Gavin Morgan
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{for|the Australian footballer|Gavin Morgan (footballer)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Gavin Morgan.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Morgan with the Rockford IceHogs in 2007
| position = Centre
| played_for = Vålerenga
Vienna Capitals
EHC Basel
Dallas Stars
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 210
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|7|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
| career_start = 1999
| career_end = 2010
}}
Gavin Morgan (born July 9, 1976) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played six games in the National Hockey League for the Dallas Stars during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1999 to 2010, was mainly spent in the minor American Hockey League. After his playing career Morgan worked as an assistant coach with the University of Alabama-Huntsville for several years.
Playing career
As a youth, Morgan played in the 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Marlboros minor ice hockey team.{{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=2019-01-31|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}}
Morgan started his career with the junior hockey team Wexford Raiders in 1992. He graduated from the University of Denver, where he played four seasons with the Denver Pioneers, in 1999.{{cn|date=February 2019}}
Morgan made his professional début in the 1999–00 season, when he split his time between the IHL's Utah Grizzlies, Long Beach Ice Dogs and WCHL's Idaho Steelheads, before earning a regular roster spot with Utah in 2000–01.{{cn|date=February 2019}}
He went on to play three seasons with Utah before joining the AHL's Hershey Bears in 2003–04. Even though he spent the majority of the season in Hershey, Morgan made his NHL début, with the Dallas Stars, during the season.[http://wcha.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/120303aaa.html Former Pioneer Gavin Morgan Joins Dallas Stars]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} WCHA.cstv.com He got 21 penalty minutes during his six games in the NHL.{{cn|date=February 2019}}
In the summer of 2004 Morgan was acquired by the Montreal Canadiens, but was immediately sent to the AHL and the Hamilton Bulldogs. He played one season for the Bulldogs, before moving to Switzerland and Basel. He went back to the AHL, playing for the Peoria Rivermen and the Rockford IceHogs, in between a short spell at Austrian team Vienna Capitals. In 2008, Morgan joined Norwegian team Vålerenga.[http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/ishockey/article2238287.ece Vålerenga-tøffing på plass] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923072047/http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/ishockey/article2238287.ece |date=2008-09-23 }} Nettavisen.no
Coaching career
On August 27, 2010, Morgan was named an assistant coach at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.{{cite web|title=Huntsville Rounds Out Staff by Hiring Morgan|url=http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18742/HuntsvilleRoundsOutStaffbyHiringMorgan.html|publisher=USCHO.com|accessdate=5 September 2010|date=August 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831220415/http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18742/HuntsvilleRoundsOutStaffbyHiringMorgan.html|archive-date=31 August 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
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 | ||||||||
1992–93
| MetJAHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1993–94 | Wexford Raiders | MetJAHL | 49 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 91
| — | — | — | — | — |
1994–95
| Wexford Raiders | MetJAHL | 49 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 170
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1995–96 | WCHA | 28 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 47
| — | — | — | — | — |
1996–97
| University of Denver | WCHA | 41 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 46
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1997–98 | University of Denver | WCHA | 37 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
1998–99
| University of Denver | WCHA | 40 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 85
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1999–00 | WCHL | 54 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 150
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
1999–00
| IHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1999–00 | IHL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2000–01
| Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 79 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 187
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2001–02 | Utah Grizzlies | AHL | 76 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 249
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2002–03
| Utah Grizzlies | AHL | 73 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 244
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
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| 2003–04 | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21
| — | — | — | — | — |
2003–04
| AHL | 67 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 152
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2004–05 | AHL | 76 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 147
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2005–06
| NLA | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2005–06 | AHL | 73 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 116
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2006–07
| EBEL | 24 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 117
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2006–07 | Peoria Rivermen | AHL | 54 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 93
| — | — | — | — | — |
2007–08
| AHL | 47 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 95
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
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| 2008–09 | NOR | 39 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 163
| 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
2009–10
| ECHL | 20 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 30
| 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
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| 2009–10 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
2009–10
| AHL | 47 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 526 !! 76 !! 150 !! 226 !! 1158 ! 26 !! 1 !! 4 !! 5 !! 55 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 6 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 21 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
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External links
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Category:Utah Grizzlies (AHL) players