Dave Gagnon

Dave Gagnon
Born	October 31, 1967 Windsor, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Roanoke Express Minnesota Moose Toledo Storm Fort Wayne Komets Hampton Roads Admirals Detroit Red Wings Adirondack Red Wings
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1990–2001

David Anthony Gagnon (born October 31, 1967 in Windsor, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Dave only played 2 games in NHL, with the Detroit Red Wings, posting an official record of 0–1–0 and goals against average of 10.27.

Gagnon came up from the Windsor, Junior B team before joining Colgate University in 1987. Dave was guarding the net when the university was in the 1990 NCAA championship game. In 1990 and 1991 he was traded three times, but enjoyed success with Hampton Roads of ECHL, when he was named as co-MVP. Gagnon spent most of his later years with the Roanoke Express where he often shared goal tending duties with Daniel Berthiaume.

The Red Wings signed him as a free agent in the summer of 1990. Gagnon played eleven more seasons in various minor leagues, being named playoff MVP twice in 1991 and 1994. He's the CEO of Cáfe Rio.

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1989–90
AHCA East First-Team All-American	1989–90
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team	1990

• OJHL-B First All-Star Team (1987)
• ECAC Player of the Year (1990)
• ECHL Playoff MVP (1991) (tied with Dave Flanagan)
• ECHL Playoff MVP (1994)
• ECHL Second All-Star Team (1995)

Transactions

• Signed as a free agent by Detroit, June 11, 1990.

Career statistics

Regular season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1987–88	Colgate	ECAC		13	6	4	2	743	43	1	3.47
1988–89	Colgate	ECAC		28	17	9	2	1622	102	0	3.77
1989–90	Colgate	ECAC		33	28	3	1	1986	93	0	2.81
1990–91	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		24	8	8	5	1356	94	0	4.16	.851
1990–91	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		2	0	1	0	35	6	0	10.29	.786
1990–91	Hampton Roads Admirals	ECHL		10	7	1	2	606	26	2	2.57	.904
1991–92	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		2	2	0	0	125	7	0	3.36
1991–92	Toledo Storm	ECHL		7	4	2	0	354	18	0	3.05	.909
1992–93	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		1	0	1	0	60	5	0	5.00	.844
1992–93	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		31	15	11	2	1771	116	0	3.93	.866
1993–94	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		19	7	6	3	1026	58	0	3.39	.875
1993–94	Toledo Storm	ECHL		20	13	5	0	1122	65	1	3.48	.894
1994–95	Roanoke Express	ECHL		29	17	7	5	1738	82	1	2.83	.917
1994–95	Minnesota Moose	IHL		16	5	4	2	767	55	0	4.30	.871
1995–96	Minnesota Moose	IHL		52	18	25	4	2721	188	0	4.14	.868
1996–97	Roanoke Express	ECHL		60	34	18	6	3386	181	3	3.21	.903
1997–98	Roanoke Express	ECHL		43	25	13	4	2466	119	2	2.89	.903
1998–99	Roanoke Express	ECHL		34	20	9	5	2033	87	2	2.57	.918
1999–00	Roanoke Express	ECHL		37	23	8	2	2085	87	0	2.50	.915
2000–01	Roanoke Express	ECHL		32	12	13	3	1732	84	3	2.91	.897
NHL Totals				2	0	1	0	35	6	0	10.29	.786

Post season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1990–91	Hampton Roads Admirials	ECHL		11	10	1	696	27	0	2.32
1992–93	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		1	0	0	6	0	0	0.00
1993–94	Toledo Storm	ECHL		14	12	2	909	41	0	2.70
1994–95	Minnesota Moose	IHL		1	0	1	60	9	0	9.00
1996–97	Roanoke Express	ECHL		3	1	2	219	10	0	2.73
1997–98	Roanoke Express	ECHL		7	3	4	441	15	1	2.04
1998–99	Roanoke Express	ECHL		3	0	2	139	6	0	2.59
1999–00	Roanoke Express	ECHL		2	1	1	120	7	0	3.50
2000–01	Roanoke Express	ECHL		1

External links

• Dave Gagnon's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Dave Gagnon @ hockeygoalies.org