Gordie Dwyer
| Gordie Dwyer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 25, 1978 Dalhousie, NB, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Tampa Bay Lightning New York Rangers Montreal Canadiens | ||
| NHL Draft |
67th overall, 1996 St. Louis Blues 152nd overall, 1998 Montreal Canadiens | ||
| Playing career | 1998–2008 | ||
Gordie Rick Dwyer (born January 25, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens. He was the head coach of the PEI Rocket/Charlottetown Islanders of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 2011 to 2015 and is currently serving as head coach of Medvescak Zagreb in the KHL.
Playing career
He attended Philemon Wright High School in Hull, Quebec while playing for the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL. He has also played for the Laval Titan, Beauport Harfangs, Drummondville Voltigeurs and the Quebec Remparts in the QMJHL.
He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 3rd round, 67th overall, of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Unable to reach a contract agreement with St. Louis, Dwyer re-entered the draft in 1998 and was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 6th round, 152nd overall.
While a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Dwyer achieved notoriety by receiving a 23 game suspension for leaving the penalty box to engage in a bench-clearing brawl, during which he verbally and physically abused officials, in a pre-season game against the Washington Capitals on September 19, 2000. The suspension stands as one of the longest in NHL history.[1]
In 2004, he signed as a free agent by the Carolina Hurricanes but never played for them, he played for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League, where he had 9 points and 183 penalty minutes in 56 games. He remained with Lowell for the 2005–06 season and due to a shoulder injury, he played only 17 games where he had 4 points with 37 penalty minutes. He went to the Vancouver Canucks training camp in 2006 hoping to earn a roster space. He also attended the New York Islanders 2007 training camp where he was a late cut. Through 108 NHL contests he has never scored a goal, though he has obtained 5 assists and 394 penalty minutes.
He spent the latter half of the 2006–07 season with the Örebro Vipers of Swedish Division 1. In his first game for Örebro, he notched two assists, where he had 15 points and 16 penalty minutes in 11 games. In the 2007–08 season he played in Villingen-Schwenningen for the SERC Wild Wings in the German Bundesliga Germany2, where he had 7 points and 34 penalty minutes in 14 games. and previously for the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League, where he had 3 points and 27 penalty minutes in 13 games. He repeated with the Örebro Watford Vipers of Swedish Division 1 for the 2008-2009 season, where he had 7 points and 79 penalty minutes in 13 games.
Coaching career
Dwyer was named head coach and associate general manager of the Summerside Western Capitals of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League for the 2009-2010 season. Dwyer led a rebuilding team to a regular-season record of 27-20-1-2 (won-lost-overtime losses-shootout losses). The Capitals finished third in the Roger Meek Division, and won a seven-game division semifinal series against second-place Miramichi. The Capitals were then eliminated by eventual league-champion Woodstock in a five-game division final. In 2010-2011, Dwyer returned as the teams Head Coach and Associate Director of Hockey Operations leading the team to a 36-12-1-3 record, finishing in 2nd place in the 11 team league. Under Dwyer’s guidance, the team went on to capture the Kent Cup MHL Championship with a 12-3 playoff record on the strengths of a 4-0 game sweep in the first round, a 7th game come-from-behind win in the semi-finals, followed by a 4-0 sweep in the league finals. Following the season, Dwyer was named the leagues coach of the year.
On May 17, 2011, Dwyer was named the head coach of the P.E.I. Rocket of the QMJHL.
In The Hockey News 2011 edition of the 100 Most Powerful people in ice hockey, Dwyer was considered one of the Top 40 under the age of 40. This recognition was attributed to his assistance in the development of Tuff 'n Lite, a unisex cut resistant protective sport socks.[2]
On April 22, 2012, Dwyer was an assistant coach with Team Canada that won a bronze medal at the 2012 Hockey IIHF World U18 Championship in the Czech Republic.
On April 28, 2015, Dwyer was released as the longest-serving head coach in franchise history after four years as head coach of the Charlottetown Islanders. Dwyer went 116-133-9-14 in four seasons as the team's bench boss. It included 35-28-1-4 his final post season when the Islanders defeated the Sherbrooke Phoenix to advance to the second round for the first time since 2004.
On June 15, 2015, Dwyer was named the head coach of the KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League KHL.[3]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 57 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 204 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 54 | ||
| 1995–96 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 25 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 199 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995-96 | Laval Titan College Francais | QMJHL | 22 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995-96 | Beauport Harfangs | QMJHL | 22 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 87 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 104 | ||
| 1996–97 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | QMJHL | 66 | 21 | 48 | 69 | 391 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 39 | ||
| 1997–98 | Quebec Remparts | QMJHL | 59 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 365 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 67 | ||
| 1998–99 | New Orleans Brass | ECHL | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 163 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 1998–99 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999-00 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 147 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000-01 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 169 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | New York Rangers | NHL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002-03 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 55 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| 2004–05 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 56 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 183 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | ||
| 2005–06 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Schwenningen ERC | 2.GBun | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | ||
| NHL totals | 108 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 394 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Transactions
- Traded to Tampa Bay by Montreal for Mike McBain, November 26, 1999.
- Traded to NY Rangers by Tampa Bay for Boyd Kane, October 10, 2002.
- Claimed on waivers by Montreal from NY Rangers, February 21, 2003.
- Signed as a free agent by Carolina, August 11, 2004.
- Missed majority of 2005–06 season recovering from a shoulder injury.
References
- ↑ About.com: The Longest NHL Suspensions
- ↑ The Hockey News, Volume 64, Number 14, January 17, 2011, p.25, Publisher: Caroline Andrews, Transcontinental Media
- ↑ "Dwyer heading back to Croatia for second season coaching in KHL - Hockey - The Guardian". www.theguardian.pe.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
External links
- Gordie Dwyer's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Gordie Dwyer at Hockey-Reference.com
- Gordie Dwyer's biography at Legends of Hockey
- Gordie Dwyer's player profile at NHL.com