David Hale (ice hockey)

For other people of the same name, see David Hale (disambiguation).
David Hale
Born June 18, 1981 (1981-06-18) (age 30)
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Left
Played for New Jersey Devils
Calgary Flames
Phoenix Coyotes
Tampa Bay Lightning
Ottawa Senators
National team  United States
NHL Draft 22nd overall, 2000
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 2003–2011

David Hale (born June 18, 1981) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. He played for the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators over an eight year National Hockey League (NHL) career.

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Playing career

Hale, a Colorado Springs native, played high school hockey with Colorado High before joining Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL. He was drafted from the Musketeers in the first round, 22nd overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft before joining the University of North Dakota to play collegiate hockey in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

On February 27, 2007, Hale was traded by the Devils, along with a 2007 fifth-round draft pick, to the Calgary Flames for a 2007 third-round draft pick.[1]

On July 3, 2008, Hale a free agent, signed with the Phoenix Coyotes on a two-year deal.[2] During the 2008–09 season on November 26, 2008, Hale scored his first NHL goal in a 3-2 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets.[3] Hale scored in his 231st game, setting a record for the longest start to a NHL career without a goal.[4]

On July 21, 2009, Hale was traded by the Coyotes, along with Todd Fedoruk, to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Radim Vrbata.[5] Used as a depth defenseman Hale played sparingly in 35 games, before he was re-assigned to AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, on a conditioning assignment.[6] In his last game with the Admirals, Hale broke his foot and returned to Tampa to play a part in just 4 further games to end the 2009–10 season.[7]

On August 4, 2010, Hale signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Ottawa Senators.[8] Hale split the season between Ottawa and their AHL team, the Binghamton Senators. Hale finished the season with Ottawa, and did not take part in Binghamton's Calder Cup playoff run.

On October 15, 2011, Hale officially announced his retirement from hockey.[9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 56 3 15 18 127 5 0 0 0 18
1999–00 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 54 6 18 24 187 5 0 2 2 6
2000–01 North Dakota Fighting Sioux WCHA 44 4 5 9 79 — — — — —
2001–02 North Dakota Fighting Sioux WCHA 34 4 5 9 63 — — — — —
2002–03 North Dakota Fighting Sioux WCHA 26 2 6 8 49 — — — — —
2003–04 New Jersey Devils NHL 65 0 4 4 72 1 0 0 0 0
2004–05 Albany River Rats AHL 30 2 3 5 39 — — — — —
2005–06 New Jersey Devils NHL 38 0 4 4 21 8 0 2 2 12
2005–06 Albany River Rats AHL 30 2 5 7 64 — — — — —
2006–07 New Jersey Devils NHL 43 0 1 1 26 — — — — —
2006–07 Lowell Devils AHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Calgary Flames NHL 11 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 6
2007–08 Calgary Flames NHL 58 0 2 2 46 6 0 0 0 2
2008–09 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 48 3 6 9 36 — — — — —
2009–10 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 39 0 4 4 25 — — — — —
2009–10 Norfolk Admirals AHL 4 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Binghamton Senators AHL 36 2 4 6 32 — — — — —
2010–11 Ottawa Senators NHL 25 1 4 5 6 — — — — —
NHL totals 327 4 25 29 242 17 0 2 2 20

International

Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2001 United States WJC 7 0 2 2 6
Junior int'l totals 7 0 2 2 6

References

  1. ^ Chere, Rich (February 28, 2007). "Lamoriello's only move hails Greene as ready". The Star Ledger: Sports, p. 68. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:STL2&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11797212E723AF10&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0ED76FA7748B477E. 
  2. ^ "Coyotes sign David Hale to two-year contract". Phoenix Coyotes. 2008-07-03. http://coyotes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=367722&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved 2009-06-09. 
  3. ^ "Coyotes 3, Blue Jackets 2". CBS Sports. 2008-11-26. http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20081126_PHO@CLB. Retrieved 2009-06-09. 
  4. ^ "Hale's first goal pumps up ex-teammates". Canoe.ca. 2008-11-28. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Phoenix/2008/11/28/7565466-sun.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09. 
  5. ^ "Vrbata traded back to Coyotes". CBC. 2009-07-21. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/07/21/sp-coyotes-lightning.html?ref=rss. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 
  6. ^ "Tampa Bay Assgin D Hale to Norfolk on conditioning assignment". Tampa Bay Lightning. 2010-01-26. http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=515071. Retrieved 2010-08-04. 
  7. ^ "Tampa in Calgary preview". lightninghockeyblog.com. 2010-02-08. http://www.lightninghockeyblog.com/2010-articles/february/game-57-calgary-in-tampa.html. Retrieved 2010-08-04. 
  8. ^ "Senators sign D Hale, F Lessard to one-year contracts". The Sports Network. 2010-08-04. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=329540. Retrieved 2010-08-04. 
  9. ^ "Former UND star Hale calls it a career". Grand Forks Herald. 2011-10-15. http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/218302/. Retrieved 2011-10-15. 

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Preceded by
Ari Ahonen		 New Jersey Devils first round draft pick
2000		 Succeeded by
Adrian Foster