Dave Chambers

Canadian former ice hockey coach

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Dave ChambersBiographical details

Born|  (1940-05-07) May 7, 1940 (age 84)
Leaside, Ontario, Canada
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1969–1970| Saskatchewan
1970–1972| Ohio State
1972–1977| York
1977–1978| HC Gherdëina
1978–1979| Toronto Marlboros (Assistant)
1979–1980| Toronto Marlboros
1980–1982| SC Bern
1981–1983| Team Italy
1984–1987| York
1987| Team Italy
1988| Canada U20
1989–1990| Minnesota North Stars (Assistant)
1990–1991| Quebec Nordiques
2000–2003| ZSC Lions (Assistant)
2003–2005| SC Langnau (Assistant)
2006–2008| ZSC Lions (Assistant)
2008–2009| SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (Assistant)
2008–2009| SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2010–2011| SC Langenthal (Sr. Advisor)
2012–2013| HC Lugano (Assistant)
2013–2015| Schwenninger Wild Wings (Assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall| 44-14-0 (.759) [College]

Dave Chambers (born May 7, 1940) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach. Chambers coached the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1990 until 1991.

Born in Leaside, Ontario, Chambers played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association with the Guelph Biltmores and Toronto St. Michael's Majors, university hockey with the University of Toronto and University of British Columbia, and senior hockey before moving on to coaching.

With the early development of the Canadian National team, Chambers coached at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Guelph before landing a coaching job at Ohio State University for two seasons from 1970 to 1972. He left Ohio State to coach at York University in his native Toronto. He is the winningest coach in Ohio State history by winning percentage and won the CCHA championship in 1972. At York University, his teams won three division championships, three Ontario Championships, and one Canadian championship. His university coaching record over 14 years was 334 wins, 110 losses for a winning percentage of .750 and it included three coach of the year awards. He later took a position behind the bench of the junior league Toronto Marlboros and won the OHL Matt Leyden Trophy coach of the year award in 1980.[1] He was coach of the gold medal-winning Canadian team at the 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Moscow. Chambers served as an assistant coach with the Minnesota North Stars and then was the head coach of the Quebec Nordiques from 1990 to 1991 in the NHL.

Chambers was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame at York University in 2006 and the University of British Columbia in 2012. He has also authored six books and numerous articles on ice hockey, training methods, and coaching. Two of these books, The Hockey Drill Book published by Human Kinetics Pub. and Coaching: the Art and Science published by Firefly Books, have been translated and published by the Russian Sport Federation.[2]

## Head coaching record

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### NHL

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Team | Year | Regular season | Post season

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G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Finish | Result
Quebec Nordiques | 1990–91 | 80 | 16 | 50 | 14 | - | 46 | 5th in Adams | Missed playoffs
Quebec Nordiques | 1991–92 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | - | (52) | 5th in Adams | (fired)
Total | 98 | 19 | 64 | 15 | - | 53 | 0 division titles | (0-0, 0.000) - 0 Stanley Cups

### OHL

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Team | Year | Regular season | Post season

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G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Finish | Result
Toronto Marlboros | 1979–80 | 68 | 33 | 32 | 3 | - | 69 | 2nd in Emms | Lost in division semi-finals (0-4 vs. BFD)

### College

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Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Ohio State Buckeyes Independent (1970–1971)
1970–71 | Ohio State  | 20-9-0 |  |  |
Ohio State Buckeyes (CCHA) (1971–1972)
1971–72 | Ohio State  | 24-5-0 | 8-4-0 | 1st | CCHA Champion
Total: | 44-14-0 | 8-4-0 |

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

## References

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1. ^ http://www.scout.com/2/1276954.html
2. ^ "Dave Chambers". Amazon.

## External links

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* Biographical information and career statistics from The Internet Hockey Database

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Michel Bergeron

|  Head coach of the Quebec Nordiques
1990-91 | Succeeded by

Pierre Pagé

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Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey

Playing venues|

* OSU Ice Rink (1963–1998)
* Value City Arena (1998–present)

Head coaches|

* Tom Bedecki (1963–1965)
* Glen Sonmor (1965–1966)
* Harry Neale (1966–1970)
* Dave Chambers (1970–1972)
* Gerald Walford (1972–1975)
* Jerry Welsh (1975–1995)
* John Markell (1995–2010)
* Mark Osiecki (2010–2013)
* Steve Rohlik (2013–present)

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Conference affiliations|

* CCHA (1971–1973, 1975–2013)
* Big Ten (2013–present)

Culture & lore|

* Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic
* Ohio Hockey Classic
* Faceoff on the Lake

All-time leaders|

* Statistical leaders
* Paul Pooley (270 Points)
* Paul Pooley (114 Goals)
* Mike Betz (73 Wins)

Frozen Four appearances

* 1998
* 2018

NCAA Tournament appearances

* 1998
* 1999
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2009
* 2017
* 2018
* 2023

Conference Tournament titles|

* CCHA: 1972
* 2004

* Ohio State University
* Columbus, OH

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States

Other|

* IdRef

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