Dave Taylor (ice hockey)
Dave Taylor ( born December 4, 1955 in Levack, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played from 1977 to 1994 for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League.
Career
After his first season with the team of Clarkson University Taylor was in both the NHL and the Western Hockey League on the list of scouts for the draft, but you did not trust him too. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1975, the Los Angeles Kings took him until lap 15 as 211 and in the WHL waited until the Houston Aeros in round eight to draw him as 113. Taylor stayed 2 years at Clarkson, where he holds the scoring record today. He finished the season in the Central Hockey League to go for the coming season in the NHL for goals at the Fort Worth Texans.
With 43 points in his first season, 1977/78 Taylor was already more successful than had been expected, but it was followed by years with 90-112 points. In the Triple Crown line Dave Taylor played with Charlie Simmer and Marcel Dionne and in the 1980/81 season made it to be recorded all three of over 100 points. In 1985 Taylor was captain of the Kings and was replaced in 1989 by Wayne Gretzky. By 1994, Taylor played for the Kings, and is still the player who played the most games for the team from LA.
In 1997, Taylor at the Kings the post of General Manager and practiced this job out until 2006.