Kevin Dean (ice hockey player)

Kevin Dean
Date of birth	April 1st 1969
place of birth	Madison , Wisconsin , USA
size	189 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1987 , 5th lap, 86th position New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1987-1991	University of New Hampshire
1991-1993	Utica Devils Cincinnati Cyclones
1993-1994	Albany River Rats
1994-1999	New Jersey Devils
1999	Atlanta Thrashers
1999-2000	Dallas Stars
2000-2001	Chicago Blackhawks
2001-2002	Milwaukee Admirals

Kevin Charles Dean (born April 1, 1969 in Madison , Wisconsin ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach , who worked for the New Jersey Devils , Atlanta Thrashers , Dallas Stars and Chicago from 1987 to 2002 Blackhawks has played in the National Hockey League . Since June 2017 he has been an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins from the NHL.

Career

Kevin Dean began his career as a hockey player in the team of the University of New Hampshire , for which he was active from 1987 to 1991 in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . As a high school player, he had previously been selected by the New Jersey Devils in the fifth round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft as the 86th player . From 1991 to 1994 the defender was used exclusively for their farm teams , the Utica Devils and Albany River Rats from the American Hockey League , as well as the Cincinnati Cyclones in the ECHL and, after their league change, in the International Hockey League . In the 1994/95 season he made his debut in the National Hockey League . In his rookie year he immediately won the prestigious Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils. He also won the Calder Cup with New Jersey's AHL farm team Albany River Rats . In the AHL he was also elected to the First All-Star Team. In the following four years he was regularly on the ice for the New Jersey Devils in the NHL, but still ran occasionally for Albany in the AHL.

The 1999/2000 season started Dean in New Jersey League rivals Atlanta Thrashers . In December, however, he was transferred to the reigning Stanley Cup winner Dallas Stars . There he stayed not even two months before signing a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks , with whom he had a regular place in the NHL team for the following year and a half. The American spent his last season in professional hockey in the 2001/02 season with the Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL, for which he scored five goals in 76 games and gave 14 assists. He then ended his active career at the age of 33.

Following his playing career, Dean returned to the New Jersey Devils franchise and was an assistant coach for their AHL farm team Lowell Devils for a total of three years from 2007 to 2010 . In the 2010/11 season he was the head coach of their other farm team, the Trenton Devils from the ECHL . In July 2011 Dean was hired by the Providence Bruins from the AHL as an assistant coach, which he finally took over as head coach in July 2016. After a season he was promoted to Bruce Cassidy's assistant with the Boston Bruins , under whom he was already active in Providence.

International

For the USA , Dean took part in the Junior World Championship in 1988 and the A-World Championship in 1998 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1995 AHL All-Star Classic
• 1995 Stanley Cup win with the New Jersey Devils
• 1995 Calder Cup win with the Albany River Rats
• 1995 AHL First All-Star Team

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	7th	331	7th	48	55	138
Playoffs	4th	16	2	2	4th	2

Web links

• Kevin Dean at hockeydb.com (English)
• Kevin Dean at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Kevin Dean at eliteprospects.com (English)