| Dave Bolland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bolland with theChicago Blackhawks in April 2009 | |||
| Born | (1986-06-05)June 5, 1986 (age 39) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Chicago Blackhawks Toronto Maple Leafs Florida Panthers | ||
| NHL draft | 32nd overall,2004 Chicago Blackhawks | ||
| Playing career | 2006–2016 | ||
David D. Bolland (born June 5, 1986) is aCanadian former professionalice hockey player.
Bolland was drafted by theChicago Blackhawks in the second round (32nd overall) of the2004 NHL Entry Draft. While playing junior hockey in theOntario Hockey League (OHL), Bolland helped theLondon Knights capture the2005 Memorial Cup. He also competed at the2006 World Junior Championships, where he helpedCanada capture the gold medal. Bolland also skated in theAmerican Hockey League (AHL) for theNorfolk Admirals andRockford IceHogs.
He spent most of his playing career with the Blackhawks and won theStanley Cup with them in both2010 and2013, and scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2013 with less than a minute remaining in regulation. Bolland also played brief stints withToronto Maple Leafs andFlorida Panthers.
Bolland was born June 5, 1986, inEtobicoke, now a part ofToronto,Ontario, and lived in theMimico neighbourhood. He started playing hockey at the local arena, Mimico Arena, where he played for the Queensway Canadiens. He then played minor hockey for the Toronto Red Wings in theGreater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) from 2000 until 2002. The Red Wings would go on to win the OHL All Ontario Bantam Championship, with Bolland recording four points in the championship game.[1] He played in the 2000Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Red Wings.[2] Bolland was a member of the Bantam All-Ontario champions Toronto Red Wings with future Chicago Blackhawk teammateBryan Bickell.
While playing for the Toronto Red Wings, Bolland was selected in the first round, eighth overall, of the 2002Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection by theLondon Knights.[3] He made his OHL debut with the Knights during the2002–03 season, where he recorded 17 points in 63 games.[1] During hissophomore OHL season, Bolland increased his offensive contributions to the Knights with 37 goals and 30 assists for 67 points. He was also named the club's Most Improved Player.[1] Bolland represented the Western Conference at the 2004 OHL All-Star Game and was also chosen to participate in the 2004CHL Top Prospects Game.[1] Heading into the2004 NHL Entry Draft, Bolland was the eighth ranked North American skater by the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau.[4] Bolland was selected by theChicago Blackhawks in the second round, 32nd overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.[1]
Bolland made his NHL debut against theVancouver Canucks on October 25, 2006, where the Blackhawks would lose 5–0. This would be his only game for the Blackhawks during the2006–07 season, spending the rest of the season with theNorfolk Admirals of theAmerican Hockey League, recording 17 goals and 32 assists for 49 points in 65 games along with being held goalless and four assists and points in six playoff games.
Bolland started the2007–08 season with theRockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League, though spent the majority of his second professional season with the Blackhawks. He recorded his first NHL point on October 31, 2007, with an assist on a goal byJames Wisniewski in a 5–4 win against theDallas Stars[5] and scored his first NHL goal on December 16 against theFlorida Panthers.[5] On December 23, Bolland suffered a broken finger as a result form blocking a shot in a 3–2 win over theEdmonton Oilers, causing him to miss the next 15 games.[6] He ended the season with four goals and 13 assists for 17 points in 39 games for the Blackhawks.
Bolland scored a game-winning overtime goal against theToronto Maple Leafs on November 22, 2008.[7] The2008–09 season turned out to be a breakout year for Bolland as he finished with 19 goals and 28 assists for 47 points in 81 games to help the Blackhawks finish as the fourth seed in the West and qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2002. Bolland made his Stanley Cup playoff debut in the first game in the first round of the2009 playoffs on April 16, 2009 against theCalgary Flames, recording an assist on a Martin Havlát goal in the 3–2 win. The Blackhawks would eventually defeat the fifth-seeded Flames in six games for the teams first playoff series win since 1996. On April 30, in the first game of the second round against the Vancouver Canucks where the Blackhawks lost 5–3, Bolland recorded his first career playoff goal on Canucks' goaltenderRoberto Luongo. Bolland and the Blackhawks would go on to defeat the third-seeded Canucks in six games to advance to the Western Conference Finals. On May 22, 2009, Bolland had two assists for the Blackhawks in the first 10 minutes of the third game of the third round series against the defending Stanley Cup championDetroit Red Wings.[8] The Blackhawks would eventually get defeated by the second-seeded and defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings in five games. Bolland finished his first playoff with four goals and eight assists for 12 points in all 17 games.
On June 29, 2009, Bolland signed a five-year extension worth $3.3 million annually. On November 10, Bolland underwent surgery to repair aherniated disk in his back, taking him out of the Blackhawks line-up for the next 41 games.[9] He would finish with six goals and 10 assists for 16 points in 39 contests for the2009–10 season as the Blackhawks as a team finished second in the West. On June 9, 2010, Bolland became a Stanley Cup champion when the Blackhawks defeated thePhiladelphia Flyers in game six of the2010 Stanley Cup Finals and won the Stanley Cup, ending their 49-year drought.[10] Bolland finished the2010 playoffs with eight goals and assists for 16 points in all 22 games.
On October 29, 2010, Bolland suffered a rib injury in a 7–4 loss to theEdmonton Oilers, resulting in him missing the next four games.[11] On March 9, 2011, in a 4–3 shootout loss against theTampa Bay Lightning, Bolland was on the receiving end of an elbow to the back of the head from Lightning' forwardPavel Kubina, resulting in a season-ending concussion for Bolland and a three-game suspension for Kubina.[12] After missing the last 14 games of the2010–11 season and the first three games of the opening round of the2011 playoffs due to this injury, Bolland would return for game four of the series on April 19 against thePresidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks, where he would record a goal and three assists on goalsDuncan Keith,Bryan Bickell andMichael Frolík, respectively, for his first career four-point game as the Blackhawks would defeat the Canucks 7–2 to prevent the Blackhawks from getting swept out of the playoffs. Two days later, the Blackhawks would also overwhelm the Canucks in game five by recording a 5–0 shutout win to extend the series to a sixth game. In the sixth game of the series three days later, Bolland would record a two-point night with a goal and an assist on a Bryan Bickell goal as the Blackhawks would defeat the Canucks in overtime 4–3 to force a seventh game. The defending Stanley Cup champion and eighth-seeded Blackhawks would become the seventh team in league history to force a game seven after initially having a 3–0 series deficit.[13] In the deciding seventh game two days later, the Blackhawks quest to defend their title would end as they would be defeated by the Canucks in overtime with Canucks' forwardAlexandre Burrows scoring the game and series winner.[14] Bolland ended the playoffs and the series with two goals and four assists for six points in the final four games.
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Bolland recorded 19 goals and 18 assists for 37 points in 76 contests for the Blackhawks in2011–12 as the Blackhawks finished sixth in the West and would follow up by being goalless with three assists for three points in all six games in the Blackhawks' first round exit in the2012 playoffs by the third-seededPhoenix Coyotes.
Bolland would record seven goals and assists for 14 points in 35 games in thelockout-shortened2012–13 season as the Blackhawks won the Presidents' Trophy. On April 1, 2013, Bolland suffered a foot injury in a 3–2 SO win over the Nashville Predators as a result from blocking a shot from Predators’ defenseman captainShea Weber. He played one more game before missing the next four games.[15] On April 22, Bolland suffered a groin injury in a 3–1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, causing him to miss the last three games of the season and the entire first round series of the2013 playoffs against theMinnesota Wild, which saw the Blackhawks defeat the Wild in five games. After missing all five games in the opening round against the eighth-seeded Wild, he returned to the Blackhawks line-up for the first game in the second round against the Detroit Red Wings.[16] After initially trailing 3–1 in the series, the Blackhawks would recover by winning the next three games to defeat the seventh-seeded Red Wings in seven games with Game seven being a 2–1 victory in overtime with Bolland recording an assist on the game and the series-winning goal byBrent Seabrook. The Blackhawks would go on to defeat the defending Stanley Cup champion and fifth-seededLos Angeles Kings in five games in the third round to clinch a spot in the2013 Stanley Cup Finals. On June 24, Bolland scored the game-winning goal in the final minute of Game six of the2013 Stanley Cup Finals over theBoston Bruins, leading the Blackhawks to their second Stanley Cup title in four years.[17] Bolland finished the playoffs with three goals and assists for six points in 18 games.
On June 30, 2013, during the2013 NHL Entry Draft, the Blackhawks traded Bolland to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a second-round and fourth-round pick in 2013 and a fourth in2014.[18][19] On November 2, Bolland suffered a severedachillies tendon in a 4–0 loss to theVancouver Canucks after being on the receiving end of a check by Canucks forwardZack Kassian, causing him to miss the next 56 games.[20][21] He would finish the2013–14 season with eight goals and four assists for 12 points in only 23 contests played.
Although the Maple Leafs made attempts to resign Bolland, the team was unable to meet his reportedly high contract demands in excess of $5+ million a season, and Bolland subsequently became an unrestricted free agent.[22]
On July 1, 2014, the opening day of free agency, theFlorida Panthers signed Bolland to a five-year, $27.5 million contract ($5.5 million annually).[23] Over the next two seasons, Bolland appeared in just 78 of a possible 164 games (53 in2014–15 and 25 in2015–16) due to injuries.
On August 25, 2016, looking to remove Bolland's contract constraints, the Panthers traded Bolland and recent 11th-overall pickLawson Crouse to theArizona Coyotes in exchange for a2017 conditional third-round pick and a2018 conditional second-round pick.[24] However, the injured Bolland he never played a game for the club. Bolland's last official NHL game was December 12, 2015 (while he was still with the Panthers), and in October 2016 his agent acknowledged that he would likely never play again due to a back injury.[25]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000–01 | Toronto Red Wings AAA | GTHL U14 | 95 | 79 | 67 | 146 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Toronto Red Wings AAA | GTHL U15 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | London Knights | OHL | 64 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | London Knights | OHL | 65 | 37 | 30 | 67 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 | ||
| 2004–05 | London Knights | OHL | 66 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 97 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 30 | ||
| 2005–06 | London Knights | OHL | 59 | 57 | 73 | 130 | 104 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 41 | ||
| 2006–07 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 65 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | ||
| 2006–07 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 39 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 81 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | ||
| 2009–10 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 39 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 30 | ||
| 2010–11 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 61 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 76 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 35 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | ||
| 2013–14 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 23 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 53 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 433 | 85 | 123 | 208 | 299 | 67 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 84 | ||||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing Canada | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
 | 2006 Vancouver | |
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Canada | WJC |  | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
| Junior totals | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | ||||
The 27-year-old becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and he reportedly is asking for the moon... Bolland is reportedly asking for a eight-year contract in the neighbourhood of US$40-million