Dan Keczmer
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
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| played_for = Minnesota North Stars
Hartford Whalers
Calgary Flames
Dallas Stars
Nashville Predators
| league = NHL
| position = Defense
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 180
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|5|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Mount Clemens, Michigan, U.S.
| ntl_team = USA
| draft = 201st overall
| draft_year = 1986
| draft_team = Minnesota North Stars
| career_start = 1990
| career_end = 2000
}}
Daniel Leonard Keczmer (born May 25, 1968) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for five teams between 1990 and 2000. Internationally he played for the American national team at two World Championships.
Biography
As a youth, he played in the 1981 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Detroit.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-17|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Keczmer played four seasons with Lake Superior State University and was a member of the Lake Superior State Lakers 1988 NCAA Championship men's ice hockey team.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
He was drafted in the tenth round, 201st overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Keczmer made his professional debut with the IHL's Kalamazoo Wings in the 1990–91 season. He also appeared in nine NHL games with the North Stars that same season.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
Keczmer was one of many North Stars who joined the San Jose Sharks in the 1991 NHL Dispersal Draft. Before the Sharks' inaugural season began, however, Keczmer was traded to the Hartford Whalers in exchange for Dean Evason. Keczmer would play with the Whalers, Calgary Flames, Dallas Stars, and Nashville Predators before retiring following the 1999–2000 season.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
In his NHL career, Keczmer appeared in 235 games. He scored eight goals and added 38 assists. He also appeared in 12 Stanley Cup playoff games, recording one assist.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
He now resides in Brentwood, Tennessee with his family.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1985–86
| Little Caesars U18 AAA | U18 AAA | 65 | 6 | 48 | 54 | 116
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87 | Lake Superior State University | CCHA | 38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| Lake Superior State University | CCHA | 41 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | Lake Superior State University | CCHA | 46 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 70
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90
| Lake Superior State University | CCHA | 43 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 48
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91 | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| IHL | 60 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 60
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92
| AHL | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | Intl | 51 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 56
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93
| Hartford Whalers | NHL | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992–93 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 37 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 38
| 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 1993–94
| Hartford Whalers | NHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94
| NHL | 57 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 48
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995–96
| Calgary Flames | NHL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96 | AHL | 22 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| AHL | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | NHL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| IHL | 42 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 44 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98
| Dallas Stars | NHL | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99
| Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99 | NHL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–00
| Nashville Predators | NHL | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1999–00 | IHL | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–00
| AHL | 25 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 235 !! 8 !! 38 !! 46 !! 212 ! 12 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 8 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1990
| WC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 1999 | United States | WC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
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! colspan="4"| Senior totals ! 16 !! 2 !! 0 !! 2 !! 8 |
Awards and honors
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year ! |
| CCHA All-Tournament Team
| 1989 |
| All-CCHA Second Team
| 1989–90 |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=10767}}
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