David Jensen

David Henry Jensen (born May 3, 1961) is an American former ice hockey player who played in 18 National Hockey League games with the Minnesota North Stars between 1984 and 1986. He is the younger brother of Paul Jensen.

Playing career Jensen played for the University of Minnesota from 1979 to 1983. He also played for the American national junior team at the 1980 1981 World Junior Championships. He was selected 100th overall in the 1980 NHL entry draft by the Minnesota North Stars, Jensen played with the American national team in 1983–84 as an amateur and played in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He also played at the 1986 World Championships.

He made his NHL debut with Minnesota in 1984, and played 18 games over parts of three seasons. Most of his professional career, which lasted from 1983 to 1990, was spent in the minor leagues. He finished with three seasons in Italy playing for SV Ritten.

Post-playing career Jensen retired from hockey in 1990 after playing several years in Europe. Currently, he is the Senior Vice President of Touchpoint Media, a custom communications company in Minneapolis that publishes USA Hockey Magazine and Cambria Style among other titles.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1978–79 Robbinsdale Armstrong High School HSMN — — — — — — — — — — 1979–80 University of Minnesota WCHA 33 0 5 5 32 — — — — — 1980–81 University of Minnesota WCHA 35 0 13 13 64 — — — — — 1981–82 University of Minnesota WCHA 32 3 13 16 68 — — — — — 1982–83 University of Minnesota WCHA 38 5 24 29 48 — — — — — 1982–83 Birmingham South Stars CHL — — — — — 2 0 0 0 0 1983–84 United States National Team Intl 47 3 15 18 38 — — — — — 1983–84 Minnesota North Stars NHL 8 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1983–84 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 13 0 7 7 6 5 0 1 1 5 1984–85 Minnesota North Stars NHL 5 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1984–85 Springfield Indians AHL 69 13 27 40 63 4 0 1 1 0 1985–86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 5 0 0 0 7 — — — — — 1985–86 Springfield Indians AHL 40 4 18 22 31 — — — — — 1986–87 SV Ritten ITA 40 21 38 59 53 — — — — — 1988–89 SV Ritten ITA-2 29 20 35 55 22 — — — — — 1989–90 SV Ritten ITA-2 22 24 29 53 10 10 12 10 22 12 AHL totals 109 17 45 62 94 4 0 1 1 0 NHL totals 18 0 2 2 11 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1980 United States WJC 5 0 3 3 4 1981 United States WJC 5 0 0 0 4 1984 United States OLY 6 0 0 0 6 1986 United States WC 10 1 0 1 12 Junior totals 10 0 3 3 8 Senior totals 16 1 0 1 18