Kyle Dubas

Kyle Dubas
Born (1985-11-29) 29 November 1985
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN
Current position Assistant General Manager
Current team Toronto Maple Leafs
Previous team(s) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

Kyle Dubas (born 29 November 1985) is a Canadian hockey executive who is the current Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. He also serves as the General Manager of the Toronto Marlies, the Leafs AHL affiliate. He previously served as the General Manager of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL).

Early life

Dubas was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[1] His father was a Greyhounds intern and his grandfather, Walter Dubas, coached the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds from 1960-67.[2] Dubas attended Brock University, graduating in sports management.[3] While still at school, Dubas worked as a scout for the OHL Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.[1]

Career in hockey management

At the age 24, Dubas was hired as the General Manager of the Greyhounds,[4] where he demonstrated skill at evaluating young prospective players.[5] In this position, he also hired Sheldon Keefe as coach of the Greyounds. [6]

He was hired as Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs by President Brendan Shanahan on July 22, 2014 at the age of 28,[7] replacing Claude Loiselle. [8]He specializes in team improvement through statistical analysis.[9][10]

In April 2015, after the firing of Dave Nonis, Dubas became one of two interim General Managers of the Leafs.[11][12][13] His role includes evaluating prospective new players.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Assistant GM Kyle Dubas Injects Youth, Smarts Into Maple Leafs Front Office". Forbes.
  2. ↑ Yourk, Darren. "Maple Leafs hire Kyle Dubas as assistant GM", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 22 July 2014. Retrieved on 22 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dubas returns home to Brock". St. Catharines Standard. By Bernie Puchalski March 30, 2015
  4. ↑ " Maple Leafs bet big on Big Data with analytics partnership"..The Globe and Mail. JAMES MIRTLE, Oct. 15 2014
  5. ↑ "Maple Leafs' Kyle Dubas doesn't like to talk analytics". Toronto Star.
  6. ↑ "Hounds Keefe named OHL coach of the year". By Peter Ruicci, Sault Star April 17, 2015
  7. ↑ McGran, Kevin. "Maple Leafs shake up front office, hire stats guru Kyle Dubas, 28, as assistant GM", Toronto Star, Toronto, 22 July 2014. Retrieved on 22 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Kyle Dubas hiring a victory for hockey analytics". CBC Sports.
  9. ↑ "Toronto Maple Leafs assistant GM Kyle Dubas promotes analytics while Brian Burke stands behind old-school scouting". Toronto Sun Scott Stinson | February 28, 2015
  10. ↑ "Which Maple Leafs player has impressed analytics guru Kyle Dubas?". Toronto Star, Kevin McGran Sports Reporter, Oct 16 2014
  11. ↑ "Leafs fire Nonis; Dubas now interim GM". Sault Ste. Marie Star.
  12. ↑ " Sault's Dubas named Maple Leafs interim general manager". Soo Today. April 12, 2015 by: Brad Coccimiglio
  13. ↑ " Plenty of big names floating about for Brendan Shanahan's Maple Leafs rebuild". By Lance Hornby, Toronto Sun
  14. ↑ "William Nylander: 2014-2015 MoDo/Toronto Points Breakdown". Editor in Leaf. by Tim Chiasson
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