Dean Talafous

Dean Talafous
Born	August 25, 1953 Duluth, MN, USA
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	New York Rangers Minnesota North Stars Atlanta Flames
NHL Draft	53rd overall, 1973 Atlanta Flames
WHA Draft	13th overall, 1973 Cincinnati Stingers
Playing career	1974–1982

Dean Talafous

Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Playing career
1971–1974	Wisconsin
Position(s)	Right Wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1984	Minnesota (assistant)
1984–1985	St. Paul Vulcans
1985–1989	Minnesota (assistant)
1989–1996	Wisconsin–River Falls
1996–2001	Alaska-Anchorage
Head coaching record
Overall	160-196-40 (.455)

Dean Charles Talafous (born August 25, 1953 in Duluth, Minnesota) is a retired ice hockey player. He played 497 NHL regular season games in 1974–82 for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars and the Atlanta Flames as a right winger.

College

Talafous played for the Wisconsin Badgers where he helped the team win a National Championship in 1973, where he was named the MVP.

NHL career

Drafted 53rd overall by the Atlanta Flames in the 1973 NHL Entry Draft after helping the Wisconsin Badgers win the NCAA title. He played 18 games for the Flames before being traded to the Minnesota North Stars. In international hockey he played for the United States in the 1976 Canada Cup and 1981 Canada Cup. In 1978 Talafous signed on as a free agent with the New York Rangers. He retired from playing in 1982 after only playing 29 games for New York that season.^[1]

Coaching

Juniors

• Head of player development - [ Hudson Crusaders ] [ MJHL ]
• Head Coach - St. Paul Vulcans USHL

College Head Coaching record^[2]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons (NCHA) (1989-90–1995-96)
1989-90	Wisconsin–River Falls	13-13-3
1990-91	Wisconsin–River Falls	6-18-3
1991-92	Wisconsin–River Falls	6-17-1
1992-93	Wisconsin–River Falls	19-13-1			NCAA Runner-Up (D-III)
1993-94	Wisconsin–River Falls	21-8-4			NCAA National Champion (D-III)
1994-95	Wisconsin–River Falls	19-10-4			NCAA Frozen Four (D-III)
1995-96	Wisconsin–River Falls	26-5-2			NCAA Frozen Four (D-III)
Wisconsin–River Falls:		110-84-18
Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (WCHA) (1996–97–2000-01)
1996-97	Alaska-Anchorage	9-23-4	7-21-4	9th	WCHA First Round
1997-98	Alaska-Anchorage	6-25-5	5-19-4	9th	WCHA First Round
1998-99	Alaska-Anchorage	13-18-5	10-13-5	6th	WCHA First Round
1999-00	Alaska-Anchorage	15-18-3	11-14-3	7th	WCHA First Round
2000-01	Alaska-Anchorage	7-24-5	4-20-4	9th	WCHA First Round
Alaska-Anchorage:		50-108-22	37-87-20
Total:		160-196-40
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Current

Currently Talafous lives in Hudson, Wisconsin, and runs Total Hockey Training, a hockey training company.

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	1973	[3]

International play

• Canada Cup - 1976, 1981
• Ice Hockey World Championship- 1973, 1974 (both Pool B)

References

1. "Dean Charles Talafous". LegendsOfHockey.net. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
2. "2013-14 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
3. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

External links

• Dean Talafous's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Hockeydraftcentral.com profile
• Dean Talafous's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Total Hockey Training