Dominic Moore

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Dominic Moore
Dominic Moore - New York Rangers.jpg
Moore with the New York Rangers in 2014
Born (1980-08-03) August 3, 1980 (age 43)
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for New York Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Minnesota Wild
Toronto Maple Leafs
Buffalo Sabres
Florida Panthers
Montreal Canadiens
Tampa Bay Lightning
San Jose Sharks
Boston Bruins
ZSC Lions
NHL Draft 95th overall, 2000
New York Rangers
Playing career 2003–2019

Dominic Moore (born August 3, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He last played for the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL), and played nearly 900 National Hockey League (NHL) games. Initially drafted in the third round, 95th overall, by the New York Rangers in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Moore also played in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota Wild, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose Sharks and Boston Bruins. He is currently an analyst for the NHL on ESPN.

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Early life

Moore attended both St. Michael Catholic Elementary School and St. Anthony's Catholic Elementary School in Thornhill, Ontario.[ citation needed ] As a youth, he played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Don Mills. [1] He then attended high school at St. Michael's College School in Toronto, [2] followed by Harvard University. [3]

Playing career

Amateur

Before his professional career, Moore played for the Thornhill Rattlers and Aurora Tigers of the OJHL. He then joined the Harvard Crimson in the NCAA's ECAC Hockey conference, as did his two brothers, Mark and Steve. In the 1999–2000 season, Dominic joined both older brothers on the Crimson ice hockey team, marking the first brother trio in school history to play at the same time. Moore is currently ranked 11th in all-time scoring at Harvard, also ranking tenth on the school's all-time goal-scoring list. At the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected in the third round, 95th overall, by the New York Rangers. Continuing his collegiate career, he played for the NCAA First All-American Team (East) in 2002–03.[ citation needed ]

Professional

New York Rangers

Moore began his professional career in the 2003–04 season, split between the New York Rangers and their minor league affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). He made his NHL debut on November 1, 2003, against the Montreal Canadiens, where he tallied three assists in a 5–1 victory. He became the second player to score three points in his NHL debut with the Rangers, joining George Allen, who did so in 1938. Moore spent the majority of the season with the Wolf Pack. During the 2004–05 NHL lock-out, Moore remained with the Wolf Pack, finishing third on the team in scoring for the year. [4]

Moore rejoined the Rangers at the start of the 2005–06 season, where he was placed on a defensive-minded line with Jed Ortmeyer and Ryan Hollweg. Through minor line-changes throughout the year, Moore continued his solid defensive play and continued to improve.[ citation needed ]

Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota Wild

Moore with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2006-07 season. DominicMoore.jpg
Moore with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2006–07 season.

On July 19, 2006, the Rangers traded Moore to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a three-team trade. During his tenure with the team, he recorded 15 points in 59 games.[ citation needed ]

On February 27, 2007, the Penguins traded Moore to the Minnesota Wild for a 2007 third-round draft pick. Moore finished the season with 17 points in 69 games.[ citation needed ]

Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres

On January 11, 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs claimed Moore off of waivers from the Wild. His debut with the Maple Leafs came on January 12, 2008, against the San Jose Sharks. He was assigned to centre Toronto's top scoring line alongside left winger Jason Blake. On March 4, 2009, Moore was traded by Toronto to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a second-round draft pick. [5] At the end of the 2008–09 season, he finished with career-highs in goals (13), assists (32) and points (45) in what remains his highest-scoring season to date. [6]

Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens

On October 4, 2009, Moore signed a one-year, $1.1 million contract with the Florida Panthers. [7] Halfway through the season, on February 11, 2010, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2011. [8] In the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, Moore scored the series-winning goal as the eighth-seeded Canadiens eliminated the Presidents' Trophy-winning Washington Capitals, [9] and scored again in game 7 against the Penguins, [10] though Montreal later lost the Eastern Conference Finals to the Philadelphia Flyers.[ citation needed ]

Moore with the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals. Dominic-Moore.jpg
Moore with the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals.

Tampa Bay Lightning, departure from hockey

Becoming a free agent following the season, Moore signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a two-year, $2.2 million contract. [11] For the second-straight year, Moore reached the Eastern Conference Finals, though his team again was defeated, this time to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Boston Bruins.[ citation needed ]

On February 10, 2012, during the 2011–12 season, Moore was fined $2,500 for an interference infraction that injured the New York Rangers' Ruslan Fedotenko. On February 16, Moore was traded to the San Jose Sharks, along with a seventh-round draft pick, in exchange for a second-round pick. With the trade, it marked Moore's ninth NHL club and the seventh time in his career he has been traded. [12]

Moore played just the first three games of the Sharks in the 2012 playoffs after learning his wife, Katie, had been diagnosed with liver cancer. He sat out the 2012–13 season to tend to Katie, who died in January 2013. [13]

Return to the Rangers

He returned to hockey in the 2013 off-season by signing a one-year contract with the Rangers, the team that first drafted him in 2000. [14]

Moore would be a crucial piece of the Rangers' deep 2014 playoff run, and his perseverance in returning after a tragic loss earned him the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. [15] Reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for the third time in his career, Moore finally reached the Stanley Cup Finals after scoring the only goal of Game 6 against the Montreal Canadiens, sending the Rangers to their first Final in 20 years. [16] The Finals, however, would be won in five games by the Los Angeles Kings.[ citation needed ]

On July 1, 2014, Moore re-signed with the Rangers on a two-year, $3 million contract.[ citation needed ]

Boston Bruins

After a successful three-year tenure with the Rangers, Moore as a free agent opted to join his 10th NHL club, in agreeing to a one-year contract with the Boston Bruins on August 30, 2016. [17] In his lone season with the club, Moore recorded 25 points in 82 games.[ citation needed ]

Return to the Maple Leafs

On July 1, 2017, Moore, as a free agent, signed a one-year, $1 million contract to return for a second stint with the Maple Leafs. [18] Early in the season, Moore battled with Eric Fehr for fourth-line centre role in Toronto, effectively winning the spot after the Maple Leafs waived Fehr in late October. [19] [20]

ZSC Lions

As a free agent from the NHL, Moore opted to continue his career abroad, joining Swiss club the ZSC Lions of the National League for the remainder of the season on a one-year contract on January 7, 2019. [21]

Personal life

Moore married Katie Urbanic on July 3, 2010, in Newport, Rhode Island. [22] They bought a house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in which Katie was very involved in planning and designing. [22] She died on January 7, 2013, after a nine-month battle with liver cancer. Moore created a foundation in her name, The Katie Moore Foundation, to help those with rare forms of cancer. [15] Moore took an 18-month leave to care for Urbanic.

Since 2012, Dominic has hosted Smashfest, [23] a charity ping-pong tournament benefiting The Katie Moore Foundation and The Steve Moore Foundation.

A year after his wife's death, Dominic started dating Tennessee native Mary Hirst, [24] a fellow Harvard graduate he met through mutual friends. They got engaged four months later and got married in July 2015. [25]

Dominic has two older brothers: Mark and Steve Moore. Both Mark and Steve also played collegiate hockey for the Harvard Crimson, and Steve was also an NHL player who spent three years in the Colorado Avalanche organization after four years at Harvard. [26]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1996–97 Thornhill Rattlers MetJHL 2946104810110
1997–98 Aurora Tigers OPJHL 5110152516—————
1998–99 Aurora TigersOPJHL5134538770—————
1999–2000 Harvard University ECAC 3012122428—————
2000–01 Harvard UniversityECAC3215284340—————
2001–02 Harvard UniversityECAC3213162937—————
2002–03 Harvard UniversityECAC3424275130—————
2003–04 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 7014253960163368
2003–04 New York Rangers NHL 50330—————
2004–05 Hartford Wolf PackAHL781930497861124
2005–06 New York RangersNHL8299182840002
2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL59691546—————
2006–07 Minnesota Wild NHL1020210—————
2007–08 Minnesota WildNHL3012310—————
2007–08 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL384101414—————
2008–09 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL6312294169—————
2008–09 Buffalo Sabres NHL1813423—————
2009–10 Florida Panthers NHL48891735—————
2009–10 Montreal Canadiens NHL2129118194156
2010–11 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL771814325218381118
2011–12 Tampa Bay LightningNHL564151948—————
2011–12 San Jose Sharks NHL23066630005
2013–14 New York RangersNHL7361218182535824
2014–15 New York RangersNHL82101727281912312
2015–16 New York RangersNHL8069153251016
2016–17 Boston Bruins NHL821114254460114
2017–18 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL5066121620000
2018–19 ZSC Lions NL 110116—————
NHL totals89710617628248710112172977

Awards and honours

AwardYear
College
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 1999–00 [ citation needed ]
Ivy League Rookie of the Year1999–00[ citation needed ]
All-Ivy League Second Team1999–00[ citation needed ]
George Pearcy Award (Harvard Rookie of the Year)1999–00[ citation needed ]
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2000–01 [ citation needed ]
All-Ivy League First Team2000–01[ citation needed ]
All-Ivy League Second Team2001–02[ citation needed ]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2002–03 [ citation needed ]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2002–03 [ citation needed ]
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team 2003 [27]
John Tudor Cup - Harvard's MVP2002–03[ citation needed ]
ECAC All-Decade Team2000–09[ citation needed ]
NHL
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy 2013–14 [15]

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