| Played For: | AHL Carolina Monarchs New Haven Beast Louisville Panthers Providence Bruins CoHL/UHL Port Huron Border Cats New Haven Knights Fort Wayne Komets WCHL Colorado Gold Kings ACHL Jacksonville Barracudas WHA2 Miami Manatees |
| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 210 |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada |
| Draft: | 213th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1993 |
| Draft Team: | Florida Panthers |
| Career Start: | 1995 |
| Career End: | 2004 |
Chad Cabana (born October 1, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Florida Panthers in the ninth round (213th overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.
Cabana played four seasons (1991 – 1995) of major junior hockey with the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League, scoring 76 goals and 98 assists for 174 points, while earning 576 penalty minutes, in 260 games played.
He went on to play nine seasons of professional hockey, including 293 games played in the American Hockey League[1] where, between 1995 and 2001, he racked up 75 points and 1,010 penalty minutes.
Cabana retired after the 2003–04 season, during which he skated in 10 contests for the Miami Manatees of the World Hockey Association 2.
| Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 57 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||
| 1992–93 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 68 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 1993–94 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 67 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 201 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | ||
| 1994–95 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 68 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 252 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 47 | ||
| 1995–96 | Carolina Monarchs | AHL | 59 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 159 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Carolina Monarchs | AHL | 55 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 221 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Port Huron Border Cats | CoHL | 14 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Beast of New Haven | AHL | 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 163 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1997–98 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Beast of New Haven | AHL | 66 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 251 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Louisville Panthers | AHL | 65 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 173 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | ||
| 2000–01 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | New Haven Knights | UHL | 51 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 207 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 2001–02 | Colorado Gold Kings | WCHL | 66 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 207 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Fort Wayne Komets | UHL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 47 | ||
| 2002–03 | Jacksonville Barracudas | ACHL | 26 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Miami Manatees | WHA2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||
| AHL totals | 293 | 33 | 42 | 75 | 1,010 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | ||||
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