Doug Bodger

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Doug Bodger
Born (1966-06-18) June 18, 1966 (age 57)
Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins
Buffalo Sabres
San Jose Sharks
New Jersey Devils
Los Angeles Kings
Vancouver Canucks
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL draft 9th overall, 1984
Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career 19842000

Douglas Paul Bodger (born June 18, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League. Selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins ninth overall in the 1984 NHL Draft he would play in over 1,000 games in the NHL with the Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, San Jose Sharks, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, and the Vancouver Canucks.

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A standout junior player in the Western Hockey League, Bodger was twice named the best defenceman on the Kamloops Junior Oilers. He was also named a WHL all-star in both his junior seasons. He also represented Canada at three World Championships, winning a silver medal at the 1996 tournament.

Playing career

Bodger played his minor hockey with the Cowichan Midget Capitals before joining the Kamloops Junior Oilers of the Western Hockey League. In his first season with Kamloops, he scored 26 goals and 92 points, being named to the WHL Second All-Star Team. [1] The following season, Bodger scored 21 goals and added 77 assists for 98 points, earning First All-Star Team honours. [1] Both seasons he was named the team's top defenceman. [2] With 190 points in two seasons of junior hockey, Bodger was one of the top prospects going into the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, being ranked the seventh greatest prospect by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau. [2]

As a top prospect, Bodger was expecting to be selected early in the draft. He had earlier conversations with the Detroit Red Wings, who told Bodger there was a "90 per cent chance" they would pick him at seventh overall, going so far as to ask he wear a red tie to match the team colours. [2] However, the Red Wings instead chose Shawn Burr. Instead, the Pittsburgh Penguins made Bodger their second choice of the draft; they had selected Mario Lemieux, who would become one of the greatest players in NHL history, first overall.

Bodger made his NHL debut alongside Lemieux on October 11, 1984, against the Boston Bruins. A shoulder separation limited his first season to 65 games, in which he had 5 goals and 26 assists. Bodger cited Lemieux, who led the team with 100 points, for helping him earn a lot of assists. [2] The next season, he appeared in 79 games, scoring 37 points.

Starting the 1988–89 season with the Penguins, Bodger was traded along with Darrin Shannon to the Buffalo Sabres on November 12, 1988, for Tom Barrasso and a third-round draft choice in the 1990 draft. He played 61 games with the Sabres that season, scoring 7 goals and 40 assists, to make a total of 8 goals and 44 assists for the entire year. Bodger would become a mainstay in Buffalo and spent the next seven years patrolling the Sabres blue line before a 1995-96 trade sent him to San Jose. Bodger played parts of three seasons with the Sharks and was then dealt to the New Jersey Devils. In 1998, he played the final playoff games of his career as a Devil and then got traded to the Los Angeles Kings in the off-season. Following his year as a King, Bodger became a free agent and contemplated retirement but eventually signed as free agent with the Vancouver Canucks; bringing him home to British Columbia. Bodger would play 13-games with the Canucks, recording a single assist before deciding to retire on December 14, 1999, with the Vancouver Canucks as the highest scoring defenceman from British Columbia. [3]

Off the ice

Bodger has a wife, Tracy, and two children, son Ryne and daughter Rachel. [4]

In 2006, he was inducted into the British Columbia Hockey Hall of Fame. [3]

International play

Doug Bodger
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Men's ice hockey
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Austria Ice hockey

Bodger played for Canada at three World Championships, in 1987, 1996, and 1999. Joining the Canadian national team for the first time in 1987, Bodger played in all ten games, scoring one goal and one assist as Canada finished fourth in the tournament. His next appearance in the World Championships was in 1996. In eight games, Bodger contributed three assists and was named the team's best defenceman as Canada won the silver medal. [4] His third and final appearance for the national team was at the 1999 World Championships, where he scored three assists in ten games for the fourth place Canadians. [5]

Awards

WHL

AwardYear
WHL Second All-Star Team 1983
WHL West First All-Star Team 1984

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1981–82Cowichan Valley Capitals Bantam
1982–83 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 722666929870552
1983–84 Kamloops Junior OilersWHL7021779890172151712
1983–84 Kamloops Junior Oilers MC 40112
1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 655263167
1985–86 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL794333763
1986–87 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7611384952
1987–88 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL69143145103
1988–89 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL101457
1988–89 Buffalo Sabres NHL617404752511211
1989–90 Buffalo SabresNHL711236486461566
1990–91 Buffalo SabresNHL58523285440110
1991–92 Buffalo SabresNHL7311354610872132
1992–93 Buffalo SabresNHL81945548782350
1993–94 Buffalo SabresNHL75732397670336
1994–95 Buffalo SabresNHL44317204750440
1995–96 Buffalo SabresNHL1605518
1995–96 San Jose Sharks NHL574192350
1996–97 San Jose SharksNHL811151664
1997–98 San Jose SharksNHL28461032
1997–98 New Jersey Devils NHL4955102550000
1998–99 Los Angeles Kings NHL653111434
1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks NHL130114
NHL totals1,0711064225281,007476182425

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
1987 Canada WC 4th101124
1996 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg80330
1999 CanadaWC4th100224
Senior totals281678

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Lomon, Chris (2006). "Doug Bodger: Dressed for success, Part 1 of 2". NHLAlumni.com. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  3. 1 2 BCHHOF (2006). "2006 BCHHF Inductees". BCHHOF.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  4. 1 2 Newmans, Ken (2008). "Doug Bodger Page". Oldtimers' Hockey Challenge. Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Pittsburgh Penguins first round draft pick
1984
Succeeded by