Kirk Daubenspeck

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Kirk Daubenspeck
Born (1974-07-21) July 21, 1974 (age 47)
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Indianapolis Ice
Jacksonville Lizard Kings
Chesapeake Icebreakers
Rochester Americans
South Carolina Stingrays
Orlando Solar Bears
Colorado Gold Kings
Worcester IceCats
Portland Pirates
Hershey Bears
NHL Draft 151st overall, 1992
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 1993–2006

Kirk Daubenspeck (born July 21, 1974) is an American retired ice hockey goaltender who was an All-American for Wisconsin. [1]

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Career

Daubenspeck was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1992 straight out of Culver Military Academy. He spent the following season playing in the USHL before beginning his college career with the Wisconsin Badgers. After playing just seven games in his freshman season, Daubenspeck's rights were traded along with Claude Boivin to the Ottawa Senators for Mark Lamb. Entering his sophomore season, Daubenspeck got into a competition to replace the departed Jim Carey as the Badger's primary starter. He won the job and remained as Wisconsin's top goalie for the rest of his time in Madison. In his first year as the starter, Daubenspeck won 23 games and helped Wisconsin win the WCHA championship for which he was named tournament MVP. Wisconsin declined after 1995 and fell in the standings. Despite the decline, Daubenspeck remained respected and was named an All-American in 1997 even though he possessed a losing record and less-than-stellar numbers.

After graduating, Daubenspeck signed a rookie contract with Ottawa and participated in their training camp that September. Just before the season began, he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for a 6th round draft pick. [2] Daubenspeck began the year as a backup behind Jeff Hackett. He remained with the team for the first month of the season, not seeing any game action, and was then sent down to the Indianapolis Ice. He played a few games at the IHL level before ending up with the Jacksonville Lizard Kings. Daubenspeck spent most of the rest of his career playing AA hockey, making brief appearances with several AHL teams over a nine year span. In 2001, Daubenspeck helped the South Carolina Stingrays win the Kelly Cup, playing in 13 of the team's 18 playoff games. He retired as a player in 2006.

Accident

On February 17th, 2011, Daubenspeck was involved in a car accident on Route 18. [3] While driving in heavy fog near Dodgeville, Wisconsin, Daubenspeck's car ran into a Semi-trailer truck. He suffered a severe brain injury and was in a coma for six days. While to took several months, Daubenspeck did eventually recover from the crash. A year to the day after the accident, he dropped the ceremonial puck before a game between Wisconsin and Denver. [4]

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1990–91 Culver Military Academy US-Prep—————————————————
1991–92 Culver Military Academy US-Prep———————2.88.912————————
1992–93 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 90714704906.26.837————————
1992–93 Wisconsin Capitols USHL 285201154212304.79.886————————
1993–94 Wisconsin WCHA 72202801904.07.880————————
1994–95 Wisconsin WCHA 4223154250314603.50.893————————
1995–96 Wisconsin WCHA 3917202225715104.01.885————————
1996–97 Wisconsin WCHA 3313182192512413.86.896————————
1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 186909535803.65.887————————
1997–98 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 32209218659212.96.904————————
1998–99 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 85304241802.55.908————————
1998–99 Indianapolis Ice IHL 122816504303.97.879————————
1998–99 Chesapeake Icebreakers ECHL 137247743122.40.9207———————
1999–00 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 64203601702.83.902————————
1999–00 Rochester Americans AHL 22710412355312.57.9131———————
2000–01 Rochester Americans AHL 101060606.00.769————————
2000–01 Indianapolis Ice IHL 201077302.34.870————————
2000–01 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 4526133262411932.72.91513———————
2001–02 Colorado Gold Kings WCHL 6036195353916442.78.9065———————
2002–03 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 5836166345416702.90.9154———————
2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 101059202.04.923————————
2003–04 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 4729152277312332.66.9207———————
2004–05 Portland Pirates AHL 281412115075842.31.930————————
2004–05 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 251210314375522.30.9341———————
2005–06 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 2200120201.00.958————————
2005–06 Hershey Bears AHL 23106211155823.12.895————————
USHL totals3752722,01217205.13.875————————
NCAA totals120555586,96544013.79.891————————
ECHL totals236141702013,831624112.71.91732———————
IHL totals3281811,68010403.71.883————————
AHL totals75313073,97617772.67.9131———————

Awards and honors

AwardYear
WCHA All-Tournament Team 1995, 1996 [5]
All-WCHA Second Team 1996–97 [6]
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1996–97 [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Kirk Daubenspeck". NHL backups. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Former UW goalie Daubenspeck seriously injured". Milwaukee Sentinel Journal. February 24, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wisconsin Hockey: Kirk Daubenspeck Tribute". YouTube. February 18, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ "WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  6. ↑ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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