Dave Gagner
Canadian centre with nine North Stars seasons and six 30-goal years.
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David Rene Gagner, a Canadian centre, played 15 NHL seasons for seven teams, including nine with the Minnesota North Stars. He was a one-time All-Star and scored 30 or more goals six times with that club. After retiring, he worked as a hockey executive and later moved into player agency.
Playing career
Gagner played two full seasons with the OHL's Brantford Alexanders, registering 55 goals and 121 points in 70 games during 1982–83 and earning a spot on the OHL Second All-Star Team. The New York Rangers selected him in the first round of the 1983 NHL entry draft, 12th overall, but he spent several seasons moving between the Rangers and their AHL affiliate, the New Haven Nighthawks, without securing a full-time NHL role, partly because scouts considered him too small. His career changed after a 1987 trade to the Minnesota North Stars; after an initial stint with the Kalamazoo farm team, he broke out in 1989–90 with 40 goals.
His best season came in 1990–91, when he recorded 82 points in 73 games. He remained with the franchise when it moved to Dallas, then was traded to Toronto on January 29, 1996. After only 28 games there, he was dealt to Calgary, where he played the entire 1996–97 season, scoring 27 goals and 60 points in 82 games.
In summer 1997 he signed as a free agent with the Florida Panthers, spending a season and a half there before being part of a blockbuster trade on January 17, 1999. He, Ed Jovanovski, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes, and Florida's 2000 first-round pick were sent to Vancouver for Pavel Bure, Bret Hedican, Brad Ference, and Vancouver's 2000 third-round pick. Gagner finished the 1998–99 season with the Canucks and announced his retirement on September 29, 1999, ending his NHL career with 719 points in 946 regular-season games.
Post-playing career
Dave Gagner got into the rink business in March 2000, founding Custom Ice Inc. to build both permanent and portable ice surfaces. The next year, he joined two other investors to purchase the Milton Icehawks.
From 2006 through the 2007–08 season, Gagner worked as an assistant coach for the London Knights, where his son Sam was a player. In June 2008, Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis brought him on as Director of Player Development, a job he held until September 2013, when he moved to the Orr Hockey Group to lead their player-development division. Today, Gagner is a certified player agent and vice president of The.Team.
Career statistics and honours
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1979–80 | Chatham Maroons | WOHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980–81 | Newmarket Flyers | OPJHL | 41 | 33 | 55 | 88 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82 | Brantford Alexanders | OHL | 68 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| 1982–83 | Brantford Alexanders | OHL | 70 | 55 | 66 | 121 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 1983–84 | Canada | Intl | 43 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84 | Brantford Alexanders | OHL | 12 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 1984–85 | New York Rangers | NHL | 38 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 38 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86 | New York Rangers | NHL | 32 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 16 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1986–87 | New York Rangers | NHL | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 56 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 1987–88 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 51 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 14 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 75 | 35 | 43 | 78 | 104 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 79 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 1990–91 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 73 | 40 | 42 | 82 | 114 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 28 |
| 1991–92 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 78 | 31 | 40 | 71 | 107 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 1992–93 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 84 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 141 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 76 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 83 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 1994–95 | HC Courmaosta | ITA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 48 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1995–96 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 45 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 28 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1996–97 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 82 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 36 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 33 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| NHL totals | 946 | 318 | 401 | 719 | 1,016 | 57 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 64 | ||
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