Dan Boyle (ice hockey)

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Tampa Bay Lightning Florida Panthers
Nationality	Canada
Born	July 12, 1976, Ottawa, ON, CAN
Pro Career	1998 – present

Daniel "Dan" Boyle (born July 12, 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a professional hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.

He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Florida Panthers in 1998. He won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004, after being traded from the Panthers during the 2001-02 NHL season. He played college hockey for the Redhawks of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. [[1]]

During game one of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, an electrical fire caused an estimated $300,000 worth of damage to Boyle's home in Florida.^[1]

Boyle recorded three goals and an assist against the New York Rangers on December 23, 2006, his first career hat trick.

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998-99	Florida Panthers	NHL		22	3	5	8	6		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Florida Panthers	NHL		13	0	3	3	4		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Florida Panthers	NHL		69	4	18	22	28		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Florida Panthers	NHL		25	3	3	6	12		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		41	5	15	20	27		-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		77	13	40	53	44		11	0	7	7	6
2003-04	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		78	9	30	39	60		23	2	8	10	16
2005-06	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		79	15	38	53	38		5	1	3	4	6
NHL Totals				404	52	152	204	219		39	3	18	21	28

Stats as of September 22, 2006.

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