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Mike Dunham

b. 1972

American ice hockey goaltender

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Born 1972. Mike Dunham is an American ice hockey player.

Michael Francis Dunham (born June 1, 1972) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. Dunham is the Boston Bruins goalie development coach, and the former head goaltending coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career Dunham attended Maine-Endwell High School for one year before transferring to Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut, a Catholic boarding school, where he was an All-New England 1st Team Goalie under legendary prep school coach Charlie Huntington. Dunham played college hockey for the University of Maine, where he shared the goaltending duties with Garth Snow. The team won the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship in Dunham's final season, 1992–93.

Dunham was drafted in the third round (53rd overall) of the 1990 NHL entry draft by the New Jersey Devils. He won the Calder Cup in 1995 with the Albany River Rats. He was co-winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy with Martin Brodeur for the 1996–97 NHL season. During the 1998 NHL expansion draft, Dunham was selected by the Nashville Predators, with whom he played four seasons, sharing the starting role with TomΓ‘Ε‘ Vokoun. He also played for the New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers, and New York Islanders. He participated in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, helping the United States win the silver medal. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Dunham played with SkellefteΓ₯ AIK in Sweden.

Coaching On September 10, 2007, Dunham was named goaltending coach of the New York Islanders. The move ended his 11-year NHL playing career. He left the Islanders in July 2017 after 10 years to become the Boston Bruins goalie development coach in August 2017.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1987–88 Canterbury School High-CT 29 β€” β€” β€” β€” 1740 69 4 2.38 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1988–89 Canterbury School High-CT 25 β€” β€” β€” β€” 1500 63 2 2.52 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1989–90 Canterbury School High-CT 32 β€” β€” β€” β€” 1558 68 3 2.62 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1990–91 University of Maine HE 23 14 5 2 β€” 1275 63 0 2.96 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1991–92 University of Maine HE 7 6 0 0 β€” 382 14 1 2.20 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1991–92 United States Intl 3 0 1 1 β€” 157 10 0 3.82 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1992–93 University of Maine HE 25 21 1 1 β€” 1429 63 0 2.65 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1993–94 United States Intl 33 22 9 2 β€” 1983 125 2 3.78 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1993–94 Albany River Rats AHL 5 2 2 1 β€” 304 26 0 5.13 .858 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1994–95 Albany River Rats AHL 35 20 7 8 β€” 2120 99 1 2.80 .898 7 6 1 419 20 1 2.86 β€” 1995–96 Albany River Rats AHL 44 30 10 2 β€” 2592 109 1 2.52 .908 3 1 2 182 5 1 1.65 β€” 1996–97 New Jersey Devils NHL 26 8 7 1 β€” 1013 43 2 2.55 .906 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1996–97 Albany River Rats AHL 3 1 1 1 β€” 184 12 0 3.91 .871 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1997–98 New Jersey Devils NHL 15 5 5 3 β€” 773 29 1 2.25 .913 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1998–99 Nashville Predators NHL 44 16 23 3 β€” 2472 127 1 3.08 .908 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1999–2000 Nashville Predators NHL 52 19 27 6 β€” 3077 146 0 2.85 .908 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1999–2000 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 1 1 0 0 β€” 60 1 0 1.00 .933 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2000–01 Nashville Predators NHL 48 21 21 4 β€” 2810 107 4 2.28 .923 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2001–02 Nashville Predators NHL 58 23 24 9 β€” 3316 144 3 2.61 .906 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2002–03 Nashville Predators NHL 15 2 9 2 β€” 819 43 0 3.15 .892 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2002–03 New York Rangers NHL 43 19 17 5 β€” 2467 94 5 2.29 .924 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2003–04 New York Rangers NHL 57 16 30 6 β€” 3148 159 2 3.03 .896 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2004–05 SkellefteΓ₯ AIK Allsv 13 β€” β€” β€” β€” 726 36 4 2.98 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 17 8 5 β€” 2 779 36 1 2.77 .893 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2005–06 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 2 2 0 β€” 0 120 5 0 2.50 .861 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2006–07 New York Islanders NHL 19 4 10 β€” 3 979 61 0 3.74 .889 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” NHL totals 394 141 178 39 5 21,653 989 19 2.74 .908 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”

International

Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1991 United States WJC 3 1 2 0 180 11 0 3.67 β€” 1992 United States WJC 6 5 0 1 360 14 β€” 2.33 β€” 1992 United States WC 3 0 1 0 107 7 0 3.93 β€” 1993 United States WC 1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 β€” 1994 United States OG 3 0 1 2 180 15 0 5.00 .826 1998 United States WC 2 0 1 0 40 4 0 6.00 β€” 2002 United States OG 1 1 0 0 60 0 1 0.00 1.000 2004 United States WC 4 1 3 0 237 10 0 2.53 .915 Junior totals 9 6 2 1 540 25 0 2.78 β€” Senior totals 14 3 6 2 684 37 1 3.25 β€”

Awards and honors Award Year All-Hockey East First Team 1992–93 AHCA East First-Team All-American 1992–93 Calder Cup Champion (Albany River Rats) 1994-95

Binghamton Hockey Hall Of Fame. Inducted Friday March 13, 2009 (w/Glenn Merkosky)

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University of Maine
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William M. Jennings Trophy
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Michael Francis Dunham

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Who is Mike Dunham?

American ice hockey goaltender

When was Mike Dunham born?

Mike Dunham was born on 1 June 1972 in Johnson City.

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Mike Dunham is an ice hockey player.

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Mike Dunham is American.

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