| Dave Cressman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 2, 1950 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Minnesota North Stars | ||
| NHL draft |
48th overall, 1970 Minnesota North Stars | ||
| Playing career | 1973–1980 | ||
David Gregory Cressman (born January 2, 1950) is a Canadian retired ice hockey left winger. He played 85 games in the NHL for the Minnesota North Stars over the 1974–75 and 1975–76 NHL seasons.
Cressman was born in Kitchener, Ontario. He was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in the fourth round (48th overall) of the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft, but he did not begin to play professional hockey until after he had completed his university education to become a teacher.
During the 1990s Cressman coached Junior B hockey at the University of Waterloo, and during the 2002-03 season he stepped in to coach nine games for the Odessa Jackalopes (Central Hockey League) while their regular head coach, Don McKee was having heart surgery.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1966–67 | Kitchener Greenshirts | COJHL | — | 7 | 16 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Kitchener Greenshirts | COJHL | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1968–69 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 54 | 29 | 26 | 55 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 50 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1970–71 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | 40 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Saginaw Gears | IHL | 75 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 37 | ||
| 1974–75 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 66 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | ||
| 1975–76 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 80 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 80 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1977–78 | Cambridge Hornets | OHA Sr | 25 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 85 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||