Dennis Vial
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Dennis Vial (Born April 10, 1969 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional hockey player who played in NHL with the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, and Ottawa Senators. He played defense and shot left handed.
After playing with the Hamilton Steelhawks in the OHL for 3 years, Vial was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 6th round, 110th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. That year he went back to the OHL and played with the Niagara Falls Thunder, followed by a year with the Flint Spirits in the IHL for the 1989-1990 season, scoring 35 points in 79 games and registering 351 penalty minutes. Throughout this time Vial established himself as a hard hitting enforcer and defenseman and got the call up midway through the 1990-1991 season to join the Rangers. He played in 21 games before being traded to the Detroit Red Wings that same season, appearing in another 9 games. Vial then split the next two seasons between the Red Wings and the Adirondack Red Wings of the AHL.
Prior to the 1993-1994 season Vial was traded from the Red Wings to the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was left unprotected in the NHL Expansion draft though and was picked up by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks a few weeks later. Finally, in Phase II of the Expansion draft Vial was picked up by the Ottawa Senators. With the Senators Vial was able to make the team and play full time. Unfortunatly Vial suffered many injuries through out his career and he played in at least half of the games in a season only twice. His last season in the 1997-1998 season.
For the next 7 seasons Vial played with a number of minor league teams including two years in England in the BISL. He retired following the 2004-2005 season where he played in the UHL with the Missouri River Otters and Richmond Riverdogs.
[edit] Career NHL Statistics
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
| 1990-1991 | NY Rangers-Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | ||||||
| 1991-1992 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | ||||||
| 1992-1993 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | ||||||
| 1993-1994 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 55 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 214 | ||||||
| 1994-1995 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 65 | ||||||
| 1995-1996 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 64 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 264 | ||||||
| 1996-1997 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| 1997-1998 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | ||||||
| 8 Years | Totals | NHL | 242 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 794 | ||||||
