Mike Eaves

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Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	June 10, 1956, Denver, CO, USA
NHL Draft	133rd overall, 1976 St. Louis Blues
Pro Career	1978 (NHL) – 1986

Mike Eaves is a retired NHL player and a current coach. He played from 1974 to 1986, and coached since 1988. He is also the father of current Ottawa Senator Patrick Eaves. When he coached Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, he was an assistant coach. He was drafted by St. Louis, but never actually played for them. He also won the Ken McKenzie Trophy as the CHL rookie of the year chosen by coaches.

Contents 1 Playing Career 1.1 Coaching Career 2 Statistics 2.1 Regular Season 2.2 Playoffs 2.3 Notes 3 External Links

[edit] Playing Career

From 1974-1979, he played 4 years in NCAA with University of Wisconsin. Then he went over to the CHL, playing with the Oklahoma City Stars, and played 3 games with the Minnesota North Stars during the year. The following year he moved up to be a starter for 58 games. He put up similar numbers in his sophomore season but really started to shine offensively in his final year in 1977-78 with 31 goals and 58 assists for 89 points in 43 games. He then played 3 more consecutive seasons with Minnesota, then was dealt to the Calgary Flames, and played there from 1983 until 1986, and then retired after playing 8 years in the NHL. He retired because of a head injury, and decided not to play any longer.

[edit] Coaching Career

Subsequently 2 years later, he then was an assistant coach of the Philadelphia Flyers and then coached the Hershey Bears for 3 years. Then in 1993-94, he went back to be an assistant coach for the Flyers; and retiring briefly until 1997. In 1997 to 2000, he was again an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins, then the following year, he coached the USHL US. Junior National Team. In the 2002-2003 season, Eaves joined his old NCAA team, the University of Wisconsin Badgers as their head coach and led them to the NCAA national championship in the 2005-2006 season.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Regular Season

Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	P	PIM
1974-75	U. Wisc.	NCAA		38	17	37	54	12
1975-76	U. Wisc.	NCAA		34	18	25	43	22
1976-77	U. Wisc.	NCAA		45	28	53	81	18
1977-78	U. Wisc.	NCAA		43	31	58	89	16
1978-79	OCS	CHL		68	26	61	87	21
1978-79	MIN	NHL		3	0	0	0	0
1979-80	OCS	CHL		12	9	8	17	2
1979-80	MIN	NHL		56	18	28	46	11
1980-81	MIN	NHL		48	10	24	34	18
1981-82	MIN	NHL		25	11	10	21	0
1982-83	MIN	NHL		75	16	16	32	21
1983-84	CAL	NHL		61	14	36	50	20
1984-85	CAL	NHL		56	14	29	43	10
1985-86	CAL	NHL		-	-	-	-	-
NHL Totals				324	83	143	226	80

[edit] Playoffs

Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	P	PIM
1979-80	MIN	NHL		15	5	2	7	4
1982-83	MIN	NHL		9	0	0	0	0
1983-84	CAL	NHL		11	4	4	8	2
1985-86	CAL	NHL		8	1	1	2	8
NHL Totals				43	7	10	17	14

[edit] Notes

• U. Wisc.= University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
• CAL=Calgary Flames (NHL)
• MIN=Minnesota North Stars (NHL)

[edit] External Links

• Mike Eaves' Hockeydb profile
• Legends of hockey profile

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