Bobby Dollas
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Bobby Dollas is a Canadian
former professional ice hockey
player. Dollas played defence for the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques
, Detroit Red Wings
, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Edmonton Oilers
, Pittsburgh Penguins
, Calgary Flames
, Ottawa Senators
and San Jose Sharks
.
. Drafted 14th overall by the Jets in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft
, Dollas played 646 regular season NHL games, scoring 42 goals and 96 assists for 138 points and collecting 467 penalty minutes in a career which spanned 16 seasons. Dollas won a gold medal with Canada
at the 1985 World Junior Championships
and was a tournament All-Star. Dollas is currently a radio commentator with TSN 990 on Montreal Canadiens broadcasts, and is an instructor with PSL Hockey in Laval, Quebec
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
former professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. Dollas played defence for the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...
, Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
, Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
, Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...
, Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
and San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
.
Playing career
Dollas played junior hockey with the Laval Voisins and scored 61 points as a major junior rookie in 1982-83. During the 1983-84 season, Dollas made his NHL debut, playing in a single game with Winnipeg before being returned to junior and scoring 45 points in 54 games for the Voisins. The Voisins were the QMJHL champions that year, but they failed to win the Memorial CupMemorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
. Drafted 14th overall by the Jets in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft
1983 NHL Entry Draft
The 1983 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 8, 1983. The NHL Entry Draft is the primary means by which players arrive in the National Hockey League. The St. Louis Blues did not participate in this draft, shortly after the league blocked the franchise's...
, Dollas played 646 regular season NHL games, scoring 42 goals and 96 assists for 138 points and collecting 467 penalty minutes in a career which spanned 16 seasons. Dollas won a gold medal with Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
at the 1985 World Junior Championships
1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 9th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held mainly in Turku and Helsinki, Finland...
and was a tournament All-Star. Dollas is currently a radio commentator with TSN 990 on Montreal Canadiens broadcasts, and is an instructor with PSL Hockey in Laval, Quebec
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...
.
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1982-83 | Laval Voisins | QMJHL Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League... |
63 | 16 | 45 | 61 | 144 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | ||
1983-84 | Laval Voisins | QMJHL | 54 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | ||
1983-84 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1984-85 | Sherbrooke Canadiens Sherbrooke Canadiens The Sherbrooke Canadiens were a professional ice hockey team in Sherbrooke, Quebec. They played their home games at the Palais des Sports. They were a member of the American Hockey League from 1984 to 1990, and were a farm team of the Montreal Canadiens.... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | ||
1984-85 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1984-85 | Laval Voisins | QMJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
1985-86 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 25 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 | |||||||
1985-86 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 46 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1986-87 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 75 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 87 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||
1987-88 | Moncton Hawks Moncton Hawks The Moncton Hawks were a professional ice hockey team based in Moncton, New Brunswick. They played in the American Hockey League between 1987 and 1994 operated as a minor league affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets. Home games were played at the Moncton Coliseum... |
AHL | 26 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 20 | |||||||
1987-88 | Quebec Nordiques Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
1987-88 | Fredericton Express Fredericton Express The Fredericton Express were a professional ice hockey team based in Fredericton, New Brunswick. They played in the American Hockey League between 1981 and 1988. The Express were affiliated with the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League... |
AHL | 33 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | ||
1988-89 | Halifax Citadels Halifax Citadels The Halifax Citadels were a professional ice hockey team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They played in the American Hockey League between 1988 and 1993... |
AHL | 57 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
1988-89 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |||||||
1990-91 | Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York... |
NHL | 56 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | ||
1991-92 | Adirondack Red Wings Adirondack Red Wings The Adirondack Red Wings were a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Glens Falls, New York, USA at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The team was affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League... |
AHL | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | ||
1991-92 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1992-93 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 64 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | ||
1992-93 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
1993-94 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 77 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 55 | |||||||
1994-95 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 45 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 12 | |||||||
1995-96 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 82 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 64 | |||||||
1996-97 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 79 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
1997-98 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | |||||||
1997-98 | Edmonton Oilers Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League .... |
NHL | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
1998-99 | Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original... |
NHL | 70 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
1999-00 | Calgary Flames Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the... |
NHL | 49 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | |||||||
1999-00 | Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1999-00 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL International Hockey League The International Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1945 to 2001. The IHL served as the National Hockey League's alternate farm system to the American Hockey League . After 56 years of operation, financial instability led to... |
13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||||||
2000-01 | Manitoba Moose Manitoba Moose The Manitoba Moose were a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the International Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 and American Hockey League from 2001 to 2011. The team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 to become the St... |
IHL | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
2000-01 | San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |||||||
2000-01 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
2001-02 | Laval Chiefs Laval Chiefs The Laval Chiefs was a hockey team based in Laval, Quebec. The team is still part of the Ligue nord-américaine de hockey , though no longer in Laval. The Chiefs were previously part of the semi-professional QSPHL and QSMHL , LNAH . The Chiefs played at the Colisée de Laval... |
QSPHL | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 17 | ||
2002-03 | Laval Chiefs | QSPHL | 50 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 54 | ||
2003-04 | St. Jean Mission | QSMHL | 44 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 36 | ||
2004-05 | Sorel-Tracy Mission | LNAH Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey was founded in 2004 and is a low-level professional league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was called the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League from 1996 until it turned pro in 2004... |
31 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12 | |||||||
2005-06 | Sorel-Tracy Mission | LNAH | 31 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 37 | |||||||
NHL totals | 646 | 42 | 96 | 138 | 467 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 41 |
International statistics
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1989-90 | Canadian National Team | Intl | 68 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 60 |