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Canada David Cooper
#7 Pontebba / Italy - 07/08
1-time AHL Calder Cup Champion 1
1-time AHL Second All-Star Team 1
1-time CHL Third All-Star Team 1
1-time WHL (East) First All-Star Team 1
Date of Birth
Nov 02, 1973
Position
D
Age
51
Height
6'2" / 188 cm
Place of Birth
Ottawa, ON, CAN
Weight
205 lbs / 93 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired
Drafted
1992 round 1 #11 overall by Buffalo Sabres

He was considered a shoo-in for a long NHL career, but it never happened. Cooper was a great passer, but he had some defensive drawbacks and didn't leverage his size often enough. He was spending the majority of his time in AHL and got opportunity in only few games in NHL. Then he decided to take his career in a different direction and elected to continue his career in Europe. After just one year in Germany he gave NHL his last shot. Though the year was spent in the minors again, he did resurface at the NHL level for two games with Toronto Maple Leafs. After that he moved back to Europe and finished his career playing for many teams in Germany, Russia, Italy and Denmark. He was one of the first Canadians to play in Russia prior to the founding of KHL.

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David Cooper Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1989-90 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 61* 4* 11* 15* 65* -* | Playoffs 3 0 2 2 2 -
1990-91 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 64* 12* 31* 43* 66* -* | Playoffs 11 1 3 4 23 -
1991-92 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72* 17* 47* 64* 176* -* | Playoffs 4 1 4 5 8 -
1992-93 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 63* 15* 50* 65* 88* -* | Playoffs 10 2 2 4 32 -
1993-94 Rochester Americans AHL 68* 10* 25* 35* 82* -22* | Playoffs 4 1 1 2 2 2
1994-95 Rochester Americans AHL 21* 2* 4* 6* 48* -6* |
South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 39* 9* 19* 28* 90* -* | Playoffs 9 3 8 11 24 -
1995-96 Rochester Americans AHL 67* 9* 18* 27* 79* -2* | Playoffs 8 0 1 1 12 2
1996-97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 19* 3* 3* 6* 16* -3* |
St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 44* 16* 19* 35* 65* -14* |
1997-98 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 9* 0* 4* 4* 8* 2* |
St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 60* 19* 23* 42* 117* -7* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 6 0
1998-99 Saint John Flames AHL 65* 18* 24* 42* 121* -37* | Playoffs 7 1 4 5 10 -5
1999-00 Kassel Huskies DEL 55* 11* 13* 24* 82* -6* | Playoffs 6 2 1 3 38 -1
2000-01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 71* 16* 26* 42* 117* 2* | Playoffs 4 1 1 2 10 -2
2001-02 Eisbären Berlin DEL 54* 15* 13* 28* 155* 9* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 6 -1
2002-03 SKA St. Petersburg Russia 10* 1* 2* 3* 36* -1* |
2003-04 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 47* 3* 11* 14* 186* -8* |
2004-05 Asiago Italy 18* 8* 8* 16* 50* -* |
Alleghe Italy 10* 4* 2* 6* 43* -* | Relegation 4 3 2 5 24 -
2005-06 Rødovre Mighty Bulls Denmark 32* 9* 5* 14* 106* -* | Playoffs 6 4 2 6 75 -
2006-07 Rødovre Mighty Bulls Denmark 18* 4* 10* 14* 92* -* | Playoffs 4 1 0 1 10 -
2007-08 Pontebba Italy 26* 11* 8* 19* 86* -* | Playoffs 5 2 1 3 12 -

David Cooper Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1986-87 Winnipeg Monarchs QC Int PW -* -* -* -* -* -* |

David Cooper Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 7 396* 90* 139* 229* 0.58* 629* -86* | 5 27 3 * 8 * 11 * 0.41 * 40 * -3 *
DEL 3 156* 29* 37* 66* 0.42* 423* -5* | 2 10 2 * 2 * 4 * 0.40 * 44 * -2 *
Denmark 2 50* 13* 15* 28* 0.56* 198* -* | 2 10 5 * 2 * 7 * 0.70 * 85 * - *
ECHL 1 39* 9* 19* 28* 0.72* 90* -* | 1 9 3 * 8 * 11 * 1.22 * 24 * - *
Italy 2 54* 23* 18* 41* 0.76* 179* -* | 2 9 5 * 3 * 8 * 0.89 * 36 * - *
NHL 3 30* 3* 7* 10* 0.33* 24* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
QC Int PW 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Russia 1 10* 1* 2* 3* 0.30* 36* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
WHL 4 260* 48* 139* 187* 0.72* 395* -* | 4 28 4 * 11 * 15 * 0.54 * 65 * - *

David Cooper Career Highlights

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Awards by season
Player Biography and Trivia

Career transactions
- 1996-09-26 • Signed as a free agent by Toronto Maple Leafs
- 1998-07-02 • Traded to Calgary Flames by Toronto Maple Leafs for Ladislav Kohn
- 2000-10-16 • Signed as a free agent by Toronto Maple Leafs
- 2004-08-23 • Signed as a free agent by Asiago (Italy)
- 2007-07-10 • Signed as a free agent by Pontebba (Italy)