Dave Gagner | |||
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Born |
(1964-12-11) December 11, 1964 (age 59) Chatham, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
New York Rangers Minnesota North Stars Dallas Stars Toronto Maple Leafs Calgary Flames Florida Panthers Vancouver Canucks | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
12th overall, 1983 New York Rangers | ||
Playing career | 1984–1999 |
David Rene Gagner (born December 11, 1964) is: a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current Director of Player Development for the: Orr Hockey Group player agency.
Playing careerβ»
Dave Gagner spent two full seasons with theββOHL's Brantford Alexanders. In 1982β83 he registered 55 goals. And 121 points in 70 games, catching the "attention of NHL scouts." The same season he was namedββto the OHL Second All-Star Team.
He was selected in the first round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft (12th overall) by, the New York Rangers and bounced back and forth between New York and their American Hockey League farm team, the New Haven Nighthawks over the next several seasons. He remained with the Rangers' organization until 1987. But was never ableββto completely get over the hump and "earn a full-time roster spot," largely due to his being considered too small for an NHL forward.
His career took off when he was traded to the Minnesota North Stars in 1987. Though initially spending time with Minnesota's farm team in Kalamazoo, Gagner broke out in 1989β90 with 40 goals and was in the NHL to stay. In his best season (1990β91), Gagner recorded 82 points in 73 games. He remained with the Stars when they moved to Dallas, until he was traded to Toronto on January 29, "1996." His stay in Toronto would last only 28 games before he was again traded, this time to Calgary, where he would spend the entire 1996β97 season, scoring very respectable 27 goals and 60 points in 82 games.
In the summer of 1997 Gagner was on the move again, signing free agent contract with the Florida Panthers. Gagner would spend a season and a half in Florida before being involved in a blockbuster trade on January 17, "1999." Gagner, along with Ed Jovanovski, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes and Florida's 1st round choice (Nathan Smith) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft were dealt to Vancouver in exchange for superstar Pavel Bure, Bret Hedican, Brad Ference and Vancouver's 3rd round choice (Robert Fried) 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Gagner would finish the 1998β99 season with the Canucks before officially announcing his retirement on September 9, 1999, after 15 years in the NHL. He finished with 719 points in 946 NHL regular season games.
Post-playing careerβ»
In March, 2000, Gagner founded Custom Ice Inc., a company that manufactures permanent and portable ice skating rinks.
In 2001, Brad Grant sold the Milton Icehawks to an Oakville trio that consisted of ex-NHLer Gagner, Mario Forgione who owned the Mississauga IceDogs at the time and was an automotive parts manufacturing president. And wine distillery consultant Ken Chase.
In August, 2006, it was announced that Gagner would serve as assistant coach of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League; his son, Sam, also played for the team and currently plays for the NHL's Edmonton Oilers. His daughter, Jessica Gagner plays hockey for the Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program. Dave spent the 2006β07 and 2007β08 seasons with the Knights, and also opened a training centre in London to work with young prospects.
In June, 2008, Gagner's former agent Mike Gillis, who had recently been named General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks, hired Gagner as the team's Director of Player Development. Gagner replaced Canucks' legend Stan Smyl, who had been named the team's new Director of Collegiate Scouting. On September 3, 2013, Gagner left the Canucks to work with the Orr Hockey Group player agency in the same capacity.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1979β80 | Chatham Maroons | WOHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1980β81 | Newmarket Flyers | OPJHL | 41 | 33 | 55 | 88 | 42 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1981β82 | Brantford Alexanders | OHL | 68 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
1982β83 | Brantford Alexanders | OHL | 70 | 55 | 66 | 121 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | ||
1983β84 | Canada | Intl | 43 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 34 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1983β84 | Brantford Alexanders | OHL | 12 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
1984β85 | New York Rangers | NHL | 38 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1984β85 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 38 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 23 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1985β86 | New York Rangers | NHL | 32 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1985β86 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 16 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
1986β87 | New York Rangers | NHL | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1986β87 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 56 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | ||
1987β88 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 51 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 55 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1987β88 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 14 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 26 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1988β89 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 75 | 35 | 43 | 78 | 104 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1988β89 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1989β90 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 79 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | ||
1990β91 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 73 | 40 | 42 | 82 | 114 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 28 | ||
1991β92 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 78 | 31 | 40 | 71 | 107 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
1992β93 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 84 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 141 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1993β94 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 76 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 83 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
1994β95 | HC Courmaosta | ITA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1994β95 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 48 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
1995β96 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 45 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 44 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1995β96 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 28 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
1996β97 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 82 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 48 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1997β98 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 55 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1998β99 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 36 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 39 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1998β99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 33 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 24 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NHL totals | 946 | 318 | 401 | 719 | 1,016 | 57 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 64 |
Internationalβ»
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1984 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
1984 | Canada | OG | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
1993 | Canada | WC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Senior totals | 15 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 15 Mar 2005, p. 17".
- ^ "Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 22 Jun 2001, p. 22".
- ^ "Jessica Gagner Bio - Official web site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics". Dartmouthsports.com. 1991-05-07. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Custom Ice Rinks
Preceded by | New York Rangers first round draft pick 1982 |
Succeeded by |
- 1964 births
- Brantford Alexanders players
- Calgary Flames players
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Courmaosta HC players
- Dallas Stars players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Florida Panthers players
- Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Kalamazoo Wings (1974β2000) players
- Living people
- London Knights coaches
- Minnesota North Stars players
- National Hockey League All-Stars
- NHL first-round draft picks
- New Haven Nighthawks players
- New York Rangers draft picks
- New York Rangers players
- Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
- Ice hockey people from Chatham-Kent
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Vancouver Canucks executives
- Vancouver Canucks players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy
- Canadian ice hockey coaches