Ken Daneyko

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Ken Daneyko
Date of birth April 17, 1964
place of birth Windsor , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
number # 3
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 1st round, 18th position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1979-1980 Yorkton Terriers
1980-1981 Spokane Flyers
1981-1983 Seattle Breakers
1983-1984 Kamloops Junior Oilers
1984-2003 New Jersey Devils

Kenneth Stephen "Ken" Daneyko (born April 17, 1964 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who, in the course of his active career between 1980 and 2003, among other things, 1458 games for the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League on the position of the defense attorney has denied. Daneyko, who received the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 2000 , won the Stanley Cup three times with the New Jersey Devils in 1995 , 2000 and 2003. His jersey with number 3 was in 2006 by the Devils blocked .

Career

Ken Daneyko began his career in 1980 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League , where he played for the Spokane Flyers , Seattle Breakers and Kamloops Junior Oilers . In the 1982 NHL Entry Draft he was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the first round at position 18. He did not go straight to the Devils, stayed in the WHL for another year, as well as parts of the 1983/84 season . That season he also made his debut in the National Hockey League and made eleven appearances.

Daneykos number 3 among the New Jersey Devils banned jersey numbers

In the 1984/85 season he played only once for the Devils and completed the season mainly in the American Hockey League with the Maine Mariners , the farm team of New Jersey. In the following season he was allowed to go on the ice for the Devils more often and in the fall of 1986 he had finally won a permanent place in the squad of the New Jersey Devils. In the 1987/88 season he helped that the team improved greatly in the NHL table and for the first time in eleven years again reached the playoffs . In fact, it was the first time since the team moved from Colorado to New Jersey in 1982. In the playoffs they then reached the conference finals. Daneyko was only absent from a few games and thus had a large part in the team's continued development and finally peaked in the 1994/95 season when they won the Stanley Cup for the first time in the history of the franchise .

He experienced one of his personal low points, however, three years later, when he missed most of the 1997/98 season because he had a drinking problem. General Manager Lou Lamoriello stood by him and sent him on a rehab program. Daneyko eventually returned to the team and won the Stanley Cup in 2000 . In addition, Ken Daneyko received the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy , which is awarded to the NHL player who shows perseverance, dedication and fairness in and around the sport of ice hockey.

After winning the Stanley Cup, he began his 18th season with the Devils and two more should follow. With the Stanley Cup win in 2003 , he finally retired as an active athlete from the NHL. The New Jersey Devils hung a banner in his honor on March 24, 2006 with his name and the number 3 on the ceiling of their ice rink, which means that the number is no longer given to any player. Ken Daneyko was one of the defensive specialists among the defenders who preferred the physically tough game. So he played 1283 games in the NHL, but could only score 178 points. However, there are 2516 penalty minutes. His trademark became his laughter, because whenever he opened his mouth, all you could see was an empty area where the front teeth should have been. He lost her when he was shot in the face with a puck.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1979/80 Yorkton Terriers SJHL 1 20th 21st - - - - -
1979/80 Great Falls Americans WHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1980/81 Spokane Flyers WHL 62 6th 13 19th 140 4th 0 0 0 0
1980/81 St. Albert Saints AJHL 1 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
1981/82 Spokane Flyers WHL 26th 1 11 12 147 - - - - -
1981/82 Seattle Breakers WHL 38 1 22nd 23 151 10 1 9 10 42
1981/82 St. Albert Saints AJHL 1 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
1982/83 Seattle Breakers WHL 69 17th 43 60 150 4th 1 3 4th 14th
1983/84 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 19th 6th 28 34 52 17th 4th 9 13 28
1984 Kamloops Junior Oilers Memorial Cup 4th 2 2 4th 10
1983/84 New Jersey Devils NHL 11 1 4th 5 17th - - - - -
1984/85 Maine Mariners AHL 80 4th 9 13 206 11 1 3 4th 36
1984/85 New Jersey Devils NHL 1 0 0 0 10 - - - - -
1985/86 Maine Mariners AHL 21st 3 2 5 75 - - - - -
1985/86 New Jersey Devils NHL 44 0 10 10 100 - - - - -
1986/87 New Jersey Devils NHL 79 2 12 14th 183 - - - - -
1987/88 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 5 7th 12 239 20th 1 6th 7th 83
1988/89 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 5 5 10 283 - - - - -
1989/90 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 6th 15th 21st 216 6th 2 0 2 21st
1990/91 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 4th 16 20th 249 7th 0 1 1 10
1991/92 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 1 7th 8th 170 7th 0 3 3 16
1992/93 New Jersey Devils NHL 84 2 11 13 236 5 0 0 0 8th
1993/94 New Jersey Devils NHL 78 1 9 10 176 20th 0 1 1 45
1994/95 New Jersey Devils NHL 25th 1 2 3 54 20th 1 0 1 22nd
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 2 4th 6th 115 - - - - -
1996/97 New Jersey Devils NHL 77 2 7th 9 70 10 0 0 0 28
1997/98 New Jersey Devils NHL 37 0 1 1 57 6th 0 1 1 10
1998/99 New Jersey Devils NHL 82 2 9 11 63 7th 0 0 0 8th
1999/00 New Jersey Devils NHL 78 0 6th 6th 98 23 1 2 3 14th
2000/01 New Jersey Devils NHL 77 0 4th 4th 87 25th 0 3 3 21st
2001/02 New Jersey Devils NHL 67 0 6th 6th 60 6th 0 0 0 8th
2002/03 New Jersey Devils NHL 69 2 7th 9 33 13 0 0 0 2
WHL overall 215 31 117 148 640 35 6th 21st 27 84
AHL total 101 7th 11 18th 281 11 1 3 4th 36
NHL overall 1283 36 142 178 2516 175 5 17th 22nd 296

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1986 Canada WM 3rd place, bronze 7th 0 0 0 0
1989 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 8th 0 0 0 4th
Men overall 15th 0 0 0 4th

( 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 Daneyko, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Daneyko, Kenneth Stephen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario