David Hanson (ice hockey)

David Hanson
Born	(1954-04-12) April 12, 1954 Cumberland, Wisconsin, USA
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position	Defense
Shot	Left
Played for	NHL  Detroit Red Wings  Minnesota North Stars WHA  New England Whalers  Minnesota Fighting Saints  Birmingham Bulls
NHL draft	Undrafted
WHA draft	59th overall, 1974 Minnesota Fighting Saints
Playing career	1974–1984

David J. Hanson (born April 12, 1954 in Cumberland, Wisconsin) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. He played 33 games in the National Hockey League, and a total of 103 games in the World Hockey Association.

Biography

Hanson was born in Cumberland, Wisconsin, and grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he eventually starred in football, baseball and hockey at Humboldt Senior High School.

Hanson continued playing hockey for the St. Paul Vulcans and for Herb Brooks' University of Minnesota college team. Hanson played ten seasons for Detroit Red Wings and Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League, and the New England Whalers, Minnesota Fighting Saints and Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association.

He was originally cast as "Dave 'Killer' Carlson" in the 1977 film Slap Shot, but when Jack Carlson was unable to perform because his team was in the playoffs, Hanson was recast as "Jack Hanson", one of the Hanson Brothers. Jerry Houser was then cast as "Killer", the character based on Dave Hanson. Hanson appeared in several other films, and won a "DVD Premiere Award", along with Steve Carlson and Jeff Carlson, for his part in the 2002 sequel Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice.

In 1977, Hanson married Sue Kaschalk, a coal miner's daughter from Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania. He has two daughters and one son, Christian, a center whose professional career included time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, AHL teams and the Norwegian champion Stavanger Oilers. At one point Hanson was general manager of the Capital District Islanders in upstate New York, then the New York Islanders farm team. As of 2015 he resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and manages a sports center at Robert Morris University.

Statistics

Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1974–75	Johnstown Jets	NAHL		72	10	24	34	249
1975–76	Johnstown Jets	NAHL		66	8	21	29	311
1976–77	Hampton Gulls	SHL		28	5	7	12	188
1976–77	Johnstown Jets	NAHL		6	0	3	3	27
1976–77	Rhode Island Reds	AHL		27	2	10	12	98
1976–77	Minnesota Fighting Saints	WHA		7	0	2	2	35
1976–77	New England Whalers	WHA		1	0	0	0	9
1977–78	Kansas City Red Wings	CHL		15	0	0	0	41
1977–78	Hampton Gulls	AHL		5	0	3	3	8
1977–78	Birmingham Bulls	WHA		42	7	16	23	241
1978–79	Birmingham Bulls	WHA		53	6	22	28	212
1978–79	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		11	0	0	0	26
1979–80	Oklahoma City Stars	CHL		6	0	0	0	12
1979–80	Birmingham Bulls	CHL		33	4	6	10	174
1979–80	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		22	1	1	2	39
1980–81	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		77	11	21	32	267
1981–82	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		75	11	23	34	206
1982–83	Indianapolis Checkers	CHL		80	18	21	39	285
1983–84	Toledo Goaldiggers	IHL		68	11	26	37	120
1983–84	Indianapolis Checkers	CHL		1	0	0	0	0
	WHA totals (3 seasons)			103	13	40	53	497
	NHL totals (2 seasons)			33	1	1	2	65

See also

• List of NHL players
• List of NHL seasons
• List of WHA seasons

External links

• HansonBrothers.net
• Dave Hanson on his book, Slapshot Original
• David Hanson career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database