Richie Dunn

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United StatesUnited States  Richie Dunn Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 12, 1957
place of birth Boston , Massachusetts , USA
date of death 20th September 2016
Place of death Clarence , New York , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1975-1976 Kingston Canadians
1976-1977 Windsor Spitfires
1977-1982 Buffalo Sabers
1982-1983 Calgary Flames
1983-1985 Hartford Whalers
1985-1990 Rochester Americans

Richard L. Dunn (born May 12, 1957 in Boston , Massachusetts , † September 20, 2016 in Clarence , New York ) was an American ice hockey player who played 519 games for the Buffalo Sabers between 1977 and 1990 , Calgary Flames and Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League on the position of defender .

Career

Dunn spent his junior years between 1975 and 1977 with the Kingston Canadians and Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League . There the defender completed a total of 148 games, but did not attract the attention of the National Hockey League franchises .

The American came to the 1977/78 season with the Buffalo Sabers in the NHL. First, he spent some time in the first two years in the farm team , the Hershey Bears , in the American Hockey League - with the start of the 1979/80 season , however, Dunn received a regular place in the NHL squad, which he belonged to until the summer of 1982. With 49 scorer points , he completed his best year in the league in the 1980/81 season . In June 1982, the defender was transferred to the Calgary Flames before the 1982 NHL Entry Draft with Don Edwards , the second-round suffrage in the draft of the same year and the first-round suffrage in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft . In return, the Sabers received the first- and second-round voting rights of the Flames in the drafts of 1982 and 1983.

In Calgary, Dunn only spent one playing year before joining the Hartford Whalers with Joel Quenneville in exchange for Mickey Volcan . After he had been a regular player there in the 1983/84 season , he was deported to the farm team in the following year. In the summer of 1985 he finally returned to the Buffalo Sabers as a free agent . There he was active in the following five years mainly for the Rochester Americans farm team in the AHL, with whom he won the Calder Cup in 1987 . After the 1989/90 season he ended his active career at the age of 33.

Dunn died on September 20, 2016 at the age of 59.

International

Dunn represented his country at the World Youth Championship in 1977 and the 1981 Canada Cup and the 1986 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1974/75 Kingston Canadians OMJHL - - - - - 8th 1 1 2 4th
1975/76 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 61 7th 18th 25th 62 - - - - -
1976/77 Windsor Spitfires OMJHL 66 5 21st 26th 98 - - - - -
1977/78 Hershey Bears AHL 54 7th 22nd 29 17th - - - - -
1977/78 Buffalo Sabers NHL 25th 0 3 3 16 1 0 0 0 2
1978/79 Hershey Bears AHL 34 5 18th 23 10 4th 0 1 1 4th
1978/79 Buffalo Sabers NHL 24 0 3 3 14th - - - - -
1979/80 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 7th 31 38 61 14th 2 8th 10 8th
1980/81 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 7th 42 49 34 8th 0 5 5 6th
1981/82 Buffalo Sabers NHL 72 7th 19th 26th 73 4th 0 1 1 0
1982/83 Calgary Flames NHL 80 3 11 14th 47 9 1 1 2 8th
1983/84 Hartford Whalers NHL 63 5 20th 25th 30th - - - - -
1984/85 Binghamton Whalers AHL 64 9 39 48 43 8th 2 2 4th 8th
1984/85 Hartford Whalers NHL 13 1 4th 5 2 - - - - -
1985/86 Rochester Americans AHL 34 6th 17th 23 12 - - - - -
1985/86 Buffalo Sabers NHL 29 4th 5 9 25th - - - - -
1986/87 Rochester Americans AHL 64 6th 26th 32 47 18th 1 6th 7th 6th
1986/87 Buffalo Sabers NHL 2 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1987/88 Rochester Americans AHL 68 12 35 47 52 7th 3 3 6th 2
1987/88 Buffalo Sabers NHL 12 2 0 2 8th - - - - -
1988/89 Rochester Americans AHL 69 9 35 44 81 - - - - -
1988/89 Buffalo Sabers NHL 4th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1989/90 Rochester Americans AHL 41 7th 7th 14th 34 7th 0 4th 4th 4th
OMJHL overall 127 12 39 51 160 21st 1 6th 7th 12
AHL total 428 62 199 261 296 44 6th 16 22nd 24
NHL overall 483 36 140 176 314 36 3 15th 18th 24

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1977 United States June World Cup 7th place 7th 2 1 3 0
1981 United States Canada Cup 4th Place 6th 1 3 4th 4th
1986 United States WM 6th place 10 1 1 2 2
Juniors overall 7th 2 1 3 0
Men overall 16 2 4th 6th 6th

( 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 Dunn, Richie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dunn, Richard L. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH 20th September 2016
Place of death Clarence , New York