Dany Heatley
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Dany Heatley (born January 21, 1981, in Freiburg, Germany) is a Canadian hockey player.
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Playing Career
Heatley was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers 2nd overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft and is widely considered one of the rising stars of the game. He won the NHL Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year after scoring 41 goals and 89 points in 77 games. He was also picked as Most Valuable Player of the 2003 NHL All-Star Game.
On September 29, 2003, Heatley was seriously injured after he lost control of the Ferrari 360 Modena he was driving and struck a wall, splitting the car in half and ejecting him and his passenger. Heatley suffered a broken jaw, a minor concussion, a bruised lung and, bruised kidney, and tears of three ligaments in his right knee; his passenger, teammate Dan Snyder, was critically injured with a skull fracture, fell into a coma, and died six days later on October 5. Heatley was charged with vehicular homicide as a result of the crash. He pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain a lane, and speeding. He was sentenced to three months' probation.
During the 2004-05 lockout, Heatley initially played for Swiss team SC Bern. In November 2004, he required surgery for a broken orbital bone after being struck in the left eye with a puck. He currently plays for Ak-Bars Kazan in the Russian Superleague.
On April 11, 2005, Heatley was added to Canada's roster for the IIHF world hockey championship set to take place in Austria from April 30 to May 15, 2005.
Awards
- Calder Memorial Trophy - 2002
Career Statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999-00 | U Wisconsin | NCAA | 38 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 32 | |||||||
| 2000-01 | U Wisconsin | NCAA | 39 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 74 | |||||||
| 2001-02 | Atlanta | NHL | 82 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 56 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Atlanta | NHL | 77 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Atlanta | NHL | 31 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | SC Bern | Swiss A | 16 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 58 | |||||||
| 2004-05 | Ak-Bars | Russia | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | |||||||
| NHL Totals | 190 | 80 | 101 | 181 | 132 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
International Play
Played for Canada in:
- World Junior Championships - 1999, 2000, 2001
- World Cup of Hockey - 2004
Honours:
- Gold medal at 2004 World Cup of Hockey
| Year | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| 2004 | WCH | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Preceded by: Evgeni Nabokov | Winner of the Calder Trophy 2002 | Followed by: Barrett Jackman |