Tavis Hansen

Tavis Svend Hansen (born June 17, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Career Hansen played two seasons (1993–1994 and 1994–1995) of junior hockey for the Tacoma Rockets of the Western Hockey League.

He was drafted in the 3rd round, 58th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1994 NHL entry draft. Hansen made his NHL debut with the Jets after his second and final season in Tacoma. His NHL rights were transferred to Phoenix Coyotes when the franchise relocated in 1996 and he made his first appearance as a 'Yote in the 1996–1997 season. Hansen was, however, quickly returned to Springfield before being called up again in 1998–1999. He scored his first NHL goal, versus Calgary, in February 1999, during what would be a 20-game stint with the Coyotes that season. He also made his first NHL playoff appearance in 1998.

In 1999–2000, Hansen was named captain of the Springfield Falcons and recorded career highs for points (48) and penalty minutes (164) while still managing to lend his skills to the Coyotes for five games. He returned in 2000–01 for seven games in Phoenix, playing 24 for the Falcons, alongside Danny Briere.

Hansen missed a majority of the 2000–2001 and 2001–2002 seasons recovering from a shoulder injury suffered in a game vs. the Hershey Bears (AHL) on February 3, 2001. Ironically, Hershey later signed him as a free agent and he helped the Bears make a run at playoffs to finish off the 2001–2002 season. He was signed as a free agent by San Jose Sharks on September 5, 2002, and played the next two seasons as captain for the Cleveland Barons (the Sharks' AHL affiliate).

During the 2004–2005 NHL lockout, Hansen made his first move overseas to play for Oji in the Asia League Ice Hockey. He played the next two years for HC TWK Innsbruck (Erste Bank Eishockey Liga-Austria), and captained the Tirolean team his second season.

Tavis Hansen retired from professional hockey in April 2007. He resides in Seattle, Washington, with his family.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1993–94 Tacoma Rockets WHL 71 23 31 54 122 8 1 3 4 17 1994–95 Tacoma Rockets WHL 71 32 41 73 142 4 1 1 2 8 1994–95 Winnipeg Jets NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Springfield Falcons AHL 67 6 16 22 85 5 1 2 3 2 1996–97 Springfield Falcons AHL 12 3 1 4 23 — — — — — 1996–97 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Springfield Falcons AHL 73 20 14 34 70 4 1 2 3 18 1998–99 Springfield Falcons AHL 63 23 11 34 85 3 0 1 1 5 1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 20 2 1 3 12 2 0 0 0 0 1999–00 Springfield Falcons AHL 59 21 27 48 164 5 2 1 3 4 1999–00 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2000–01 Springfield Falcons AHL 24 6 10 16 81 — — — — — 2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 7 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2001–02 Hershey Bears AHL 35 9 6 15 50 8 0 3 3 8 2002–03 Cleveland Barons AHL 80 23 21 44 81 — — — — — 2003–04 Cleveland Barons AHL 77 17 17 34 118 9 5 2 7 13 2004–05 Oji Eagles Asia League 39 21 18 39 134 4 1 1 2 14 2005–06 HC Innsbruck EBEL 41 12 14 26 116 7 1 4 5 14 2006–07 HC Innsbruck EBEL 55 16 14 30 225 — — — — — NHL totals 34 2 1 3 16 2 0 0 0 0 AHL totals 490 128 123 251 757 34 9 11 20 50