Dwayne Norris

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Dwayne Norris

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|8|mf=y}}

| birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 175

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| played_for = Quebec Nordiques
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Kölner Haie
Frankfurt Lions

| ntl_team = CAN

| draft = 127th overall

| draft_year = 1990

| draft_team = Quebec Nordiques

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2007

}}

Carl Dwayne Norris (born January 8, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1990s with the Quebec Nordiques and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He was a member of Canada's silver medal-winning team at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

Playing career

Norris started his hockey career with the St. John's Capitals (Caps) of the Avalon Junior Hockey League, eventually leaving home at the young age of 14 to play with the Notre Dame Hounds. He then went on to play college hockey with Michigan State. From there Norris joined the AHL's Cornwall Aces after being drafted by the Quebec Nordiques (127th overall) in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. The Aces then moved their team to Halifax in 1994 under the name Halifax Citadels. Norris appeared in 20 National Hockey League regular season games for the Nordiques and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points and collecting 8 penalty minutes.

In 1996 Norris moved to Germany and joined the Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks) of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In 2002, he won the German Championship with Köln when they beat perennial rivals Adler Mannheim 3–2 in the best-of-five final series with Norris netting the game winner in each of Colognes victories. Before the 2003/04 season he signed with league rivals Frankfurt Lions and immediately helped the Lions win the league title in his first season in Frankfurt. There Norris played until 2007, when he finished his playing career.

Norris's most memorable moment may have occurred during the 1990 Junior World Hockey Tournament in Helsinki when he scored the winning goal to help Team Canada beat Czechoslovakia and win the gold medal. He won a silver medal in 1994 with Team Canada at the Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

Coach and managerial career

General Manager on the Frankfurt Lions (2007—2010).
Assistant coach on the Oakland Jr. Grizzlies U16 (2017—2018).{{cite web |url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/staff.php?staff=1013 |title= Eliteprospects.com - Dwayne Norris Team Staff Profile |publisher= Elite Prospects — Hockey Players, Stats and Transactions |access-date=February 26, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222045010/http://www.eliteprospects.com/staff.php?staff=1013 |archive-date=February 22, 2018}}

In 2007 Norris retired from active play and, in a surprise move by his last club, was hired as the Lions' general manager in 2007, a position he held until the team filed for bankruptcy in May 2010{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}.

He then became the hockey director of an elite youth hockey program in Michigan, the Oakland Junior Grizzlies. He currently coaches the Bantam Major and PeeWee Major Grizzly AAA hockey teams.{{cite web|title=Assistant Coach - Dwayne Norris|url=http://oaklandjuniorgrizzlies.pointstreaksites.com/view/oaklandjuniorgrizzlies/oakland-junior-grizzlies-aaa-teams/oakland-junior-grizzlies-aaa/u16aaa-staff|website=oaklandjuniorgrizzlies.pointstreaksites.com|access-date=April 7, 2018}}

Family

Norris and his wife Traci have three sons, Joshua, Coale and Dalton.{{cite web|last1=Olsen|first1=Becky|title=Josh Norris Continues Rich Family Hockey History|url=https://www.usahockeyntdp.com/news_article/show/563574?referrer_id=654408|website=usahockeyntdp.com|access-date=April 7, 2018|date=October 13, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Dwayne Norris's son could be a first-rounder in NHL Entry Draft|url=http://www.gulfnews.ca/sports/hockey/dwayne-norriss-son-could-be-a-first-rounder-in-nhl-entry-draft-27600/|access-date=April 7, 2018|publisher=The Telegram|date=September 30, 2017}} All three have been involved in the Oakland Junior Grizzlies AAA program.{{cite web|title=Coale Norris|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=262638|website=eliteprospects.com|access-date=April 7, 2018}} Son Josh Norris was a first-round selection of the San Jose Sharks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft{{cite web|title=Sharks Select Josh Norris with 19th Overall Selection in 2017 NHL Draft|url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/sharks-select-josh-norris-with-19th-overall-selection-in-2017-nhl-draft/c-290096436|website=NHL.com|access-date=April 7, 2018|date=June 23, 2017}} and is currently a player for the Buffalo Sabres. His younger brother Warren Norris played professionally with the St. John's Maple Leafs and Grand Rapids Griffins.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1987–88 \| Notre Dame Hounds \| SJHL \| 55	42	48	90	97 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1988–89 \| Michigan State University \| CCHA \| 47	16	23	39	40 \| —	—	—	—	—
1989–90 \| Michigan State University \| CCHA \| 36	19	26	45	30 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1990–91 \| Michigan State University \| CCHA \| 40	26	25	51	60 \| —	—	—	—	—
1991–92 \| Michigan State University \| CCHA \| 44	44	39	83	62 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1992–93 \| Halifax Citadels \| AHL \| 50	25	28	53	62 \| —	—	—	—	—
1993–94 \| Canadian National Team \| Intl \| 48	18	14	32	22 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1993–94 \| Quebec Nordiques \| NHL \| 4	1	1	2	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
1993–94 \| Cornwall Aces \| AHL \| 9	2	9	11	0 \| 13	7	4	11	17
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994–95 \| Quebec Nordiques \| NHL \| 13	1	2	3	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
1994–95 \| Cornwall Aces \| AHL \| 60	30	43	73	61 \| 12	7	8	15	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim \| NHL \| 3	0	1	1	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
1995–96 \| Baltimore Bandits \| AHL \| 62	31	55	86	16 \| 12	6	9	15	12
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Los Angeles Ice Dogs \| IHL \| 14	7	16	23	22 \| —	—	—	—	—
1996–97 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 45	14	28	42	24 \| 4	3	0	3	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 40	13	15	28	34 \| 3	0	0	0	0
1998–99 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 48	16	30	46	62 \| 5	2	3	5	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–00 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 49	17	23	40	70 \| 10	4	1	5	12
2000–01 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 59	15	31	46	48 \| 3	0	1	1	10
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 48	13	27	40	56 \| 13	5	2	7	14
2002–03 \| Kölner Haie \| DEL \| 49	16	24	40	72 \| 10	3	8	11	20
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Frankfurt Lions \| DEL \| 50	20	24	44	109 \| 15	9	3	12	26
2004–05 \| Frankfurt Lions \| DEL \| 51	27	31	58	88 \| 11	1	5	6	41
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Frankfurt Lions \| DEL \| 48	13	19	32	58 \| —	—	—	—	—
2006–07 \| Frankfurt Lions \| DEL \| 46	15	23	38	67 \| 2	0	1	1	2
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! 181 !! 88 !! 135 !! 223 !! 139 ! 37 !! 20 !! 21 !! 41 !! 33
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| DEL totals ! 533 !! 179 !! 275 !! 454 !! 688 ! 76 !! 27 !! 24 !! 51 !! 133
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"\| NHL totals ! 20 !! 2 !! 4 !! 6 !! 8 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Place

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1990

|Canada

|WJC

|{{gold1}}

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|1994

|Canada

|OG

|{{silver2}}

The source:{{Cite web|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=24910 |title=Dwayne Norris — Eliteprospects.com |website=Eliteprospects.com |publisher= Elite Prospects — Hockey Players, Stats and Transactions |language= |access-date=February 23, 2018}}

Awards and honours

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! Year

! Award

! League

1990

|{{gold1}}

|WC

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|1992

|First All-Star Team

|NCAA (CCHA)

1992

| Player of the Year

|NCAA (CCHA)

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|1992

|First All-American Team

|NCAA (WCHA)

1995

|First All-Star Team

|AHL

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|1995

|All-Star Game

|AHL

1996

|All-Star Game

|AHL

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|1996

|Player of the Week

|AHL

1996

|Second All-Star Team

|AHL

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|2002

|{{gold1}}

|DEL

2003

|All-Star Game

|DEL

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|2004

|{{gold1}}

|DEL

2005

|Best Plus/Minus

|DEL

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|2005

|All-Star Game

|DEL

2007

|All-Star Game

|DEL

References

External links

{{Ice hockey stats}}
[http://www.eliteprospects.com/staff.php?staff=1013 Dwayne Norris (team staff)] at [http://www.eliteprospects.com/ EliteProspects.com]

{{succession box | before = Jim Dowd | title = CCHA Player of the Year| years = 1991-92| after = Brian Savage}}

Category:1970 births

Category:Living people

Category:Baltimore Bandits players

Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers

Category:Cornwall Aces players

Category:Frankfurt Lions players

Category:Halifax Citadels players

Category:Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Category:Los Angeles Ice Dogs players

Category:Kölner Haie players

Category:Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics