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Byron Dafoe
Canadian ice hockey player

Byron Dafoe

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Canadian ice hockey player
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Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Worthing, United Kingdom
Age
53 years
Stats
Weight:
190 lbs
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Biography

Byron Jaromir Dafoe (born February 25, 1971) is a Canadian former National Hockey League goaltender. He was born in Worthing, England, United Kingdom and moved to Comox, British Columbia with his mother at the age of two months. Between 1992 and 2004, he played for the Washington Capitals, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins and Atlanta Thrashers.

Playing career

Dafoe was drafted 35th overall in the 2nd round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals, and made his NHL debut in the 1992-93 season. Dafoe also played for the Capitals in the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. In 1995, Dafoe joined the Los Angeles Kings, with whom he stayed for two seasons before being traded to the Boston Bruins in 1997.

In the following two season, Dafoe helped the Bruins back to the playoffs, winning a postseason series in 1999. He finished third in voting for the Vezina Trophy, and was named to the NHL Second All-Star Team, edging out Curtis Joseph in the voting. Due to a contract dispute with Bruins General Manager Harry Sinden, he was a holdout for part of the 1999–2000 season and suffered injuries during it, so he never regained his previous form.

In 2002, he signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Thrashers. Byron Dafoe retired from professional hockey following the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

Outside of the NHL, Dafoe has played for WHL sides Portland Winter Hawks (1986–1990) and Prince Albert Raiders (1990–1991), ECHL side Hampton Roads Admirals, AHL sides Baltimore Skipjacks (1991–1992 and 1992–1993), New Haven Nighthawks (1992) and Portland Pirates (1993–1994 and 1994–1995), and IHL side Phoenix Roadrunners. He was voted a First Team AHL All-Star in 1993-94 and won a Calder Cup championship that season with the Portland Pirates.

During Dafoe's time with the Winter Hawks, he had an on-ice fistfight with Tri-City Americans goaltender Olaf Kölzig, someone with whom he would go on to have a friendly rivalry in the NHL—so friendly that they served as each other's best man when they got married. He and Kolzig also had a "friendly" fight later in their NHL careers on November 28, 1998, when the Boston Bruins took on the Washington Capitals. During the game, a fight broke out that was so violent and all encompassing, the goalies (Dafoe and Kolzig) also got caught up in it. The fight between the goalies was primarily comedic, with both Dafoe and Kolzig laughing as they landed punches.

Personal

Along with fellow NHLers Kölzig and Scott Mellanby, Dafoe is a founder of Athletes Against Autism, as his son has autism. Dafoe has two sons and resides in Kelowna, British Columbia, running a custom home electrical fit-out business.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPWLTMINGASOGAASV%GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1988–89Portland Winter HawksWHL5929243327929115.32.8611810810918114.45
1989–90Portland Winter HawksWHL4014213226519305.11.871
1990–91Portland Winter HawksWHL81514144105.94.843
1990–91Prince Albert RaidersWHL3213124183912404.04.893
1991–92Hampton Roads AdmiralsECHL106405622602.78.910
1991–92Baltimore SkipjacksAHL3312164184711903.86.885
1991–92New Haven NighthawksAHL73213642203.63.898
1992–93Washington CapitalsNHL10001000.001.000
1992–93Baltimore SkipjacksAHL4816207261719114.38.8655232412205.47.845
1993–94Washington CapitalsNHL52202301303.39.871202118502.54.872
1993–94Portland PiratesAHL4724164266114813.34.8911008107.50.857
1994–95Washington CapitalsNHL41111871103.53.86310020103.00.667
1994–95Portland PiratesAHL65003301602.91.9207344172904.17.877
1994–95Phoenix RoadrunnersIHL4925164274416923.70.889
1995–96Los Angeles KingsNHL4714248266617213.87.888
1996–97Los Angeles KingsNHL4013175216211203.11.905
1997–98Boston BruinsNHL6530259369313862.24.9146244221411.99.912
1998–99Boston BruinsNHL683223114001133101.99.92612667682622.03.921
1999–2000Boston BruinsNHL41131610230711432.96.889
2000–01Boston BruinsNHL4522147253610122.39.906
2001–02Boston BruinsNHL6435263382714142.21.9076243581903.18.865
2002–03Atlanta ThrashersNHL1751118956504.36.862
2003–04Atlanta ThrashersNHL1841119735103.14.898
NHL totals41517117056234781051262.68.90427101616866532.31.915

Awards and honours

AwardYear
AHL
First All-Star Team1994
Hap Holmes Memorial Award1994
Calder Cup (Portland Pirates)1994
NHL
Second All-Star Team1999

Acting career

In 1999, Dafoe played himself in an episode of The Jersey called "Ouch" where Morgan Hudson (played by Courtnee Draper) uses a magical jersey as she jumps into his body in order to get some "real" playing time.

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