Alex Dampier
Alex Dampier | |||
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Born |
Nipigon, Ontario , Canada | May 3, 1951||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Left wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | |||
Playing career | 1972–1985 |
Alex "Damps" Dampier (born Canadian retired professional ice hockey player and coach. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
May 3, 1951) is aPlaying career
Born in
Dampier moved to the
Coaching career
Club
Whilst still playing (and coaching) the Racers, the team won the
In the summer of 1985 Dampier joined the Nottingham Panthers as coach. In his second season with the Panthers they won the Norwich Union Trophy in 1986 and the Autumn Cup in 1991. They also won the playoffs in 1989, made the playoffs semifinals in 1990 and were losing finalists in the playoffs in 1992. Whilst with the Panthers, Dampier was twice named the British Ice Hockey Writers Association's Coach of the Year in 1987 and 1989.[1]
Dampier moved to the Panthers' arch-rivals, the
At the end of the
International
Dampier's first involvement on the international scene came in 1981 when he was the coach of the
. It was an inauspicious start for his international coaching career as the GB team lost all their matches and did not take part in world competition again until 1990. However, Dampier was put in charge of the under-21 GB team between 1982 and 1988 when they won the bronze medal in Pool C twice.In 1990 Dampier was again made coach to the senior team for the World Championships Pool D tournament in Cardiff, Wales. The team won all four of the games and gained promotion to Pool C. Despite high expectations in 1991, the team only finished fifth in the nine team tournament held in Copenhagen, Denmark. However, the following year, 1992, in Hull, England the team gained promotion to World Championships Pool B and, in 1993, promotion into Pool A. However, in 1994 in Bolzano, Italy, the team lost all their matches and were relegated back to Pool B.
Awards and honours
- BIHWA Coach of the Year for 1986–87 and 1988–89.[1]
- Inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995.
Footnotes
- ^ a b Ice Hockey Journalists UK. "Coach of the Year Trophy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from
- British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry