Dwayne Norris

Carl Dwayne Norris (born January 8, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1990s with the Quebec Nordiques and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He was a member of Canada's silver medal-winning team at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

Playing career

Norris started his hockey career with the St. John's Capitals (Caps) of the Avalon Junior Hockey League, eventually leaving home at the young age of 14 to play with the Notre Dame Hounds. He then went on to play college hockey with Michigan State. From there Norris joined the AHL's Cornwall Aces after being drafted by the Quebec Nordiques (127th overall) in the 1990 NHL entry draft. The Aces then moved their team to Halifax in 1994 under the name Halifax Citadels. Norris appeared in 20 National Hockey League regular season games for the Nordiques and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points and collecting 8 penalty minutes.

In 1996 Norris moved to Germany and joined the Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks) of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In 2002, he won the German Championship with Köln when they beat perennial rivals Adler Mannheim 3–2 in the best-of-five final series with Norris netting the game winner in each of Colognes victories. Before the 2003/04 season he signed with league rivals Frankfurt Lions and immediately helped the Lions win the league title in his first season in Frankfurt. There Norris played until 2007, when he finished his playing career.

Norris's most memorable moment may have occurred during the 1990 Junior World Hockey Tournament in Helsinki when he scored the winning goal to help Team Canada beat Czechoslovakia and win the gold medal. He won a silver medal in 1994 with Team Canada at the Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

Coach and managerial career General Manager on the Frankfurt Lions (2007—2010). Assistant coach on the Oakland Jr. Grizzlies U16 (2017—2018).

In 2007 Norris retired from active play and, in a surprise move by his last club, was hired as the Lions' general manager in 2007, a position he held until the team filed for bankruptcy in May 2010.

He then became the hockey director of an elite youth hockey program in Michigan, the Oakland Junior Grizzlies. He currently coaches the Bantam Major and PeeWee Major Grizzly AAA hockey teams.

Family Norris and his wife Traci have three sons, Joshua, Coale and Dalton. All three have been involved in the Oakland Junior Grizzlies AAA program. Son Josh Norris was a first-round selection of the San Jose Sharks in the 2017 NHL entry draft and is currently a player for the Buffalo Sabres. Dalton is currently the captain of the Bowling Green State University Falcons. His younger brother Warren Norris played professionally with the St. John's Maple Leafs and Grand Rapids Griffins.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 55 42 48 90 97 — — — — — 1988–89 Michigan State University CCHA 47 16 23 39 40 — — — — — 1989–90 Michigan State University CCHA 36 19 26 45 30 — — — — — 1990–91 Michigan State University CCHA 40 26 25 51 60 — — — — — 1991–92 Michigan State University CCHA 44 44 39 83 62 — — — — — 1992–93 Halifax Citadels AHL 50 25 28 53 62 — — — — — 1993–94 Canadian National Team Intl 48 18 14 32 22 — — — — — 1993–94 Quebec Nordiques NHL 4 1 1 2 4 — — — — — 1993–94 Cornwall Aces AHL 9 2 9 11 0 13 7 4 11 17 1994–95 Quebec Nordiques NHL 13 1 2 3 2 — — — — — 1994–95 Cornwall Aces AHL 60 30 43 73 61 12 7 8 15 4 1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1995–96 Baltimore Bandits AHL 62 31 55 86 16 12 6 9 15 12 1995–96 Los Angeles Ice Dogs IHL 14 7 16 23 22 — — — — — 1996–97 Kölner Haie DEL 45 14 28 42 24 4 3 0 3 0 1997–98 Kölner Haie DEL 40 13 15 28 34 3 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Kölner Haie DEL 48 16 30 46 62 5 2 3 5 8 1999–00 Kölner Haie DEL 49 17 23 40 70 10 4 1 5 12 2000–01 Kölner Haie DEL 59 15 31 46 48 3 0 1 1 10 2001–02 Kölner Haie DEL 48 13 27 40 56 13 5 2 7 14 2002–03 Kölner Haie DEL 49 16 24 40 72 10 3 8 11 20 2003–04 Frankfurt Lions DEL 50 20 24 44 109 15 9 3 12 26 2004–05 Frankfurt Lions DEL 51 27 31 58 88 11 1 5 6 41 2005–06 Frankfurt Lions DEL 48 13 19 32 58 — — — — — 2006–07 Frankfurt Lions DEL 46 15 23 38 67 2 0 1 1 2 AHL totals 181 88 135 223 139 37 20 21 41 33 DEL totals 533 179 275 454 688 76 27 24 51 133 NHL totals 20 2 4 6 8 — — — — —

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