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 10 1 4th 5 8th
Men overall

( 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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