Dave Lowry

Dave Lowry
Born	February 14, 1965 Sudbury, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Vancouver Canucks St. Louis Blues Florida Panthers San Jose Sharks Calgary Flames
NHL Draft	110th overall, 1983 Vancouver Canucks
Playing career	1985–2004

David John Lowry (born February 14, 1965) is a retired professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1985 to 2004. He was most recently an assistant coach of the Calgary Flames and the former head coach of the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League. On Thursday, July 19, 2012, he was named the new Head Coach of the Victoria Royals of the WHL.

Lowry's sons, Adam and Joel, were drafted by the Winnipeg Jets and the Los Angeles Kings, respectively. Adam currently plays for the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League (NHL). Joel currently plays for the Cornell Big Red in ECAC Hockey.

Playing career

Born in Sudbury, Ontario and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Dave Lowry was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 6th round, 110th overall, in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. He played three seasons with the London Knights of the OHL before joining the Canucks for the start of the 1985–86 NHL season. In Vancouver, he played for three seasons with only spending part of the 1987–88 season in the minors for the Fredericton Express of the American Hockey League (AHL). On 29 September 1988, just prior to the start of the 1988–89 NHL season, Lowry was traded to the St. Louis Blues for Ernie Vargas.

After spending most of the 1988–89 season with the Peoria Rivermen of the International Hockey League (IHL), Lowry joined the Blues for the last 21 games of the season including ten more games in the playoffs. Lowry stayed with St. Louis until the end of the 1992–93 NHL season. Dave Lowry was never much of an offensive threat as his highest goal total was 19, which he did twice, both times with the Blues, and his highest point total was 40, which was also with the Blues. Before he retired, he managed to play over 1000 NHL games.

Dave Lowry was drafted in the expansion draft by the Florida Panthers before the 1993–94 NHL season. Lowry had his best years in Florida. Perhaps he is most famous for being on the runner up team in 1995–96. He would be given the nickname Mr. Playoff as he scored ten goals during the 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs. After five seasons in Florida, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks near the beginning of the 1997–98 season along with a first round pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft (Vincent Lecavalier) for Viktor Kozlov and a fifth round pick (Jaroslav Špaček) also in the 1998 draft.

After only three seasons in San Jose, Lowry went to the Calgary Flames for the 2000–01 season where he played out his last four seasons, with the exception of a brief stint with the Saint John Flames of the AHL. In his last NHL season, he played only 18 games in the regular season acquiring one goal and one assist. In the playoffs, though, he played 10 games in Calgary's improbable Stanley Cup run of 2004 that ended in a loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

After retiring as a player, Lowry began coaching, joining the Western Hockey League's Calgary Hitmen as an assistant coach in 2005. Lowry was promoted to associate coach in 2007, and named the head coach of the Hitmen in 2008, succeeding Kelly Kisio as Calgary's bench boss.^[1] Currently Coaches Victoria of the WHL.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1982–83	London Knights	OHL		42	11	16	27	48		3	0	0	0	14
1983–84	London Knights	OHL		66	29	47	76	125		8	6	6	12	41
1984–85	London Knights	OHL		61	60	60	120	94		8	6	5	11	10
1985–86	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		73	10	8	18	143		3	0	0	0	0
1986–87	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		70	8	10	18	176		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Fredericton Express	AHL		46	18	27	45	59		14	7	3	10	72
1987–88	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		22	1	3	4	38		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		58	31	35	66	45		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	St. Louis Blues	NHL		21	3	3	6	11		10	0	5	5	4
1989–90	St. Louis Blues	NHL		78	19	6	25	75		12	2	1	3	39
1990–91	St. Louis Blues	NHL		79	19	21	40	168		13	1	4	5	35
1991–92	St. Louis Blues	NHL		75	7	13	20	77		6	0	1	1	20
1992–93	St. Louis Blues	NHL		58	5	8	13	101		11	2	0	2	14
1993–94	Florida Panthers	NHL		80	15	22	37	64		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Florida Panthers	NHL		45	10	10	20	25		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Florida Panthers	NHL		63	10	14	24	36		22	10	7	17	39
1996–97	Florida Panthers	NHL		77	15	14	29	51		5	0	0	0	0
1997–98	Florida Panthers	NHL		7	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	San Jose Sharks	NHL		50	4	4	8	51		6	0	0	0	18
1998–99	San Jose Sharks	NHL		61	6	9	15	24		1	0	0	0	0
1999–00	San Jose Sharks	NHL		32	1	4	5	18		12	1	2	3	6
2000–01	Calgary Flames	NHL		79	18	17	35	47		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Calgary Flames	NHL		62	7	6	13	51		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Saint John Flames	AHL		22	3	6	9	16		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Calgary Flames	NHL		34	5	14	19	22		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Calgary Flames	NHL		18	1	1	2	11		10	0	0	0	6
NHL totals				1084	164	187	351	1191		111	16	20	36	181

Coaching record

Season	Team	League	Regular season						Post season
			G	W	L	OTL	Pts	Division rank	Result
2008–09	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	72	59	9	4	122	1st in Central	Lost final
2012–13	Victoria Royals	WHL	72	35	30	7	77	3rd in B.C.	Lost in 1st Round
2013–14	Victoria Royals	WHL	72	48	20	4	100	2nd in B.C.	Lost in 2nd Round
WHL totals			216	142	59	15	-	1 Division title	21-12 in playoffs

See also

• List of NHL players with 1000 games played
• Captain (ice hockey)

References

1. "Hitmen name Lowry coach, Kisio general manager". Calgary Hitmen Hockey Club. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

External links

• Dave Lowry's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Dave Lowry at Hockeydraftcentral.com

Note: Lowry was named captain in December 2000, upon the retirement of Steve Smith. He was later stripped of the captaincy in February 2002 (by coach Greg Gilbert, because of poor performance on ice), Craig Conroy and Bob Boughner were named co-captains.