Dale McTavish

Dale B. McTavish (born February 28, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. McTavish played nine games in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames in 1996–97, recording one goal and two assists. He is currently a scout with the Ottawa Senators ice hockey team.

Playing career McTavish was born in Eganville, Ontario. He played four seasons of junior hockey with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. He helped lead the Petes to the league championship in 1992–93, and a Memorial Cup berth. Undrafted, McTavish spent two years playing Canadian college hockey with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men before attracting the attention of NHL scouts. McTavish signed a contract with the Flames in 1996 but spent most of the next two seasons in the minors with the Saint John Flames.

McTavish continued his career in Europe in 1997, playing three seasons in the Finnish SM-liiga with SaiPa and the Espoo Blues. With SaiPa he reached SM-liiga semi-finals and was by far the most popular player among SaiPa supporters. In 2000, he moved to Switzerland, where he played for eight seasons: first with Rapperswil-Jona Lakers where he spent five seasons (2000-2005), then for ZSC Lions from 2006-07, and finally EV Zug in 2007-08. For the season 2010-2011, McTavish returned to SaiPa, where his European career started. After that season he retired.

McTavish was a member of Team Canada at the 2007 Spengler Cup.

In 1995, McTavish also played for the New Jersey Rockin' Rollers inline hockey club of Roller Hockey International, where he recorded two goals and three assists in six games.

Pembroke Lumber Kings Sheldon Keefe, who had owned the Pembroke Lumber Kings since 2003, announced over Twitter on May 29, 2013, that he had sold the team to McTavish. In summer 2019, McTavish sold the team to Alex Armstrong.

Personal life His son, Mason McTavish, was selected 3rd overall in the 2021 NHL entry draft by the Anaheim Ducks.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1988–89 Pembroke Lumber Kings CJHL 56 26 24 50 58 — — — — — 1989–90 Peterborough Petes OHL 66 26 35 61 34 12 1 5 6 2 1990–91 Peterborough Petes OHL 66 21 27 48 44 4 1 0 1 0 1991–92 Peterborough Petes OHL 60 25 31 56 59 10 2 5 7 11 1992–93 Peterborough Petes OHL 66 31 50 81 98 21 9 8 17 22 1992–93 Peterborough Petes M-Cup — — — — — 5 2 1 3 16 1993–94 St. Francis Xavier University AUAA 27 30 24 54 71 — — — — — 1994–95 St. Francis Xavier University AUAA 27 25 27 52 59 — — — — — 1995–96 Canadian National Team Intl 53 24 32 56 91 — — — — — 1995–96 Saint John Flames AHL 4 2 3 5 5 15 5 4 9 15 1996–97 Calgary Flames NHL 9 1 2 3 2 — — — — — 1996–97 Saint John Flames AHL 53 16 21 37 65 3 0 1 1 0 1997–98 SaiPa SM-l 47 25 18 43 73 3 0 3 3 4 1998–99 SaiPa SM-l 44 22 17 39 117 7 4 5 9 2 1998–99 Canada Intl 4 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 1999–00 Blues SM-l 53 32 19 51 87 4 1 0 1 12 1999–00 Canada Intl 4 0 3 3 2 — — — — — 2000–01 SC Rapperswil–Jona NLA 44 24 19 43 63 4 1 1 2 4 2001–02 SC Rapperswil–Jona NLA 41 21 19 40 34 5 3 3 6 4 2002–03 SC Rapperswil–Jona NLA 37 18 25 43 57 5 4 0 4 2 2003–04 SC Rapperswil–Jona NLA 13 6 8 14 6 — — — — — 2004–05 SC Rapperswil–Jona NLA 44 25 29 54 36 4 1 1 2 16 2004–05 HC Sierre–Anniviers NLB — — — — — 4 1 6 7 0 2005–06 ZSC Lions NLA 38 17 20 37 98 9 3 7 10 12 2006–07 ZSC Lions NLA 34 15 17 32 30 7 4 1 5 22 2007–08 EV Zug NLA 49 32 21 53 78 7 3 3 6 10 2008–09 EV Zug NLA 18 8 12 20 30 10 3 4 7 6 2009–10 EV Zug NLA 43 22 19 41 40 12 6 8 14 6 2010–11 SaiPa SM-l 38 16 6 22 47 — — — — — SM-l totals 182 95 60 155 324 14 5 8 13 18 NLA totals 361 188 189 377 472 63 28 28 56 82 NHL totals 9 1 2 3 2 — — — — —