Dallas Gaume Explained

Position:Centre
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:185
Played For:Hartford Whalers
Ntl Team:Canada
Birth Date:August 27, 1963
Birth Place:Innisfail, Alberta, Canada
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:1986
Career End:1999

Dallas Gaume (born August 27, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played in four NHL games for the Hartford Whalers during the 1988–89 season. Gaume later spent nine seasons playing in Norway with the Trondheim IK before retiring in 1999. He subsequently took up a coaching role with the major junior Red Deer Rebels before working as a scout for the team.

Gaume was born in Innisfail, Alberta. He spent four seasons in the University of Denver, leading the team with 99 points in his final year as a first team all-American. He remains Denver's all-time leading scorer with 266 career points. He signed with the Hartford Whalers as a free agent and assigned to the AHL's Binghamton Whalers where he spent four seasons. He played four regular season games for Hartford in the 1988-89 NHL season, scoring a goal and an assist.

In 1990, Gaume moved to the Norwegian Eliteserien with Trondheim IK and remained there until his retirement in 1999.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1980–81Swift Current BroncosSJHL55 25 47 72 24
1981–82Swift Current BroncosSJHL60 55 108 163 447 2 3 5 2
1982–83University of DenverWCHA27 19 47 66 12
1983–84University of DenverWCHA32 12 26 38 22
1984–85University of DenverWCHA39 15 48 63 28
1985–86University of DenverWCHA47 32 67 99 18
1986–87Binghamton WhalersAHL77 18 39 57 3112 1 1 2 7
1987–88Binghamton WhalersAHL63 24 49 73 394 1 2 3 0
1988–89Hartford WhalersNHL4 1 1 2 0
1988–89Binghamton WhalersAHL57 23 43 66 16
1989–90Binghamton WhalersAHL76 26 39 65 43
1990–91Trondheim IKNOR8 5 6 11 6
1991–92Trondheim IKNOR32 30 41 71 4 4 2 6
1992–93Trondheim IKNOR18 19 14 33
1993–94Trondheim IKNOR32 25 36 61 2 0 2 2 2
1993–94Canadian National TeamIntl4 0 1 1 0
1994–95Trondheim IKNOR16 9 14 23 14
1995–96Trondheim IKNOR28 11 28 39 104 6 1 7 0
1995–96Canadian National TeamIntl3 0 4 4 4
1996–97Trondheim IKNOR38 20 32 52 4 2 4 6
1997–98Trondheim IKNOR24 10 16 26 14
1998–99Trondheim IKNOR44 19 41 60 22
NOR totals240 148 228 376 6614 12 9 21 2
NHL totals4 1 1 2 0

Awards and honours

AwardYear
All-WCHA First Team1985–86[1]
AHCA West First-Team All-American1985–86[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: WCHA All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
  2. News: Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners. NCAA.org. June 11, 2013.