Everything about Dave King Ice Hockey totally explained
W. David King (born
December 22,
1947 in
North Battleford, Saskatchewan) is a
Canadian hockey coach who has been head coach in the
National Hockey League, the
Russian Super League, the Winter Olympics, and the IIHF world junior championships.
King's first coaching job was as an assistant coach with the
University of Saskatchewan in the 1972–73 season. He later coached the
Billings Bighorns of the
Western Hockey League and returned to Saskatchewan, winning three conference championships and being named 1980
Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union coach of the year. He led Saskatchewan to the CIAU national title in 1983. At the same time, he was the head coach of Canada's national junior team, and helped guide the team to a gold medal at the 1982 IIHF world junior championships and a bronze medal at the 1983 world junior championships. He was head coach of the Canadian national team at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Winter Olympics, finishing fourth in 1984 and 1988, and winning a silver medal in 1992. He also coached the Canadian national team at five IIHF world championships. In 1987 he coached Canada to the gold medal in the Isvestia Cup tournament in Moscow, becoming the first Canadian team to defeat the Soviet national team in U.S.S.R. since the 1972
Summit Series.
King was hired by the
Calgary Flames in 1992 and coached there until 1995. He was assistant coach with the
Montreal Canadiens from 1997 to 1999 and then became the first coach of the expansion
Columbus Blue Jackets in their inaugural 2000–01 season through 2002–03.
Outside of the NHL, King coached
Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the
Russian Super League and in 2006, was the head coach of the Swedish team
Malmö Redhawks of the
Swedish Elite League.
Based on his experiences in Russia, King co-authored a book with
Eric Duhatschek. Titled
King of Russia: A Year in the Russian Super League, the book was released in October 2007.
He was made a Member of the
Order of Canada in 1992, was inducted into the
Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1997 and the
IIHF Hall of Fame in 2001.
He is currently (2007–2008) the head coach of the Adler Mannheim of the German Hockey League (DEL).
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