{{short description|American ice hockey player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Dan Cavanaugh.jpg | image_size = 230 px | caption = Cavanaugh with the Springfield Falcons in 2006 | position = Center | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 195 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|3|3}} | birth_place = Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | ntl_team = United States | draft = 38th overall | played_for = Houston Aeros<br/>Philadelphia Phantoms<br/>Springfield Falcons | draft_year = 1999 | draft_team = Calgary Flames | career_start = 2001 | career_end = 2009 }} '''Dan Cavanaugh''' (born March 3, 1980) is a retired American professional ice hockey player last playing for EC VSV in the Austrian Ice Hockey League.
==Playing career== Cavanaugh played for the Boston University Terriers from 1998 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=DAN CAVANAUGH 1999-00 Men's Ice Hockey Roster|url=http://goterriers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1281|website=goterriers.com|accessdate=March 9, 2018}}</ref> After college, Cavanaugh was drafted (2nd round; 38th overall) by the Calgary Flames.<ref>{{cite web|title=Calgary Flames 1999 Entry Draft Review|url=http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/110/calgary_flames1999_entry_draft_review/|website=hockeysfuture.com|accessdate=March 9, 2018|date=June 28, 1999}}</ref> He was a member of the Houston Aeros from 2001 to 2005, where he helped the team win the Calder Cup in 2003.<ref name = "signed Phantoms">{{cite web|title=Dan Cavanaugh signed by Phantoms|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dan-cavanaugh-signed-by-phantoms/n-3232382|website=oursportscentral.com|accessdate=March 9, 2018|date=October 19, 2005}}</ref> In 2005, Cavanaugh signed with the Philadelphia Phantoms to start the 2005–06 season.<ref name = "signed Phantoms"/> He then played 26 games for the Phantoms before being traded to the Springfield Falcons, where he played through the 2006–07 season. The following season, Cavanaugh left the AHL to play with the SG Pontebba in the Italian Hockey League. Cavanaugh then spent the 2008–09 season with EC VSV in the Austrian Hockey League.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09|url=http://www.ecvsv.at/verein/archiv/200809-2/|website=ecvsv.at|accessdate=March 9, 2018|language=German|archive-date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310200840/http://www.ecvsv.at/verein/archiv/200809-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==International== Cavanaugh played in the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Team USA.<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM ROSTER|url=https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/2931891-2000-wjc-u-s-national-junior-team-roster|website=teamusa.usahockey.com|accessdate=March 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BEYOND BOSTON UNIVERSITY|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bost/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/10mg-10.pdf|website=grfx.cstv.com|accessdate=March 9, 2018|format=PDF|archive-date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310200731/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bost/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/10mg-10.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{icehockeystats|elite=12028|hockeydb=00045067|nhl=8467911}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cavanaugh, Dan}} Category:1980 births Category:American men's ice hockey centers Category:Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey players Category:Calgary Flames draft picks Category:Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Springfield, Massachusetts Category:Philadelphia Phantoms players Category:SG Pontebba players Category:Springfield Falcons players Category:EC VSV players Category:Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Austria
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