Dan Currie (ice hockey)

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Dan Currie
Born (1968-03-15) March 15, 1968 (age 55)
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Edmonton Oilers
Los Angeles Kings
NHL Draft 84th overall, 1986
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 19872003

Dan Currie (born March 15, 1968) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger.

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Biography

Currie was born in Burlington, Ontario. As a youth, Currie played in the 1981 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Burlington. [1] He played junior hockey for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League and played for the Canada national junior hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. [2]

He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the fourth round of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft and joined their American Hockey League minor league affiliate Cape Breton Oilers at the end of the 1987–88 season. He spent the next five seasons in the Oilers' organization, but only played in 17 games for the NHL team. Currie signed with the Los Angeles Kings for the 1993–94 season, but only played in five games for the Kings that season. He spent most of that year and the next four seasons in the International Hockey League.[ citation needed ]

Currie played in the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the 1998–99 season, followed by two seasons playing for Bakersfield in the West Coast Hockey League. He returned to Europe for one season in the Italian Serie A and one season in the British National League.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1984–85 Burlington Cougars CJHL 20000
1985–86 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 6621224337
1986–87 Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsOHL663152835342132
1987–88 Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsOHL57505910953639124
1987–88 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 3426054370
1988–89 Cape Breton OilersAHL7729366529
1989–90 Cape Breton OilersAHL773640762864480
1990–91 Edmonton Oilers NHL 50004
1990–91 Cape Breton OilersAHL714745925143148
1991–92 Edmonton OilersNHL71010
1991–92 Cape Breton OilersAHL665042923954594
1992–93 Edmonton OilersNHL50004
1992–93 Cape Breton OilersAHL755741987316741129
1993–94 Los Angeles Kings NHL51120
1993–94 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 7437498696
1994–95 Phoenix RoadrunnersIHL162688
1994–95 Minnesota Moose IHL541835533430002
1995–96 Chicago Wolves IHL7939347353954912
1996–97 Chicago WolvesIHL5518102818
1996–97 Fort Wayne Komets IHL241012226
1997–98 Fort Wayne KometsIHL772922511740222
1998–99 Hannover Scorpions DEL 446121850
1999–00 Bakersfield Condors WCHL 704241833442132
2000–01 Bakersfield CondorsWCHL532027473430002
2001–02 HC Bolzano Italy 2710162626
2001–02 HC Merano Italy1496156
2002–03 Hull Thunder BNL 51452
2004–05 Dundas Real McCoys MLH 282025454
2005–06Dundas Real McCoysMLH10000
NHL totals222134
AHL totals3692232064292203622173941
IHL totals37915316832123216561116

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References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  2. "WJHC History (Gold) - 1988". Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-06.