Dave Manson

David Michael Manson (born January 27, 1967) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with several teams. He was an assistant coach with the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the Prince Albert Mintos of the SMAAAHL.

Manson played junior hockey with his hometown Prince Albert Raiders in the Western Hockey League. He was drafted 11th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and joined the team a year later. He also played for the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs. He retired in 2002 with 390 points and 2792 penalty minutes in 1103 career NHL games. Since his retirement he has worked as an assistant coach with the Prince Albert Raiders. Manson is perhaps best remembered for his low, raspy, voice, the result of taking a punch to the throat from Sergio Momesso during a game. The force of Momesso's punch damaged his larynx permanently.

• October 2, 1991 – Traded from Chicago Blackhawks with future considerations to Edmonton Oilers for Steve Smith.
• March 15, 1994 – Traded from Edmonton Oilers with 6th round pick (Chris Kibermanis) to Winnipeg Jets for Mats Lindgren, Boris Mironov, 1st round pick (Jason Bonsignore) and 4th round pick (Adam Copeland).
• March 18, 1997 – Traded from Phoenix Coyotes to Montreal Canadiens for Murray Baron and Chris Murray.
• November 16, 1998 – Traded from Montreal Canadiens with Jocelyn Thibault and Brad Brown to Chicago Blackhawks for Jeff Hackett, Eric Weinrich, Alain Nasreddine and conditional draft pick.
• February 8, 2000 – Traded from Chicago Blackhawks with Sylvain Côté to Dallas Stars for Kevin Dean, Derek Plante and 2nd round pick in the 2001 draft (Matt Keith).
• November 21, 2001 – Traded from Toronto Maple Leafs to Dallas Stars for Jyrki Lumme.

Manson and his wife, Lana have four children and currently reside in Christopher Lake, Saskatchewan. Their son, Josh is a defenseman for the Anaheim Ducks, while their daughter, Meagan plays on the women's volleyball team at the University of Saskatchewan. The couple also have twins; a son, Benjamin and a daughter, Emma.

--- Regular season ------- Playoffs ---- SeasonTeamLgeGPGAPtsPIMGPGA Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983-84Prince Albert RaidersWHL7027923350004 1984-85Prince Albert RaidersWHL72830382471310134 1985-86Prince Albert RaidersWHL701434481772018963 1986-87Chicago BlackhawksNHL63189146300010 1987-88Saginaw HawksIHL603337---------- 1987-88Chicago BlackhawksNHL54167185500027 1988-89Chicago BlackhawksNHL791836543521608884 1989-90Chicago BlackhawksNHL59523283012024646 1990-91Chicago BlackhawksNHL75141529191601136 1991-92Edmonton OilersNHL7915324722016391244 1992-93Edmonton OilersNHL83153045210---------- 1993-94Edmonton OilersNHL5731316140---------- 1993-94Winnipeg JetsNHL1314551---------- 1994-95Winnipeg JetsNHL4431518139---------- 1995-96Winnipeg JetsNHL8272330205621330 1996-97Phoenix CoyotesNHL6631720164---------- 1996-97Montreal CanadiensNHL911223500017 1997-98Montreal CanadiensNHL81430341221001114 1998-99Montreal CanadiensNHL1102248---------- 1998-99Chicago BlackhawksNHL6461521107---------- 1999-00Chicago BlackhawksNHL3707740---------- 1999-00Dallas StarsNHL26123222300033 2000-01Toronto Maple LeafsNHL7447119320002 2001-02Toronto Maple LeafsNHL1301110---------- 2001-02Utah GrizzliesAHL20002---------- 2001-02Dallas StarsNHL3401123---------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NHL totals1103102288390 2792 11272431 343 

SeasonTeamLgeType2002-03Prince Albert RaidersWHLAssistant coach2004-05Prince Albert RaidersWHLAssistant coach2005-06Prince Albert RaidersWHLAssistant coach2008-09Prince Albert MintosSMAAAHL Assistant coach