David Tanabe
David Tanabe ( born July 19, 1980 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. During his career he played for the Carolina Hurricanes, Phoenix Coyotes and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.
Career
Tanabe was one of the first American high school students who were training in Ann Arbor, Michigan, along with the national team Development Program and played. After his high school graduation in Ann Arbor Tanabe played for the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Tanabe was a total selected during the NHL Entry Draft in 1999 as 16 players from the Carolina Hurricanes. During his first NHL game he scored his first Profitor against the Calgary Flames. It quickly became the defender a fixture in the NHL. In the 2003 /04 season he played for the Phoenix Coyotes. Then he went into the 2004/05 season during the failed NHL season as the Swiss first division club Kloten Flyers and Rapperswil -Jona Lakers.
On August 5, 2006 he wanted the Boston Bruins do not commit because of his salary of 1.275 million U.S. dollars, which were granted to him by an arbitration court two days earlier, on. After NHL right Tanabe was consequently directly to a free agent. August 29, 2006 Tanabe was hired by his longtime former club Carolina Hurricanes.
In December 2007, David Tanabe suffered a severe concussion in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. October 18, 2008 announced Hurricanes manager Jim Rutherford that they would Tanabe pay $ 850,000 over the next three years after he was advised by doctors to end his career.