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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personal data
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