David Anthony Gagnon is a retired professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 goaltender

Goaltender

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. Dave only played 2 games in NHL

National Hockey League

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, with the Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

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, posting an official record of 0–1–0 and goals against average of 10.27.

Gagnon came up from the Windsor, Junior B team before joining Colgate University

Colgate University

Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

 in 1987. Dave was guarding the net when the university was in the 1990 NCAA championship game. In 1990 and 1991 he was traded three times, but enjoyed success with Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads

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 of ECHL

ECHL

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, when he was named as co-MVP. Gagnon spent most of his later years with the Roanoke Express

Roanoke Express

The Roanoke Express were a team in the ECHL from 1993 until 2004. Home games were played at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia.-History:...

 where he often shared goal tending duties with Daniel Berthiaume

Daniel Berthiaume

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.

The Red Wings signed him as a free agent in the summer of 1990. Gagnon played eleven more seasons in various minor leagues, being named playoff MVP twice in 1991 and 1994.

Awards

• OJHL-B First All-Star Team (1987)
• ECAC First All-Star Team (1990)
• ECAC Player of the Year (1990)
• ECHL Playoff MVP (1991) (tied with Dave Flanagan)
• ECHL Playoff MVP (1994)
• ECHL Second All-Star Team (1995)

Regular season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1987–88	Colgate University Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...	ECAC		13	6	4	2	743	43	1	3.47
1988–89	Colgate University	ECAC		28	17	9	2	1622	102	0	3.77
1989–90	Colgate University	ECAC		33	28	3	1	1986	93	0	2.81
1990–91 1990–91 AHL season The 1990–91 AHL season was the 55th season of the American Hockey League. Fifteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season...	Adirondack Red Wings Adirondack Red Wings The Adirondack Red Wings were a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Glens Falls, New York, USA at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The team was affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League...	AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...		24	8	8	5	1356	94	0	4.16	.851
1990–91	Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...	NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...		2	0	1	0	35	6	0	10.29	.786
1990–91	Hampton Roads Admirals Hampton Roads Admirals The Hampton Roads Admirals were an American professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They played in Norfolk, Virginia at the Norfolk Scope Arena....	ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...		10	7	1	2	606	26	2	2.57	.904
1991–92	Fort Wayne Komets Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey franchise currently a member of the Central Hockey League in the Northern Conference. The team was previously a member of the International Hockey League before it merged into the CHL in 2010...	IHL		2	2	0	0	125	7	0	3.36
1991–92	Toledo Storm Toledo Storm The Toledo Storm was a minor league professional ice hockey team in the ECHL from 1991 to 2007. The Storm played their home games at the venerable Toledo Sports Arena along the southern banks of the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. The team colors were red and white, similar to the Detroit Red Wings,...	ECHL		7	4	2	0	354	18	0	3.05	.909
1992–93 1992–93 AHL season The 1992–93 AHL season was the 57th season of the American Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Binghamton Rangers finished first overall in the regular season with 124 points, a which holds to this day...	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		1	0	1	0	60	5	0	5.00	.844
1992–93	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		31	15	11	2	1771	116	0	3.93	.866
1993–94	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		19	7	6	3	1026	58	0	3.39	.875
1993–94	Toledo Storm	ECHL		20	13	5	0	1122	65	1	3.48	.894
1994–95	Roanoke Express Roanoke Express The Roanoke Express were a team in the ECHL from 1993 until 2004. Home games were played at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia.-History:...	ECHL		29	17	7	5	1738	82	1	2.83	.917
1994–95	Minnesota Moose Minnesota Moose The Minnesota Moose was an ice hockey team in the International Hockey League. They played in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, at the Saint Paul Civic Center. The team also played some home games at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The Moose were a representative of professional hockey in Minnesota at...	IHL		16	5	4	2	767	55	0	4.30	.871
1995–96	Minnesota Moose	IHL		52	18	25	4	2721	188	0	4.14	.868
1996–97	Roanoke Express	ECHL		60	34	18	6	3386	181	3	3.21	.903
1997–98	Roanoke Express	ECHL		43	25	13	4	2466	119	2	2.89	.903
1998–99	Roanoke Express	ECHL		34	20	9	5	2033	87	2	2.57	.918
1999–00	Roanoke Express	ECHL		37	23	8	2	2085	87	0	2.50	.915
2000–01	Roanoke Express	ECHL		32	12	13	3	1732	84	3	2.91	.897
NHL Totals				2	0	1	0	35	6	0	10.29	.786

Post season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1990–91	Hampton Roads Admirials	ECHL		11	10	1	696	27	0	2.32
1992–93	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		1	0	0	6	0	0	0.00
1993–94	Toledo Storm	ECHL		14	12	2	909	41	0	2.70
1994–95	Minnesota Moose	IHL		1	0	1	60	9	0	9.00
1996–97	Roanoke Express	ECHL		3	1	2	219	10	0	2.73
1997–98	Roanoke Express	ECHL		7	3	4	441	15	1	2.04
1998–99	Roanoke Express	ECHL		3	0	2	139	6	0	2.59
1999–00	Roanoke Express	ECHL		2	1	1	120	7	0	3.50
2000–01	Roanoke Express	ECHL		1

External links

• Dave Gagnon @ hockeygoalies.org