Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor

Born: December 4, 1955
Age: 68
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Biography

David Andrew Taylor (born December 4, 1955) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Los Angeles Kings from 1977-94. Following his playing career, he served as the Kings' general manager from 1997 to 2006, and currently serves as Vice President of Hockey Operations with the NHL's St. Louis Blues.

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Playing career

Taylor played collegiate hockey at Clarkson University, where he still holds the school record for career points (251) goals (98) and assists (153) as well as single season goals (41) assists (67) and points (108) in the 1976-77 campaign; in comparison, opposing teams scored a combined 127 goals on Clarkson that year.

Taylor was a member of the Triple Crown Line along with centre Marcel Dionne and left winger Charlie Simmer. All three scored more than 100 points in the 1980-81 season with the Kings; Taylor scored 112 points that season (with Dionne and Simmer scoring 135 and 105 points, respectively). He holds the Kings record for games played with 1,111 and served as team captain from 1985-1989.

Taylor is the lowest-drafted player to net 1,000 career points, drafted in the 15th round (210th overall) of the 1975 NHL draft. The Los Angeles Kings have retired #18 in his honor.

Front office

Taylor was hired as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Kings in 1997 and held the position until 2006, when a front office reshuffling saw him assume the position of Director of Amateur Development. With a record of 290-261-74-31, Taylor was the winningest GM in Kings’ history. He later moved to the Dallas Stars and served as the team's Director of Player Personnel for three seasons.

Taylor was hired by the St. Louis Blues on July 1, 2010, as Vice President of Hockey Operations.

Personal

Taylor has dealt with stuttering since childhood. The speech disorder once forced him to drop a college class when he discovered that an oral presentation would be required. When interviewed after games early in his professional hockey career, Taylor would attempt to conceal his stuttering by faking hyperventilation as a means of providing him with fluency. Taylor credits Los Angeles-based Speech-Language Pathologist Vivian Sheehan for assisting him in his triumph over stuttering.

Taylor and his wife Beth currently reside near Los Angeles with their two daughters, Jamie and Katie.

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC First Team 1976-77
AHCA East All-American 1976-77
  • Selected to four NHL All-Star Games: 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1994
  • NHL Second All-Star Team selection: 1981
  • Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winner: 1991
  • King Clancy Memorial Trophy winner: 1991

Playing statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1973-74 Onaping Falls Huskies NOJHL 45 67 76 143
1974-75 Clarkson Golden Knights ECAC 32 30 24 54
1975-76 Clarkson Golden Knights ECAC 31 26 33 59
1976-77 Clarkson Golden Knights ECAC 34 41 67 108
1976-77 Fort Worth Texans CHL 7 2 4 6 6
1977-78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 64 22 21 43 47 2 0 0 0 5
1978-79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 43 48 91 124 2 0 0 0 2
1979-80 Los Angeles Kings NHL 61 37 53 90 72 4 2 1 3 4
1980-81 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 47 65 112 130 4 2 2 4 10
1981-82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 39 67 106 130 10 4 6 10 20
1982-83 Los Angeles Kings NHL 46 21 37 58 76
1983-84 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 20 49 69 91
1984-85 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 41 51 92 132 3 2 2 4 8
1985-86 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 33 38 71 110
1986-87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 67 18 44 62 84 5 2 3 5 6
1987-88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 68 26 41 67 129 5 3 3 6 6
1988-89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 26 37 63 80 11 1 5 6 19
1989-90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 15 26 41 96 6 4 4 8 6
1990-91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 23 30 53 148 12 2 1 3 12
1991-92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 10 19 29 63 6 1 1 2 20
1992-93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 48 6 9 15 49 22 3 5 8 31
1993-94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 33 4 3 7 28
NHL totals 1111 431 638 1069 1589 92 26 33 59 149

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1983 Canada WC 10 1 4 5 4
1985 Canada WC 10 3 2 5 4
1986 Canada WC 10 3 4 7 12
Senior totals 30 7 10 17 20

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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