Dave Taylor (ice hockey)

For other people named David Taylor, see David Taylor (disambiguation).
Dave Taylor
Born December 4, 1955 (1955-12-04) (age 56)
Levack, ON, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Los Angeles Kings
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 210th overall, 1975
Los Angeles Kings
WHA Draft 113th overall, 1975
Houston Aeros
Playing career 1977–1994

David Andrew Taylor (born December 4, 1955) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Los Angeles Kings from 1977–94. He was previously the Kings' general manager from 1997 to 2006. Taylor currently is the Director of Player Personnel with the St. Louis Blues.[1]

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Playing career

Taylor played collegiate hockey at Clarkson University, where he still holds the school record for career points (251) goals (98) and assists (153) as well as single season goals (41) assists (67) and points (108) in the 1976–77 campaign; in comparison, opposing teams scored a combined 127 goals on Clarkson that year.

Taylor was a member of the Triple Crown Line along with centre Marcel Dionne and left winger Charlie Simmer. All three scored more than 100 points in the 1980–81 season with the Kings; Taylor scored 112 points that season (with Dionne and Simmer scoring 135 and 105 points, respectively). He holds the Kings record for games played with 1,111 and served as team captain from 1985-1989.[2]

Taylor is the lowest-drafted player to net 1,000 career points, drafted in the 15th round (210th overall) of the 1975 NHL draft. The Los Angeles Kings have retired #18 in his honor.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1974–75 Clarkson University ECAC 32 20 34 54 — — — — — —
1975–76 Clarkson University ECAC 31 26 33 59 — — — — — —
1976–77 Clarkson University ECAC 34 41 67 108 — — — — — —
1976–77 Fort Worth Texans CHL 7 2 4 6 2 — — — — —
1977–78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 64 22 21 43 47 2 0 0 0 5
1978–79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 43 48 91 124 2 0 0 0 2
1979–80 Los Angeles Kings NHL 61 37 53 90 72 4 2 1 3 4
1980–81 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 47 65 112 130 4 2 2 4 10
1981–82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 39 67 106 130 10 4 6 10 20
1982–83 Los Angeles Kings NHL 46 21 37 58 76 — — — — —
1983–84 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 20 49 69 91 — — — — —
1984–85 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 41 51 92 132 3 2 2 4 8
1985–86 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 33 38 71 110 — — — — —
1986–87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 67 18 44 62 84 5 2 3 5 6
1987–88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 68 26 41 67 129 5 3 3 6 6
1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 26 37 63 80 11 1 5 6 19
1989–90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 15 26 41 96 6 4 4 8 2
1990–91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 23 30 53 148 12 2 1 3 12
1991–92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 10 19 29 63 6 1 1 2 20
1992–93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 48 6 9 15 49 22 3 5 8 31
1993–94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 33 4 3 7 28 — — — — —
NHL totals 1111 431 638 1069 1589 92 26 33 59 145

References

  1. ^ "Blues Hire Dave Taylor to Front Office" (Press release). St. Louis Blues. July 1, 2010. http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=533380. Retrieved April 11, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Dave Taylor player profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11619. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 

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Preceded by
Terry Ruskowski		 Los Angeles Kings captains
1985–89		 Succeeded by
Wayne Gretzky
Preceded by
Gord Kluzak		 Winner of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
1991		 Succeeded by
Mark Fitzpatrick
Preceded by
Kevin Lowe		 Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy
1991		 Succeeded by
Ray Bourque
Preceded by
Sam McMaster		 General Manager of the Los Angeles Kings
1997-2006		 Succeeded by
Dean Lombardi