David Cooper is a retired defender from Canada.

What was the last team David Cooper played for?

The last team David played for was Pontebba in the Italy.

How tall is David Cooper?

David Cooper is 188 cm (6'2") tall.

How much does David Cooper weigh?

David Cooper weighs 93 kg (205 lbs).

When was David Cooper born?

David Cooper was born on 1973-11-02 in Ottawa, ON, CAN.

David Cooper

a.k.a. "Dave Cooper"

#7 Pontebba / Italy - 07/08

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Date of Birth: Nov 02, 1973
Age: 52
Place of Birth: Ottawa, ON, CAN
Nation: Canada
Youth Team: -
Position: D
Height: 188 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 93 kg / 205 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Drafted: 1992 round 1 #11 overall by Buffalo Sabres
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He was considered a shoo-in for a long NHL career, but it never happened. Cooper was a great passer, but he had some defensive drawbacks and didn't leverage his size often enough. He was spending the majority of his time in AHL and got opportunity in only few games in NHL. Then he decided to take his career in a different direction and elected to continue his career in Europe. After just one year in Germany he gave NHL his last shot. Though the year was spent in the minors again, he did resurface at the NHL level for two games with Toronto Maple Leafs. After that he moved back to Europe and finished his career playing for many teams in Germany, Russia, Italy and Denmark. He was one of the first Canadians to play in Russia prior to the founding of KHL.

You get up for things and sometimes you get let down
—David Cooper 2001

I was very naive, tt was a bigger step than I thought it would be
—David Cooper 2001

You pull on a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater and it's something special
—David Cooper 2001

I thought, `This is it. I'll go over to Europe and finish up my career,' but I began to enjoy it so much that I was anxious to come back
—David Cooper 2001

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David Cooper Statistics

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
89-90	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	61	4	11	15	65	-	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	2	-
90-91	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	64	12	31	43	66	-	Playoffs	11	1	3	4	23	-
91-92	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	72	17	47	64	176	-	Playoffs	4	1	4	5	8	-
92-93	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	63	15	50	65	88	-	Playoffs	10	2	2	4	32	-
93-94	Rochester Americans	AHL	68	10	25	35	82	-22	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	2	2
94-95	Rochester Americans	AHL	21	2	4	6	48	-6
	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL	39	9	19	28	90	-	Playoffs	9	3	8	11	24	-
95-96	Rochester Americans	AHL	67	9	18	27	79	-2	Playoffs	8	0	1	1	12	2
96-97	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	19	3	3	6	16	-3
	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	44	16	19	35	65	-14
97-98	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	9	0	4	4	8	2
	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	60	19	23	42	117	-7	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	6	0
98-99	Saint John Flames	AHL	65	18	24	42	121	-37	Playoffs	7	1	4	5	10	-5
99-00	Kassel Huskies	DEL	55	11	13	24	82	-6	Playoffs	6	2	1	3	38	-1
00-01	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-1
	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	71	16	26	42	117	2	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	10	-2
01-02	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	54	15	13	28	155	9	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	6	-1
02-03	SKA St. Petersburg	Russia	10	1	2	3	36	-1
03-04	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL	47	3	11	14	186	-8
04-05	Asiago	Italy	18	8	8	16	50	-
	Alleghe	Italy	10	4	2	6	43	-	Relegation	4	3	2	5	24	-
05-06	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	Denmark	32	9	5	14	106	-	Playoffs	6	4	2	6	75	-
06-07	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	Denmark	18	4	10	14	92	-	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	10	-
07-08	Pontebba	Italy	26	11	8	19	86	-	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	12	-

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
86-87	Winnipeg Monarchs	QC Int PW	-	-	-	-	-	-

David Cooper Career Totals

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League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	7	396	90	139	229	0.58	629	-86	5	27	3	8	11	0.41	40	-3
DEL	3	156	29	37	66	0.42	423	-5	2	10	2	2	4	0.40	44	-2
Denmark	2	50	13	15	28	0.56	198	-	2	10	5	2	7	0.70	85	-
ECHL	1	39	9	19	28	0.72	90	-	1	9	3	8	11	1.22	24	-
Italy	2	54	23	18	41	0.76	179	-	2	9	5	3	8	0.89	36	-
NHL	3	30	3	7	10	0.33	24	-2	0
QC Int PW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Russia	1	10	1	2	3	0.30	36	-1	0
WHL	4	260	48	139	187	0.72	395	-	4	28	4	11	15	0.54	65	-

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David Cooper Career Totals

League

AHL

396

139

DEL

156

Denmark

ECHL

Italy

NHL

QC Int PW

Russia

WHL

260

139

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David Cooper Career Highlights

Season	Awards by Season
1991-1992	CHL Third All-Star Team WHL (East) First All-Star Team
1995-1996	AHL Calder Cup Champion
1997-1998	AHL Most Goals by Defenseman (19) AHL Second All-Star Team
2000-2001	AHL Player of the Week (Dec. 17)
2001-2002	DEL All-Star Game
2003-2004	DEL Most Penalized Player (186)
2004-2005	Italy Most Goals by Defenseman (12) Italy Most Penalized Player (95min)
2005-2006	Danish League Most Goals by Defenseman (9)
2007-2008	Italian Cup Champion

David Cooper Biography and Trivia

Career transactions
- 1996-09-26 • Signed as a free agent by Toronto Maple Leafs
- 1998-07-02 • Traded to Calgary Flames by Toronto Maple Leafs for Ladislav Kohn
- 2000-10-16 • Signed as a free agent by Toronto Maple Leafs
- 2004-08-23 • Signed as a free agent by Asiago (Italy)
- 2007-07-10 • Signed as a free agent by Pontebba (Italy)