| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Played For: | New York Rangers Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs SC Riessersee HC Davos Villacher SV |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Wingham, Ontario, Canada |
| Draft: | 24th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1976 |
| Draft Team: | New York Rangers |
| Wha Draft: | 5th overall |
| Wha Draft Year: | 1976 |
| Wha Draft Team: | San Diego Mariners |
| Career Start: | 1976 |
| Career End: | 1990 |
David Allan Farrish (born August 1, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 430 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1976 and 1984. He featured in the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals with the Rangers.
He also played in the American Hockey League and won the Eddie Shore Award as the league's best defenceman during the 1981–82 season.[1] After his playing career Farrish worked as a coach.
Farrish has served as head coach for the Moncton Hawks, Salt Lake Golden Eagles, Fort Wayne Komets, Springfield Falcons, Louisiana IceGators and the Pensacola Ice Pilots.[2] At the NHL level, Farrish served as an assistant coach to Randy Carlyle with the Anaheim Ducks from 2005 to the middle of the 2011-12 season. On March 3, 2012, Farrish was appointed an assistant coach, again under Carlyle, with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Farrish was let go by the Maple Leafs in May 2014.[3] He won the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007.
Farrish was named as an assistant coach for the Colorado Avalanche on July 7, 2015. On May 23, 2017, Farrish was relieved of these duties.[4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1972–73 | Stratford Cullitons | OHA-B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Sudbury Wolves | OHA | 58 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 205 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 1974–75 | Sudbury Wolves | OMJHL | 60 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 258 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 32 | ||
| 1975–76 | Sudbury Wolves | OMJHL | 66 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 155 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 22 | ||
| 1976–77 | New York Rangers | NHL | 80 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | New York Rangers | NHL | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | New York Rangers | NHL | 71 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 1979–80 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 20 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1979–80 | New Brunswick Hawks | AHL | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Syracuse Firebirds | AHL | 14 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 74 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1981–82 | New Brunswick Hawks | AHL | 67 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 80 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | ||
| 1982–83 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 56 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 59 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1984–85 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 68 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 74 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 78 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||
| 1986–87 | SC Riessersee | GER | 26 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | HC Davos | NLA | 16 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 1987–88 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 30 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Villacher SV | AUT | 33 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 60 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Moncton Hawks | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 362 | 37 | 108 | 145 | 371 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 48 | ||||
| NHL totals | 430 | 17 | 110 | 127 | 440 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | ||||