(1961-05-23) May 23, 1961 (age 63) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight
215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position
Defence
Shot
Left
Played for
Winnipeg Jets Hartford Whalers Vancouver Canucks Philadelphia Flyers Los Angeles Kings Ambrì-Piotta
National team
Canada
NHL draft
2nd overall, 1980 Winnipeg Jets
Playing career
1980–1999
David Michael Babych (born May 23, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently an assistant director of player personnel with the Vancouver Canucks.[1] He played in two NHL All-Star Games and played for the Winnipeg Jets, Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings. He is the younger brother of former NHL player Wayne Babych. He was the first NHL player to wear the number 44 on a permanent basis.
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David Michael Babych (born May 23, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL)...
Babych is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: DaveBabych (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player Nadiya Babych (1943–2021), Ukrainian...
Whalers. He is the older brother of former NHL player DaveBabych. He is of Ukrainian ancestry. Babych played his junior career with the Edmonton Oil Kings...
League.[citation needed] Jim Agnew Dave Archibald DaveBabych Wayne Babych Sven Baertschi Jozef Balej Jeff Bandura Dave Barr Ryan Bast Kieffer Bellows Brian...
Gardens Recap No scoring First period No scoring DaveBabych (2) – 08:52 Second period 04:26 – pp – Dave Andreychuk (5) Trevor Linden (9) – pp – 19:30 Third...
scoring Second period 02:54 – Shayne Corson (1) 04:48 – Bobby Smith (1) DaveBabych (1) – 00:56 Ron Francis (1) – pp – 03:10 Third period 05:43 – pp – Chris...
for the Flyers, outshooting Quebec 36–15, and winning 3–0. Flyers captain Dave Poulin's five-on-three shorthanded goal early in the second period sealed...
points short of the last playoff spot, with 83 points. On September 24, 2009, Dave Tippett took over coaching duties of the Phoenix Coyotes after Wayne Gretzky...
Orest Meleschuk Ed Werenich Mike Woloschuk Gene Achtymichuk Dave Andreychuk DaveBabych Stan Baluik Jeff Bandura Bill Barilko Mike Bossy Johnny Bower...
NHL first overall draft pick 1981 Succeeded by Gord Kluzak Preceded by DaveBabych Winnipeg Jets first round draft pick 1981 Succeeded by Jim Kyte Preceded by...
the North Stars had selected in the expansion draft, on June 3, 1991, DaveBabych, selected by Minnesota in the expansion draft, was traded to Vancouver...
went to Vancouver as the result of a trade on March 24, 1998 that sent DaveBabych and a fifth-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to Philadelphia in exchange...
Sillinger (1) Donald Audette (2) – pp – 08:26 Third period 13:08 – pp – DaveBabych (1) Michal Grosek (4) – pp – 05:40 First overtime period No scoring Dominik...
OT Quebec Nordiques Colisée de Québec Recap Dean Evason (3) – 01:06 DaveBabych (1) – pp – 06:43 Kevin Dineen (1) – 13:32 First period 03:22 – Lane Lambert...
Lopata Andrew Hladyshevsky Victor Hetmanczuk Jaroslaw Balan Wayne BabychDaveBabych Hon. Lloyd Axworthy There are six Provincial Councils under the UCC...
Paul Coffey (1) 16:20 – Dave Hunter (1) 18:21 – Paul Coffey (2) No scoring Second period 07:24 – Ken Linseman (1) DaveBabych (1) – pp – 11:57 Third period...