David Cooper

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

David Cooper Facts

Drafted: 1992 round 1 #11 overall by Buffalo Sabres

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

David Cooper Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1989-1990	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	61	4	11	15	65	-	Playoffs	3	0	2	2	2	-
1990-1991	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	64	12	31	43	66	-	Playoffs	11	1	3	4	23	-
1991-1992	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	72	17	47	64	176	-	Playoffs	4	1	4	5	8	-
1992-1993	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	63	15	50	65	88	-	Playoffs	10	2	2	4	32	-
1993-1994	Rochester Americans	AHL	68	10	25	35	82	-22	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	2	2
1994-1995	Rochester Americans	AHL	21	2	4	6	48	-6
1994-1995	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL	39	9	19	28	90	-	Playoffs	9	3	8	11	24	-
1995-1996	Rochester Americans	AHL	67	9	18	27	79	-2	Playoffs	8	0	1	1	12	2
1996-1997	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	19	3	3	6	16	-3
1996-1997	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	44	16	19	35	65	-14
1997-1998	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	9	0	4	4	8	2
1997-1998	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	60	19	23	42	117	-7	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	6	0
1998-1999	Saint John Flames	AHL	65	18	24	42	121	-37	Playoffs	7	1	4	5	10	-5
1999-2000	Kassel Huskies	DEL	55	11	13	24	82	-6	Playoffs	6	2	1	3	38	-1
2000-2001	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2000-2001	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	71	16	26	42	117	2	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	10	-2
2001-2002	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	54	15	13	28	155	9	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	6	-1
2002-2003	SKA St. Petersburg	Russia	10	1	2	3	36	-1
2003-2004	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL	47	3	11	14	186	-8
2004-2005	Asiago	Italy	18	8	8	16	50	-
2004-2005	Alleghe	Italy	10	4	2	6	43	-	Relegation	4	3	2	5	24	-
2005-2006	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	Denmark	32	9	5	14	106	-	Playoffs	6	4	2	6	75	-
2006-2007	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	Denmark	18	4	10	14	92	-	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	10	-
2007-2008	Pontebba	Italy	26	11	8	19	86	-	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	12	-

David Cooper Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1986-1987	Winnipeg Monarchs	QC Int PW	-	-	-	-	-	-

David Cooper Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	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	-

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

David Cooper Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Alleghe	1	10	4	2	6	0.60	43	-	1	4	3	2	5	1.25	24	-
Asiago	1	18	8	8	16	0.89	50	-	0
Eisbären Berlin	1	54	15	13	28	0.52	155	9	1	4	0	1	1	0.25	6	-1
Iserlohn Roosters	1	47	3	11	14	0.30	186	-8	0
Kassel Huskies	1	55	11	13	24	0.44	82	-6	1	6	2	1	3	0.50	38	-1
Medicine Hat Tigers	4	260	48	139	187	0.72	395	-	4	28	4	11	15	0.54	65	-
Pontebba	1	26	11	8	19	0.73	86	-	1	5	2	1	3	0.60	12	-
Rochester Americans	3	156	21	47	68	0.44	209	-30	2	12	1	2	3	0.25	14	4
Rødovre Mighty Bulls	2	50	13	15	28	0.56	198	-	2	10	5	2	7	0.70	85	-
Saint John Flames (AHL)	1	65	18	24	42	0.65	121	-37	1	7	1	4	5	0.71	10	-5
SKA St. Petersburg	1	10	1	2	3	0.30	36	-1	0
South Carolina Stingrays	1	39	9	19	28	0.72	90	-	1	9	3	8	11	1.22	24	-
St. John's Maple Leafs	3	175	51	68	119	0.68	299	-19	2	8	1	2	3	0.38	16	-2
Toronto Maple Leafs	3	30	3	7	10	0.33	24	-2	0
Winnipeg Monarchs (Peewee)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

David Cooper Career Highlights

Season	Awards
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)