Dan Spang

Dan Spang
Born August 16, 1983 (1983-08-16) (age 28)
Winchester, MA, USA
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Dallas Stars
Texas Stars (AHL)
Cleveland Barons
Worcester Sharks
Quad City Flames
Syracuse Crunch
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
NHL Draft 52nd overall, 2002
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 2005–present

Dan Spang (born August 1, 1983 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA) is a professional ice hockey defenseman, currently playing for the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League (AHL).

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Playing career

Spang won a Massachusetts state championship in 2000 at Winchester High School. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the second round, 52nd overall, of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

During his collegiate career, he was a co-winner of Boston University’s Most Improved Player Award following the 2003–04 season.[1] Spang led Boston University defensemen in goals (nine), assists (22) and points (31) in 40 games as a senior.[2] Won a Hockey East regular season and tournament championship at Boston University in 2005–06 he was an Alternate Captain for the Worcester Sharks as a rookie in 2006–07.[3]

On July 21, 2009, he left the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL and signed a contract for Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.[4] He then signed with the Dallas Stars organization to play for them in the 2010–11 season. However, he was assigned to the affiliates Texas Stars of the AHL.

Although Spang signed with the Växjö Lakers Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien (SEL) on May 4, 2011,[5] he extended his contract with the Dallas Stars organization on June 16, 2011.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 Boston University HE 27 3 6 9 14 — — — — —
2003–04 Boston University HE 38 5 9 14 12 — — — — —
2004–05 Boston University HE 41 3 13 16 22 — — — — —
2005–06 Boston University HE 40 9 22 31 14 — — — — —
2005–06 Cleveland Barons AHL 8 0 0 0 8 — — — — —
2006–07 Worcester Sharks AHL 48 4 21 25 18 — — — — —
2007–08 Worcester Sharks AHL 77 8 23 31 41 — — — — —
2008–09 Quad City Flames AHL 30 1 7 8 10 — — — — —
2008–09 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 17 2 10 12 10 16 5 10 15 2
2008–09 Syracuse Crunch AHL 24 3 10 13 6 — — — — —
2009–10 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 48 4 10 14 45 5 1 2 3 0
2010–11 Texas Stars AHL 77 10 27 37 32 6 0 4 4 2
AHL totals 264 26 88 114 115 6 0 4 4 2

References

  1. ^ "Player Bio – Dan Spang". Forecaster.ca. 2010-10-02. http://www.forecaster.ca/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?3174. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  2. ^ "Prospect Dan Spang Player Profile". Hockeysfuture.com. 2011-05-04. http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/dan_spang. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  3. ^ "Dan Spang – Stats". American Hockey League. 2011-05-04. http://stats.theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=1155. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  4. ^ "Ice Tigers sign Dan Spang" (in German). Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers. 2009-07-21. http://www.icetigers.de/ICETIGERS/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154:ice-tigers-verpflichten-dan-spang&catid=1:aktuelle-nachrichten&Itemid=76. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  5. ^ "Växjö värvar AHL-back" (in Swedish). Växjö Lakers Hockey. 2011-05-04. http://www.vaxjolakers.se/website1/sv/nyhetsmall/nyhetsmall.php?item=cms_12-s1/837&group=cms_12_grp-s1/3. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 
  6. ^ "Spang signed to two-way contract". Stars Blog. 2011-06-16. http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/06/spang-signed-to-two-way-contract.html. Retrieved 2011-06-16. 

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