David Ellett
David George John Ellett ( born March 30, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who during his playing career for the Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League played at the position of the defender. His father Bob Ellett was also a professional hockey player and among others in the American Hockey League for the Cleveland Barons and Rochester Americans active.
Career
David Ellett began his career in 1981 at the Ottawa Jr. Senators in the Central Junior A Hockey League, before moving in 1982 Hockey Team Bowling Green State University in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. In 83 games he reached 71 points and received 130 penalty minutes. Ellett was selected at the NHL Entry Draft in 1982 by the Winnipeg Jets in the fourth round to 75th position. In the 1984/85 season he ran in 88 NHL games for the Jets and collected 44 points scorer. In the play-offs were in the first round of the Calgary Flames defeated before in the second round in four games against the Edmonton Oilers followed by the in-form Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri and Paul Coffey departure from the competition. Two years later Ellett scored again with the Jets in the second playoff round to the Oilers and lost again the series in four games without a single win. In the season 1987/88 noted the defensive players with 61 points and 116 penalty minutes in his career records. In the playoffs, Ellett failed with the Jets again against the Edmonton Oilers, who won their fourth Stanley Cup in five years.
After he scored in the following two years to the root of the team squad, gave him this on November 10, 1990 in a barter with Paul Fenton in exchange for Ed Olczyk and Mark Osborne to the Toronto Maple Leafs from. The Leafs of Canadians again took on an important role and acted in the following six years, almost continuously as a regular player. After he did not qualify to the Companies based in Toronto team in the first two seasons for the playoffs, he came in the 1992/93 season with the Leafs to the Conference Finals before. In the competitive series, the team lost in Game Seven with 4:5 against the Los Angeles Kings and missed a place in the finals for the Stanley Cup. Even a year later Ellett subject with the team in the Conference Finals, this time in five games against the Vancouver Canucks.
On 25 February 1997, the defender part of a barter trade, which was completed between the Maple Leafs and the New Jersey Devils was. Along with Doug Gilmour and a third-round choice right he moved in exchange for Jason Smith, Steve Sullivan and Alyn McCauley to the Devils. The Canadians went in 30 games for the Devils on the ice, and posted it ten points. In the summer of 1997, these phased out his contract, whereupon Ellett signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins. Also in Boston was one of the veteran defender to the permanent employees and completed 150 NHL games for the Bruins in which he reached 30 points scorer. After the season 1998/99 season, his contract was not extended, however, and he then decided to join the team of the St. Louis Blues. There he spent another season, on 8 September 2000, he made his career end after 1245 NHL games known.
Although he was born in the United States and was appointed to the U.S. squad to host the Canada Cup in 1987, he never completed a full international for the U.S. ice hockey team. Although two years later, the former head coach of the U.S. Selection Bob Johnson insisted that Ellett for the U.S. 've aground, this nevertheless opted for the Canadian selection. In the Ice Hockey World Championship 1989, he completed his first and only tournament with the Canadians. In ten games get him four goals and six points scorer, he also received 14 penalty minutes. The team finished the tournament in second place, won the World Cup the USSR.
David Ellett since 2006, along with Brian Savage one of the owners of the Central Hockey League teams New Mexico Scorpions.