Danny Gare

Daniel Mirl Gare (born May 14, 1954) is a Canadian broadcaster, ice hockey coach and former National Hockey League (NHL) player, most notably of the Buffalo Sabres. During a 14-year professional career, Gare also played for the Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers. He was a two-time All-Star right winger who twice scored 50 goals for the Sabres. He was known for his quick wrist shot and status as a small, yet scrappy and fearless player.

Danny Gare
Born (1954-05-14) May 14, 1954
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings
Edmonton Oilers
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 29th overall, 1974
Buffalo Sabres
WHA Draft 36th overall, 1974
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 19741987

Playing career

Gare played for the WCJHL's Calgary Centennials from 1971 to 1974. In his final season with the team, he had 127 points. Gare was selected by the Buffalo Sabres with the 29th pick of the 1974 NHL amateur draft. In his rookie season of 1974–75, he had 62 points in the regular season and 13 points in the playoffs, as Buffalo went to the Stanley Cup finals. The following year, Gare had 50 goals and 73 points. He had 77 points in 1977–78. In 1979–80, he tied for the league lead with 56 goals and had a career-high 89 points. He then had 85 points the following season. On December 2, 1981, Gare, along with Jim Schoenfeld and Derek Smith were traded to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Mike Foligno, Dale McCourt and Brent Peterson. He finished his career with the Edmonton Oilers in 1986–87.[1]

Post-career

Following his playing career, Gare was briefly an assistant coach and TV color analyst[2] for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and served on the Buffalo Sabres broadcast team on Empire Sports Network. He served as color analyst for the Columbus Blue Jackets under FSN Ohio from 2006 until April 2009.[3] He also served as an interim studio analyst for the Sabres when Mike Robitaille has been unavailable and did color commentary for games that Harry Neale was unable to work.[4] He was appointed the alternate Sabres color analyst and paired with Kevin Sylvester in an effort to reduce the workload of longtime Sabres broadcaster Rick Jeanneret.

Gare was inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame in 1994. On November 22, 2005, Gare had his number 18 jersey retired by the Sabres. He is the fifth player of six total so honored. Because of his goal scoring prowess he played right wing on the power play even during The French Connection years, which pushed René Robert back to the point. He holds team records for most goals by a right winger (267), most game-tying goals (21), and fastest goal scored from start of NHL career (0:18 into his debut versus the Boston Bruins on 10 October 1974).[5]

Achievements and awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1971–72Calgary CentennialsWCHL5610172715131122
1972–73Calgary CentennialsWCHL654543881076551018
1973–74Calgary CentennialsWCHL6568591272381410122253
1974–75Buffalo SabresNHL783131627517761319
1975–76Buffalo SabresNHL79502373129952721
1976–77Buffalo SabresNHL3511152673400018
1977–78Buffalo SabresNHL69393877958461037
1978–79Buffalo SabresNHL712740679030009
1979–80Buffalo SabresNHL765633899014471135
1980–81Buffalo SabresNHL7346398510933038
1981–82Buffalo SabresNHL227142125
1981–82Detroit Red WingsNHL361392274
1982–83Detroit Red WingsNHL79263561107
1983–84Detroit Red WingsNHL63131326147420238
1984–85Detroit Red WingsNHL71272956163200010
1985–86Detroit Red WingsNHL577916102
1986–87Edmonton OilersNHL181346
NHL totals 827 354 331 685 1285 64 25 21 46 195

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1976 Canada CC 1 0 0 0 0
1981 Canada CC 7 1 5 6 2
Senior totals 8 1 5 6 2

References

Preceded by
Jim Schoenfeld
Buffalo Sabres captain
197781
Succeeded by
Gilbert Perreault
Preceded by
Mike Bossy
NHL Goal Leader
1980

(tied with Charlie Simmer and Blaine Stoughton)

Succeeded by
Mike Bossy
Preceded by
Reed Larson
Detroit Red Wings captain
198286
Succeeded by
Steve Yzerman
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