Dan DaSilva
| Dan DaSilva | |||
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| Born |
April 30, 1985 Saskatoon, SK, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| EBEL team Former teams |
EHC Black Wings Linz Lowell Lock Monsters Albany River Rats Lake Erie Monsters Worcester Sharks HC Lev Poprad Houston Aeros Augsburger Panther | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Dan DaSilva (born April 30, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for EHC Black Wings Linz in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).
Playing career
DaSilva played major junior hockey with the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In 2005 he was named to the WHL West Second All-Star Team.[1]
On October 11, 2005 DaSilva was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Avalanche who assigned him to play with their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Lowell Lock Monsters.
After three years within differing Avalanche affiliates, DaSilva signed as a free agent with the Worcester Sharks on October 24, 2008. In the 2008-09 season, he split the year between Worcester and ECHL affiliate, the Phoenix RoadRunners.
On September 17, 2009, following a training camp with the San Jose Sharks, DaSilva failed to earn a contract but was reassigned to remain with affiliate, the Worcester Sharks. In 72 games with the Sharks, Da Silva finished third on the team with 21 goals and recorded a career high 53 points. After recording 8 points in 11 post seasons games, Dan became Worcesters franchise leader with 18 post season points.
DaSilva re-signed with Worcester prior to the on July 27, 2010.[2] After taking part in San Jose's training camp for a second consecutive season, he was again returned to Worcester to begin the 2010-11 season on September 26, 2010.[3] He signed on to play with HC Lev Poprad for the 2011 season, but his contract was terminated (mutually) on November 15, 2011.[4] Dasilva signed with HC La Chaux-de-Fonds in December 2011. After scoring 10 points in 8 games, DaSilva was transferred to EHC Olten on January 13, 2012.[5]
DaSilva returned to North America upon completion of the European season and signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with ECHL club, the Ontario Reign on September 29, 2012.[6] After posting 42 points in 34 games with the Reign, DaSilva was signed by the Houston Aeros of the AHL on February 23, 2013.[7]
DaSilva made a return to the Worcester Sharks, to play his fourth season with the club in 2013-14. After scoring 37 points in 61 games, DaSilva resumed his European career in agreeing to a one-year deal with German club, Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on August 1, 2014.[8] After scoring 36 points in 51 games, DaSilva continued his journeyman career, in signing a one-year contract in the Neighbouring Austrian Hockey League with EHC Black Wings Linz on May 6, 2015.[9]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 64 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 2003–04 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 65 | 36 | 20 | 56 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 71 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 127 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 25 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | San Diego Gulls | ECHL | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 43 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Arizona Sundogs | CHL | 14 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 54 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2008–09 | Phoenix RoadRunners | ECHL | 36 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 72 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2010–11 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 80 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Lev Poprad | KHL | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | NLB | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | EHC Olten | NLB | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2012–13 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 34 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 22 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 14 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 61 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 51 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 383 | 91 | 114 | 205 | 355 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 16 | ||||
| KHL totals | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ↑ "Dan DaSilva TSN profile". The Sports Network. 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
- ↑ "Worcester Sharks re-sign forward Dan DaSilva". Worcester Sharks. 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ↑ "Sharks reduce roster by 11". San Jose Sharks. 2010-09-26. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ↑ "Lions and Da Silva agree to part ways". HC Lev Poprad. 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
- ↑ "EHC Olten Details". Eurohockey.com. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ↑ "DaSivla and Van de Mosselear ink with Ontario". Ontario Reign. 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
- ↑ "Aeros sign veteran forward DaSilva". Houston Aeros. 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ↑ "Panther find long awaited reinforcement to attack in Dan DaSilva" (in German). Augsburger Panther. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ↑ "New forward Dan DaSilva in Linz" (in German). EHC Black Wings Linz. 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
External links
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- Dan DaSilva's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database