David Michael Babych (born May 23, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1999. He is currently an assistant director of player personnel with the Vancouver Canucks. In December 2009, he was hired to work in a part-time capacity with the Vancouver Canucks as an assistant specializing in defencemen to director of player personnel Dave Gagner.

Personal life

Babych, who is of Ukrainian ancestry, was born in Edmonton, Alberta.

Babych had a small role in the movie Slap Shot 2.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

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! colspan="5" | Playoffs

|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

|-

| 1977–78||Fort Saskatchewan Traders||AJHL||56||31||69||100||37||—||—||—||—||—

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1977–78||Portland Winter Hawks||WCHL||6||1||3||4||4||—||—||—||—||—

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| 1978–79||Portland Winter Hawks||WHL||67||20||59||79||63||25||7||22||29||22

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1979–80||Portland Winter Hawks||WHL||50||22||60||82||71||8||1||10||11||2

|-

| 1980–81||Winnipeg Jets||NHL||69||6||38||44||90||—||—||—||—||—

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1981–82||Winnipeg Jets||NHL||79||19||49||68||92||4||1||2||3||29

|-

| 1982–83||Winnipeg Jets||NHL||79||13||61||74||56||3||0||0||0||0

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1983–84||Winnipeg Jets||NHL||66||18||39||57||62||3||1||1||2||0

|-

| 1984–85||Winnipeg Jets||NHL||78||13||49||62||78||8||2||7||9||6

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1985–86||Winnipeg Jets||NHL||19||4||12||16||14||—||—||—||—||—

|-

| 1985–86||Hartford Whalers||NHL||62||10||43||53||36||8||1||3||4||14

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1986–87||Hartford Whalers||NHL||66||8||33||41||44||6||1||1||2||14

|-

| 1987–88||Hartford Whalers||NHL||71||14||36||50||54||6||3||2||5||2

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1988–89||Hartford Whalers||NHL||70||6||41||47||54||4||1||5||6||2

|-

| 1989–90||Hartford Whalers||NHL||72||6||37||43||62||7||1||2||3||0

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1990–91||Hartford Whalers||NHL||8||0||6||6||4||—||—||—||—||—

|-

| 1991–92||Vancouver Canucks||NHL||75||5||24||29||63||13||2||6||8||10

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1992–93||Vancouver Canucks||NHL||43||3||16||19||44||12||2||5||7||6

|-

| 1993–94||Vancouver Canucks||NHL||73||4||28||32||52||24||3||5||8||12

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1994–95||Vancouver Canucks||NHL||40||3||11||14||18||11||2||2||4||14

|-

| 1995–96||Vancouver Canucks||NHL||53||3||21||24||38||—||—||—||—||—

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1996–97||Vancouver Canucks||NHL||78||5||22||27||38||—||—||—||—||—

|-

| 1997–98||Vancouver Canucks||NHL||47||0||9||9||37||—||—||—||—||—

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1997–98||Philadelphia Flyers||NHL||6||0||0||0||12||5||1||0||1||4

|-

| 1998–99||Philadelphia Flyers||NHL||33||2||4||6||20||—||—||—||—||—

|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1998–99||Los Angeles Kings||NHL||8||0||2||2||2||—||—||—||—||—

|-

| 1999–2000||Ambrì-Piotta||NLA||1||0||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||0

|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 1,195

! 142

! 581

! 723

! 970

! 114

! 21

! 41

! 62

! 113

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International

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

|-

| 1981

| Canada

| WC

| 7

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 8

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989

| Canada

| WC

| 10

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 4

|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=3 | Senior totals

! 17

! 2

! 2

! 4

! 12

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Awards

  • WHL First All-Star Team – 1980

See also

  • List of NHL players with 1,000 games played

References

  • Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
  • Dave Babych: Training Inspiration