Doug Lidster
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
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International
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Career statistics
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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 | |
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1984 | Canada | Olympia | 4th Place | 7th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
1985 | Canada | WM |
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10 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 4th | |
1990 | Canada | WM | 4th Place | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6th | |
1991 | Canada | WM |
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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 )
Web links
- Doug Lidster at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Doug Lidster at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Doug Lidster at hockeydb.com (English)
- Doug Lidster in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lidster, Doug |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lidster, John Douglas Andrew (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kamloops , British Columbia |