Dave Gorman (ice hockey)
| Dave Gorman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 8, 1955 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died | May 2, 2025 (aged 70) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Phoenix Roadrunners Birmingham Bulls Atlanta Flames | ||
| NHL draft |
70th overall, 1975 Montreal Canadiens | ||
| WHA draft |
16th overall, 1974 Phoenix Roadrunners | ||
| Playing career | 1974–1985 | ||
David Peter Gorman (April 8, 1955 – May 2, 2025) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association and briefly in the National Hockey League between 1975 and 1980.
Hockey career
As a youth, Gorman played in the 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Swiss Chalet minor ice hockey team.[1]
As a junior in the OHA, he played five seasons for the St. Catharines Black Hawks, making it to the 1974 Memorial Cup and winning the Jim Mahon Trophy as top scoring right winger.
Gorman by the NHL's Montreal Canadiens (70th overall, 1975) and WHA's Phoenix Roadrunners (16th overall, 1974) and chose to play in the WHA because of the higher salaries.[2] Overall he scored 56 goals in 260 WHA games for Phoenix and the Birmingham Bulls. Gorman made a brief three-game cameo for the NHL's Atlanta Flames during 1979-80 season.
Gorman finished his career three seasons in the Swiss League. He helped lead Team Canada to victory in the 1984 Spengler Cup.[3]
Post hockey career
Following his on-ice career, Gorman coached hockey on the youth and high school level, while also owning an Arby's franchise and working in real estate.[3]
Gorman was inducted into the St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.[4]
Death
Gorman died on May 2, 2025, at the age of 70.[3]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1970–71 | St. Catharines Royals | OMHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | St. Catharines Black Hawks | OHA | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1971–72 | St. Catharines Black Hawks | OHA | 58 | 31 | 24 | 55 | 71 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 30 | ||
| 1972–73 | St. Catharines Black Hawks | OHA | 62 | 46 | 57 | 103 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | St. Catharines Black Hawks | OHA | 69 | 53 | 76 | 129 | 78 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 31 | — | ||
| 1973–74 | St. Catharines Black Hawks | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1974–75 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHA | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 58 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1975–76 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHA | 67 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | ||
| 1976–77 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Birmingham Bulls | WHA | 52 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Birmingham Bulls | WHA | 63 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | Hampton Gulls | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Birmingham Bulls | WHA | 60 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Birmingham Bulls | CHL | 75 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1979–80 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 78 | 43 | 47 | 90 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1981–82 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 77 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 131 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||
| 1982–83 | GCK Lions | NLB | 28 | 48 | 19 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | SC Herisau | NLB | 28 | 36 | 26 | 62 | — | 10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | — | ||
| 1984–85 | SC Herisau | NLB | 28 | 47 | 54 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 260 | 56 | 83 | 139 | 187 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | ||||
| NHL totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
- ^ Potrecz, Bill (2017-11-24). "Gorman enters Hall of Fame". BP Sports Niagara. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ a b c "David Gorman Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information". www.morseandson.com. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Sports Hall of Fame". www.stcatharines.ca. 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database