Dave Silk
David Mark "Dave" Silk ( born January 1, 1958 in Scituate, Massachusetts ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. During his career he played among others in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers and the Hockey League for the Mannheimer ERC.
Career
Amateur
Silk began his career as an amateur at the Thayer Academy in Braintree, but then switched for a college degree at Boston University, where he played for the Boston University Terriers. In 110 games as an amateur, he was able to achieve 120 goals. In 1979 he transferred to the U.S. national team. The team's coach, Herb Brooks, wanted to form a team in time for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Silk should be an important component of the national team and was able to prevail in the pre-season games against numerous competitors, which led to his nomination for the games. Silk made for the national team 63 games, seven of them at the Olympics. Overall, he was able to achieve 14 goals, including two in Lake Placid. The team failed to qualify for the finals in Lake Placid Winter Olympics, defeating the favored team of the USSR 4-3 there. The game was later known as the " Miracle on Ice" in the sports history. After another victory against the team from Finland 4-2, Silk, scoring one assist, the U.S. had won the gold medal.
Professional
As early as 1978 the New York Rangers Silk had selected in the fourth round to 59th place of the NHL Amateur Draft 1978. The next three years played Silk at Rangers, but could not there by focusing on continued and was even sent over the 1982/83 season in the minor leagues, where he worked for the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League and the Binghamton Whalers in the American Hockey League aground. Silk played until 1986 even for a total of three other NHL teams for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and the Winnipeg Jets. In any club he made his breakthrough, he always had to compete in the subclass the way. Overall, he came to 249 games in the NHL during the regular season.
In 1986, he then took an offer from Mannheim ERC and moved to Germany. In Mannheim, the technician three years worked and evolved alongside Paul Messier, Peter Obresa, Georg Holzmann and Marcus Kuhl become one of the top scorer of the team. In his first season in Mannheim, he won the vice-championship with his team. In 117 games Silk reach 75 goals for the team from Mannheim. In 1989 he moved to Berlin at the BSC Preussen, where his former Mannheim teammate Georg Holzmann was under contract. After two seasons, he finished in 1991 after 90 games for this team and 62 goals his career.
Coach
Silk returned to his playing career back at his old college in Boston, where he worked as an assistant coach.
Honors
Silk is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, United States Olympic Hall of Fame and in the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame. The American magazine Sports Illustrated selected him in 1980 along with his teammates the Olympic team for the Sportsman of the Year.