- Gord Dineen
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
played_for =New York Islanders Minnesota North Stars Pittsburgh Penguins Ottawa Senators
position = Defence
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 185
shoots = Right
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1962|9|21|mf=y
birth_place = Toronto, ON, CAN
draft = 42nd overal
draft_year = 1981
draft_team =New York Islanders
career_start = 1982
career_end = 2000Gordon M. Dineen (born
September 21 , 1962 in Toronto,Ontario ) is a retired NHL defenceman.Although born in
Canada , Dineen spent much of his youth in theUnited States , while his father Bill Dineen played and coached professionally. He returned to Canada to playmajor junior hockey for theSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds . He was drafted by theNew York Islanders with the 42nd pick in the 1981 draft. His brothers Kevin and Peter were also NHL players.Playing career
Dineen, a tough-checking defenceman, made his NHL debut in the 1982–83 season when he played 2 games for the
New York Islanders . He played a total of 528 games in his career, for the Islanders, the Minnesota North Stars,Pittsburgh Penguins andOttawa Senators , where he was a team captain during the 1993–94 season. Dineen received aStanley Cup ring with Pittsburgh in 1991, but did not play enough games to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup.In 1994–95, Dineen returned to the Islanders as a free agent. He would play nine games for the Islanders and play the next six seasons in the International Hockey League, becoming player-coach with the
Utah Grizzlies in 1999–2000. Dineen finished his career with 16 goals, 90 assists and 106 points. The following season, Dineen became a full-time coach, as a head coach in the ECHL and assistant coach in the AHL.Head Coaching career
Dineen was named the head coach of the AHL's
Iowa Chops on August 19, 2008. [cite web|url=http://www.iowachops.com/news/index.html?article_id=20|title= Gord Dineen named Head Coach of Iowa Chops |accessdate=2008-08-19|publisher=IowaChops.com]Awards
*1982-83:
Bobby Orr Trophy
*1982-83:Bob Gassoff Trophy Career statistics
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- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular Season! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs
- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"! Season! Team! League! GP! G! A! Pts! PIM! GP! G! A! Pts! PIM1980-81Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL6842630158----------1981-82Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsOHL6894554185
13123521982-83
Indianapolis Checkers CHL73104757781321012
291982-83
New York Islanders NHL20004---------- 1983-84Indianapolis CheckersCHL26
4131763----------1983-84
New York IslandersNHL43111123291
12281984-85
Springfield Indians AHL2518946----------1984-85New York Islanders
NHL4811213891000
0261985-86Springfield IndiansAHL1123
520----------1985-86New York IslandersNHL
57189813000
21986-87New York IslandersNHL7141014
110704441987-88New York Islanders
NHL574121662----------
1987-88
Minnesota North Stars NHL1311221----------1988-89
Kalamazoo Wings IHL2526849----------1988-89Minnesota North Stars
NHL20112----------
1988-89
Pittsburgh Penguins NHL38123421102281989-90Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL
69189125----------
1990-91
Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL401141557502201990-91Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL9
0006----------1991-92
Muskegon LumberjacksIHL798374583142
46331991-92Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL10
000----------1992-93
San Diego Gulls IHL416232936----------
1992-93
Ottawa Senators NHL3224630----------1993-94San Diego GullsIHL30
002----------1993-94Ottawa Senators
NHL770212189----------
1994-95
Denver Grizzlies IHL6852732751716781994-95New York IslandersNHL
90002----------
1995-96
Utah Grizzlies IHL82117188922033141996-97Utah GrizzliesIHL81
529346270334
1997-98Utah GrizzliesIHL823343763
402221998-99Utah GrizzliesIHL
775222778----------
1999-00
Chicago Wolves IHL171231416055121999-00Utah GrizzliesIHL50
0181826----------NHL Totals
52816901066954017868
Coaching statistics
Season Team Lge Type GP W L T OTL Pct Result 1999-00 Utah Grizzlies IHL Player-Assistant Coach 2000-01 Louisville Panthers AHL Assistant Coach 2001-02 Macon Whoopee ECHL Head Coach 72 29 31 12 0 0.486 Out of Playoffs 2002-03 Richmond Renegades ECHL Head Coach 72 35 31 6 0 0.528 Out of Playoffs 2003-04 Springfield Falcons AHL Assistant Coach 2004-05 Utah Grizzlies AHL Assistant Coach 2005-06 San Antonio Rampage AHL Assistant Coachee also
*
List of NHL seasons
*List of AHL seasons
*List of NHL players
*List of OHL seasons
*Notable families in the NHL References
External links
*hockeydb|1367
* [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1981/81042.html Hockey Draft Central]
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