Taylor Dakers

Taylor Dakers
Date of birth	September 14, 1986
place of birth	Langley , British Columbia , Canada
size	189 cm
Weight	81 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 39
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2005 , 5th lap, 140th position San Jose Sharks
Career stations
2003-2007	Kootenay Ice
2007-2009	Worcester Sharks

Taylor Dakers (born September 14, 1986 in Langley , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper . Most recently he played for the Worcester Sharks in the American Hockey League .

Career

Dakers was initially selected by the Kootenay Ice in the 2001 WHL Bantam Draft . For the 2003/04 season he then moved to the team in the Western Hockey League . The Canadian played a mixed rookie season , but improved his statistics in the following season significantly and was selected in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round in 140th position by the San Jose Sharks . In the following two game years he stayed in Kootenay before he signed his first professional contract with the Sharks in June 2006 and was invited to the pre-season training camp. Dakers returned due to the great competition on the goalkeeper position, both in the NHL squad and in the AHL squad of the farm team Worcester Sharks , for another year to the Ice and showed strong performances.

After his team in the seventh game of the first playoff round in 2007 against the Calgary Hitmen was eliminated, it appealed the San Jose Sharks in their playoff roster to serve as the third goalkeeper for a violation of the goalkeeper Evgeni Nabokov and Vesa Toskala as up back- to stand and through training with the team to gain initial experience with the environment of the National Hockey League. After he took part in the San Joses training camp for the second time in the summer, he was then transferred to the farm team of the Worcester Sharks in the American Hockey League for further development support, where he was repeatedly deployed as a substitute behind Thomas Greiss or Dimitri Pätzold . By signing another goalkeeper for the NHL roster of the Sharks Dakers was sent to the second farm team Phoenix RoadRunners in the ECHL in March 2008 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 WHL East Second All-Star Team

Career statistics

				Regular season									Playoffs
season	team	league		GP	W.	L.	T	MIN	GA	SO	ATM		GP	W.	L.	T	MIN	GA	SO	ATM
2003-04	Kootenay Ice	WHL		19th	6th	10	0	856	48	1	3.36		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Kootenay Ice	WHL		23	13	7th	2	1303	44	4th	2.03		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Kootenay Ice	WHL		47	30th	15th	1	2671	94	8th	2.11		6th	2	4th	-	378	23	0	3.65
2006-07	Kootenay Ice	WHL		48	33	10	4th	2831	102	5	2.16		7th	3	4th	-	429	18th	1	2.52
2007-08	Worcester Sharks	AHL		22nd	7th	11	1	1226	64	0	3.13		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Phoenix RoadRunners	ECHL		15th	6th	7th	2	899	35	0	2.34		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	Worcester Sharks	AHL		21st	11	9	0	1220	58	1	2.85		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WHL overall				137	82	42	7th	7661	288	18th	2.29		13	5	8th	-	807	41	1	3.04
ECHL total				15th	6th	7th	2	899	35	0	2.34		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				43	18th	20th	1	2446	122	1	2.99		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Taylor Dakers at hockeydb.com (English)
• Taylor Dakers at hockeygoalies.org