Peter Douris

Peter Douris
Born (1966-02-19) February 19, 1966 (age 58)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Winnipeg Jets
Boston Bruins
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Dallas Stars
NHL draft 30th overall, 1984
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 1985–2002

Peter W. Douris (born February 19, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League from 1985 to 1998.

Biography

Douris was born in Toronto, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Don Mills.[1]

He was drafted in the second round, 30th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft after his freshman season at the University of New Hampshire. He left college hockey after his sophomore year to join the Canadian National Team in 1985-86.[citation needed]

In Douris's first season he only played 11 games and did not acquire any points. In his second season, he showed impressive actions in the American Hockey League for the Sherbrooke Canadiens by notching 14 goals and 28 assists for 42 points in 62 games. But in the Jets he was only dressed in 6 games.[citation needed]

After spending 3 seasons with the Jets he was traded to the St. Louis Blues for defenseman Kent Carlson and a fourth round draft pick. Peter spent the season playing for the Blues International Hockey League affiliate Peoria Rivermen. Douris signed with Boston Bruins for the 1989–90 season as an unrestricted free agent. In his first season in Boston colours, he played 36 games and notched 5 goals and 6 assists along with 15 penalty minutes.[citation needed]

In the 1992 playoffs with the Bruins, Douris scored the game-winner in Game Two at the Forum against Montreal en route to a four-game series sweep. It was the first time Boston had won an overtime playoff game at the Forum since 1943.[2] "That was definitely a huge thrill," Douris says years later. "I remember coming off the ice, [and the scratches were] waiting by the dressing room... The look on their faces were like, 'Holy smokes! ... You just got an overtime goal at the Forum. You were just eating hotdogs in the stands with us [in the last game]!"[3]

After spending three seasons with Boston, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim acquired him as a free agent for their inaugural season in 1993. He was at the Mighty Ducks for three seasons before moving to the Dallas Stars in 1998 where he only play just one game and that was his last season with the NHL.[citation needed]

Douris then headed to Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga where he spent four seasons, one with Landshut EV and three with the Munich Barons after relocating from Landshut. Douris retired in 2002, in 11 NHL seasons he scored 54 goals and 67 assists for 121 points in 321 games, picking up 80 penalty minutes. Douris spent the 2013-2014 season as head coach of Vojens IK. He is now retired from hockey and lives in Maine where he works in real estate.[citation needed]

Douris's niece, Raina Douris, is the host of NPR's World Cafe.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1981–82 Don Mills Flyers U18 AAA GTHL U18 — — — — — — — — — —
1982–83 Don Mills Flyers U18 AAA GTHL U18 — — — — — — — — — —
1983–84 University of New Hampshire ECAC 38 19 15 34 14 — — — — —
1984–85 University of New Hampshire ECAC 42 27 24 51 34 — — — — —
1985–86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 11 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1985–86 Canadian National Team Intl 33 16 7 23 18 — — — — —
1986–87 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 62 14 28 42 24 17 7 15 22 16
1986–87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1987–88 Moncton Hawks AHL 72 42 37 79 53 — — — — —
1987–88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
1988–89 Peoria Rivermen IHL 81 28 41 69 32 4 1 2 3 0
1989–90 Maine Mariners AHL 38 17 20 37 14 — — — — —
1989–90 Boston Bruins NHL 36 5 6 11 15 8 0 1 1 5
1990–91 Maine Mariners AHL 35 16 15 31 9 2 3 0 3 2
1990–91 Boston Bruins NHL 39 5 2 7 9 7 0 1 1 6
1991–92 Marine Mariners AHL 12 4 3 7 2 — — — — —
1991–92 Boston Bruins NHL 54 10 13 23 10 7 2 3 5 0
1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL 50 29 26 55 12 — — — — —
1992–93 Boston Bruins NHL 19 4 4 8 4 4 1 0 1 0
1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 74 12 22 34 21 — — — — —
1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 46 10 11 21 12 — — — — —
1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 31 8 7 15 9 — — — — —
1996–97 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 80 36 36 72 14 3 2 2 4 2
1997–98 Michigan K-Wings IHL 78 26 31 57 29 4 0 5 5 2
1997–98 Dallas Stars NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1998–99 EV Landshut DEL 51 17 26 43 59 3 1 0 1 0
1999–00 Munich Barons DEL 56 18 34 52 24 12 3 6 9 2
2000–01 Munich Barons DEL 23 12 6 18 14 6 1 1 2 4
2001–02 Munich Barons DEL 60 18 28 46 12 9 4 3 7 4
NHL totals 321 54 67 121 80 27 3 5 8 11

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1986 Canada WJC 7 4 2 6 6
Junior totals 7 4 2 6 6

References

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. ^ K. P. Wee (October 2015). The End of the Montreal Jinx: Boston's Short-Lived Glory in the Historic Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry, 1988–1994. p. 153. ISBN 978-1517362911.
  3. ^ K. P. Wee (October 2015). The End of the Montreal Jinx: Boston's Short-Lived Glory in the Historic Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry, 1988–1994. p. 154. ISBN 978-1517362911.