Shot Left Height 1.88 m Position Defenseman Role Coach Career end 1987 | Name Dave Lewis Career start 1973 Playing career Weight 91 kg | |
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Born July 3, 1953 (age 70)
Kindersley, SK, CAN ( 1953-07-03 ) NHL Draft 33rd overall, 1973
New York Islanders WHA Draft 32nd overall, 1973
Alberta Oilers Played for New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings | ||
Dave lewis talks with tim turk about defensive zone coverage strategies
David Rodney Lewis (born July 3, 1953) is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman and coach. He was most recently an assistant coach of the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. He has both Canadian and American citizenship.
Contents
- Dave lewis talks with tim turk about defensive zone coverage strategies
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- References
Playing career
Lewis began his playing career with the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Canada Hockey League. He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1973 NHL Entry Draft, third round, thirty-third overall. He played sixteen seasons with the New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, and Detroit Red Wings, scoring 36 goals and 224 points in 1,008 games.
Coaching career
After his playing career ended with the Red Wings in the 1988 season, he stayed with the team as an assistant coach. He helped Detroit win three Stanley Cups in the 1997, 1998, and 2002 season playoffs. When Scotty Bowman retired in 2002, Dave Lewis was named head coach of the Red Wings. In two seasons, he guided the Red Wings to two 48-win campaigns, including a Presidents' Trophy. In the playoffs, however, he had a record of 6–10. After the lockout ended, his contract was allowed to expire on June 30, 2005. He was re-hired by the Red Wings on August 9, 2005, as a scout.
On June 29, 2006, Lewis was named the 27th head coach of the Boston Bruins. His one and only season with the Bruins was not successful, as they finished with a 35–41–6 record, missing the playoffs for the second year in a row, and a last place finish in the Northeast Division. In June 2007, Lewis was fired as coach of the Bruins by general manager Peter Chiarelli, because of the team's highly inconsistent play throughout the season.
He subsequently signed on as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Kings for the 2007–2008 season. On August 4, 2008, it was announced he would not return for the 2008–2009 season.
On November 5, 2010, Lewis, whose maternal grandparents were from Ukraine, was hired as the coach of the Ukrainian national team, though his association with that team was short-lived.
On June 7, 2011, Lewis was hired as the assistant coach of the Carolina Hurricanes. Lewis was fired along with head coach Kirk Muller and assistant coach John MacLean on May 5, 2014
On December 15, 2014, he was hired as the head coach of the Belarusian national team. The contract is for one year with possibility of extension up to the 2018 Olympics.