Dave Lowry
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- This article is about the hockey player. For the martial arts practitioner see Dave Lowry (martial arts).
David John Lowry was born on the 14th of February, 1965 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. He was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League from 1985 to 2004.
- Position: Left wing
- Shoots:
- Height: 6 ft 1 in
- Weight: 200 lb
[edit] Playing career
Dave Lowry was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 6th round, 110th overall, in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. He played three seasons with the London Knights of the OHL before joining the Canucks for the start of the 1985-86 NHL season. In Vancouver, he played for three seasons with only spending part of the 1987-88 season in the minors for the Fredericton Express of the AHL. On the 29th of September, 1988, just prior to the start of the 1988-89 NHL season, Lowry was traded to the St. Louis Blues for Ernie Vargas.
After spending most of the 1988-89 season with the Peoria Rivermen of the IHL, Lowry joined the Blues for the last 21 games of the season including 10 more games in the playoffs. Lowry stayed with St. Louis until the end of the 1992-93 NHL season. Dave Lowry was never much of an offensive threat as his highest goal total was 19, which he did twice, both times with the Blues, and his highest point total was 40, which was also with the Blues. He might not have been much of an offensive threat, but he worked hard game in and game out. Before he retired, he managed to play over 1000 NHL games.
Dave Lowry began playing for the Florida Panthers for the 1993-94 NHL season. After five seasons in Florida, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks near the beginning of the 1997-98 season along with a first round pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft (Vincent Lecavalier) for Viktor Kozlov and a fifth round pick (Jaroslav Spacek) also in the 1998 draft.
After only three seasons in San Jose, Lowry went to the Calgary Flames for the 2000-01 season where he played out his last four seasons, with the exception of a brief stint with the Saint John Flames of the AHL. In his last NHL season, he played only 18 games in the regular season acquiring one goal and one assist. In the playoffs, though, he played 10 games in Calgary's improbable Stanley Cup run of 2004 that ended on the 7th of June in a loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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| Preceded by: Steve Smith |
Calgary Flames captains 2000-02 |
Succeeded by: Craig Conroy Bob Boughner |
Note: Lowry was named captain in December 2000, upon the retirement of Steve Smith. He was later stripped of the captaincy in February 2002 (by coach Greg Gilbert,because of poor performance on ice), Craig Conroy & Bob Boughner were named co-captains.
