Dave Creighton
Dave Theodore Creighton (* June 24, 1930 in Port Arthur, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who 1948-1969 for various franchises of the American Hockey League ( AHL ) and the National Hockey League ( NHL) in over 1500 games on the was the location of the center active. During this time he participated five times in the NHL All -Star Game, he also was honored in 1968 as the most valuable player in the AHL with the Les Cunningham Award. His son Adam Creighton was from 1983 to 1996 also active in the National Hockey League.
Career as a player
Dave Creighton began his career in 1946 at the Port Arthur West End Bruins in the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League, a regional Junior League of the Canadian province of Ontario. During this time he won with the Bruins after a final triumph against the Barrie Flyers to the Memorial Cup in 1948. After two seasons, he took on 5 October 1948 contract offer from the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League game. In the following four years, Creighton came in both the Bruins in the NHL, as well as for their farm team in Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League regularly used. With the start of the NHL season 1952/53, the center part of the permanent staff of the Boston Bruins and completed in the following two seasons, 134 games for the franchise from the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
On July 20, 1954, the Bruins gave him off in exchange for Fernie Flaman to the Toronto Maple Leafs. However, the Maple Leafs handed the offensive player after 14 games of the season in 1954/55 to the Chicago Blackhawks on. After the season, the Detroit Red Wings were given for a transfer business on May 27, 1955, the rights to the player. Dave Creighton but never completed a game for the Red Wings, as he once again was part of a player exchange already on 18 August 1955, and was delivered to the New York Rangers. In New York, Creighton had his statistically most successful period in the National Hockey League. So he finished the NHL season 1955/56, as the second best points scorer of the Rangers. League wide his were achieved in 70 games 51 points scorer the tenth most.
After three seasons with the New York Rangers, he was selected on June 3, 1958 while Intra -League Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. For the Canadiens, the center but never ran on, because it obliged the Toronto Maple Leafs on September 28, 1958 before the start of season 1958/59, of the waiver list. For the Maple Leafs Dave Creighton came in the following two seasons only in a total of 48 NHL games for use and spent the greater part, as well as the complete season 1960/61, at Toronto's farm team Rochester Americans. In June 1961, the Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Creighton finally offered to the Buffalo Bisons.
After a season for the Bisons, he was passed on to the Baltimore Clippers. In Baltimore, the offensive athlete completed three full seasons before he was transferred to the Providence Reds AHL during the current 1965/66 season. It was his ninth overall change clubs in 12 years. The Reds Creighton became once more for reliable offensive power and was in his first two seasons, the most successful points scorer of the Reds. In the AHL 1967/68 season Dave Creighton was named Most Valuable Player of the American Hockey League with the Les Cunningham Award. After another season for the Reds Creighton ended after 21 years as a professional his playing career.
Career as a coach
Dave Creighton from 1966 until the end of his career working as an active player in 1969 as player-coach of the Providence Reds. During this period, the Reds qualified for the seasons 1967/68 and 1968/69 for the American Hockey League play- offs and excreted in both years respectively from the second play-off round. In the AHL season 1969/70 the Providence Reds missed qualifying for the final round of the Calder Cup, after which Dave Creighton's employment was terminated with the Reds.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
As a player
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )
As a coach
(Legend to coach stats: GC = Matches, W = Won, L = Lost, T = Tie)