Dennis Desrosiers

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Dennis Desrosiers
Born (1949-03-28) March 28, 1949 (age 76)
Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for EHL
Clinton Comets
IHL
Saginaw Gears
Flint Generals
AHL
New Haven Nighthawks
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 19701983

Dennis Desrosiers (born March 28, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 13 professional seasons, mostly in the International Hockey League (IHL) where he played 532 games, scoring 312 goals and 277 points for 589 points, and earning 1690 penalty minutes. Following his retirement as a player, Desrosiers spent the next 18 seasons a head coach in the IHL, ECHL, UHL and OHL. He was then Saginaw Spirit's radio colour commentator from 2004-2012.

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Playing career

Desrosiers began his professional career in 1970 with the Clinton Comets of the Eastern Hockey League where he played two seasons before joining the Saginaw Gears of the International Hockey League (IHL) for their inaugural 1972-73 season. With the exception of 28 games played in the American Hockey League with the New Haven Nighthawks during the 1973–74 season, Desrosiers remained with the Gears until the 1981–82 season when he joined the Flint Generals, first as a player and then, beginning with the 1983–84 season, as Flint's head coach.

Coaching career

After two seasons as the head coach for the Flint Generals, Desrosiers was hired as the head coach for the Saginaw Generals starting with the 1985–86 season, leaving after two seasons to become the head coach for the Cincinnati Cyclones of the IHL. He continued as a head coach with the Birmingham Bulls (1996-2000) and the Kalamazoo Wings (2000-2002), before returning to Saginaw in 2002 to be named as the first head coach for the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League.

Broadcasting career

In 2004, after two seasons as the Spirit's head coach, Desrosiers joined the Saginaw Spirit radio broadcast team as the colour commentator, a position he held until 2012 when he left the team to relocate to North Carolina. [1] He returned in 2014 to the radio booth after a two-year absence. [2]

Awards and honours

In 2006, Desrosiers was inducted into the Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame. [3]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1970–71 Clinton Comets EHL-Sr. 7426295520152242
1971–72Clinton CometsEHL-Sr.7541357626754262
1972–73 Saginaw Gears IHL 70603797186
1973–74 Saginaw GearsIHL391817354313561152
1973–74 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 284121638
1974–75 Saginaw GearsIHL674436802251923153852
1975–76 Saginaw GearsIHL6940418125412381158
1976–77 Saginaw GearsIHL754650962551912112367
1977–78 Saginaw GearsIHL78514495288502214
1978–79 Saginaw GearsIHL36141327170
1979–80 Saginaw GearsIHL12281053732533
1980–81 Saginaw GearsIHL20005
1981–82 Saginaw GearsIHL20110
1982–83 Flint Generals IHL181110214143364
1982–83 Flint GeneralsIHL64262046170210120
IHL totals5323122775891,69081504797300

References

  1. Dennis Desrosiers stepping down from Saginaw Spirit radio broadcast team | MLive.com
  2. "Dennis Desrosiers returns to Saginaw Spirit radio booth". August 2014.
  3. "Dennis Desrosiers". Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame. September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2023.