Dan Tessier

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Dan Tessier
Born (1979-01-03) January 3, 1979 (age 45)
Orléans, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for ECHL
Louisiana IceGators
Columbus Cottonmouths
Fresno Falcons
HOL
Amstel Tijgers
DEL2
Fischtown Pinguins
AHL
Toronto Roadrunners
EIHL
Nottingham Panthers
Sheffield Steelers
SUI-B
HC Lausanne
DEL
Füchse Duisburg
IHL
Kalamazoo Wings
Playing career 2000–2012

Dan Tessier (born January 3, 1979) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who last played for the Nottingham Panthers of the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

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He was featured in the first season of Making the Cut: Last Man Standing , a hockey-based reality show which aired in 2004.

Playing career

Tessier played major junior in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) where he served as a team captain for the Ottawa 67's. Establishing his success with faceoffs as a top aspect of his game, he was awarded the OHL Top Faceoff Award in the trophy's inaugural three years through 1998 to 2000, [1] as well as the CHL Top Faceoff Award in 1999. After an 84-point season in 1998–99, Tessier led the 67's to a Memorial Cup championship as the tournament hosts. In his fourth and final year with the 67's, he was named to the OHL First All-Star Team, earned the OHL Humanitarian of the Year for his humanitarian efforts and won Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as the OHL's best overage player with a second consecutive 84-point season.

Undrafted by a National Hockey League (NHL) club, Tessier earned an invite to the Montreal Canadiens training camp in 2000. [2] He spent his professional rookie season in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) with the Louisiana IceGators, recording 35 points in 60 games. The following season, he earned another NHL training camp invite with the Ottawa Senators. [2] Tessier spent the 2001–02 season, however, overseas in the Holland Super League with the Amstel Tijgers where he finished second in league scoring with 43 points in 33 games, as well as first in playoff scoring. [2]

Tessier subsequently bounced between the North American minor professional leagues in the American Hockey League (AHL) and ECHL as well as the European leagues, such as the German 2nd Bundesliga (DEL2), and Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the Swiss Nationalliga B (SUI-B), and the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

In 2004, he competed in the CBC's inaugural season of Making the Cut , a hockey-based reality show in which contestants compete for a spot on one of the six Canadian NHL teams.

On April 6, 2009, Tessier retired from his professional ice hockey career after the Nottingham Panthers' Elite League playoff defeat against Sheffield Steelers. [3]

Hockey camps

In 2002, Tessier branched out by opening his own hockey instruction school for youths during the summer. [2]

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1995–96 Cumberland Grads CJHL 5231528387—————
1996–97 Ottawa 67's OHL 62222749432216710
1997–98 Ottawa 67'sOHL6628376555147121912
1998–99 Ottawa 67'sOHL6936488464802210
1999–2000 Ottawa 67'sOHL5539458466622414
2000–01 Louisiana IceGators ECHL 602015351161436910
2001–02 Amsterdam Tigers NLD 33232043116673108
2002–03 Fischtown Pinguins DEU.2 54192847115—————
2003–04 Toronto Roadrunners AHL 344111520—————
2003–04 Columbus Cottonmouths ECHL3412294132—————
2004–05 Fresno Falcons ECHL60253459114—————
2005–06 Nottingham Panthers EIHL 1911152642—————
2005–06 Lausanne HC CHE.2 2012132548125101520
2006–07 Sheffield Steelers EIHL52196584145213410
2007–08 Füchse Duisburg DEL 1906614—————
2007–08 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 205101532—————
2007–08 Sheffield SteelersEIHL1811162716442610
2008–09 Nottingham PanthersEIHL461848668342248
2010–11 Akwesasne Warriors FHL 1312203223789172
2011–12 Akwesasne WarriorsFHL11615213133362
ECHL totals15457781352621436910
EIHL totals1355914420328610771428

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References

  1. 1 2 "OHL announces award winners". CANOE. 2000-03-26. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Back to school for ex-67 Tessier". Archived from the original on 2003-03-24. Retrieved 2007-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ Nielson backs Panthers to respond
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