Kirk Daubenspeck

Kirk Daubenspeck (born July 21, 1974) is an American retired ice hockey goaltender who was an All-America for Wisconsin. Daubenspeck began the year as a backup behind Jeff Hackett. He remained with the team for the first month of the season, not seeing any game action, and was then sent down to the Indianapolis Ice. He played a few games at the IHL level before ending up with the Jacksonville Lizard Kings. Daubenspeck spent most of the rest of his career playing AA hockey, making brief appearances with several AHL teams over a nine year span. In 2001, Daubenspeck helped the South Carolina Stingrays win the Kelly Cup, playing in 13 of the team's 18 playoff games. He retired as a player in 2006.

Accident On February 17, 2011, Daubenspeck was involved in a car accident on Route 18. While driving in heavy fog near Dodgeville, Wisconsin, Daubenspeck's car ran into a Semi-trailer truck. He suffered a severe brain injury and was in a coma for six days. While to took several months, Daubenspeck did eventually recover from the crash. A year to the day after the accident, he dropped the ceremonial puck before a game between Wisconsin and Denver.

Statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1990–91 Culver Military Academy US-Prep — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1991–92 Culver Military Academy US-Prep — — — — — — — 2.88 .912 — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 9 0 7 1 470 49 0 6.26 .837 — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Wisconsin Capitols USHL 28 5 20 1 1542 123 0 4.79 .886 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Wisconsin WCHA 7 2 2 0 280 19 0 4.07 .880 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Wisconsin WCHA 42 23 15 4 2503 146 0 3.50 .893 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Wisconsin WCHA 39 17 20 2 2257 151 0 4.01 .885 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Wisconsin WCHA 33 13 18 2 1925 124 1 3.86 .896 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 18 6 9 0 953 58 0 3.65 .887 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 32 20 9 2 1865 92 1 2.96 .904 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 8 5 3 0 424 18 0 2.55 .908 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Indianapolis Ice IHL 12 2 8 1 650 43 0 3.97 .879 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Chesapeake Icebreakers ECHL 13 7 2 4 774 31 2 2.40 .920 7 — — — — — — — 1999–00 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 6 4 2 0 360 17 0 2.83 .902 — — — — — — — — 1999–00 Rochester Americans AHL 22 7 10 4 1235 53 1 2.57 .913 1 — — — — — — — 2000–01 Rochester Americans AHL 1 0 1 0 60 6 0 6.00 .769 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 Indianapolis Ice IHL 2 0 1 0 77 3 0 2.34 .870 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 45 26 13 3 2624 119 3 2.72 .915 13 — — — — — — — 2001–02 Colorado Gold Kings WCHL 60 36 19 5 3539 164 4 2.78 .906 5 — — — — — — — 2002–03 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 58 36 16 6 3454 167 0 2.90 .915 4 — — — — — — — 2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 1 0 1 0 59 2 0 2.04 .923 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 47 29 15 2 2773 123 3 2.66 .920 7 — — — — — — — 2004–05 Portland Pirates AHL 28 14 12 1 1507 58 4 2.31 .930 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 25 12 10 3 1437 55 2 2.30 .934 1 — — — — — — — 2005–06 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 2 2 0 0 120 2 0 1.00 .958 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Hershey Bears AHL 23 10 6 2 1115 58 2 3.12 .895 — — — — — — — — USHL totals 37 5 27 2 2,012 172 0 5.13 .875 — — — — — — — — NCAA totals 120 55 55 8 6,965 440 1 3.79 .891 — — — — — — — — ECHL totals 236 141 70 20 13,831 624 11 2.71 .917 32 — — — — — — — IHL totals 32 8 18 1 1,680 104 0 3.71 .883 — — — — — — — — AHL totals 75 31 30 7 3,976 177 7 2.67 .913 1 — — — — — — —

Awards and honors Award Year WCHA All-Tournament Team 1995, 1996 All-WCHA Second Team 1996–97 AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1996–97