{{short description|Canadian retired ice hockey left winger|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 180 | played_for = Minnesota North Stars | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|1|2|mf=y}} | birth_place = Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | draft = 48th overall | draft_year = 1970 | draft_team = Minnesota North Stars | career_start = 1973 | career_end = 1980 }} '''David Gregory Cressman''' (born January 2, 1950) is a Canadian retired ice hockey left winger. He played 85 games in the NHL for the Minnesota North Stars over the 1974–75 and 1975–76 NHL seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=6620 |title=Dave Cressman Stats and Profile |website=hockeydb.com}}</ref>
Cressman was born in Kitchener, Ontario. He was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in the fourth round (48th overall) of the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8445807|title = Dave Cressman Stats and News}}</ref> but he did not begin to play professional hockey until after he had completed his university education to become a teacher.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jon C.|last=Scott|title=Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South|year=2006|publisher=Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.|page=51|isbn=1-894974-21-2}}</ref>
==Coaching career== During the 1990s Cressman coached Junior B hockey at the University of Waterloo, and during the 2002-03 season he stepped in to coach nine games for the Odessa Jackalopes (Central Hockey League) while their regular head coach, Don McKee was having heart surgery.<ref>{{cite book|last=Scott|title=Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South|page=53}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1966–67 | Kitchener Greenshirts | COJHL | — || 7 || 16 || 23 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1967–68 | Kitchener Greenshirts | COJHL | — || 18 || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1967–68 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 1 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 0 | 19 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1968–69 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 54 || 29 || 26 || 55 || 33 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1969–70 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 50 || 18 || 39 || 57 || 69 | 6 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1970–71 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1971–72 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | 40 || 19 || 34 || 53 || 24 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1972–73 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | 19 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 20 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1973–74 | Saginaw Gears | IHL | 75 || 32 || 35 || 67 || 49 | 9 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 37 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1974–75 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 5 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1974–75 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 66 || 11 || 15 || 26 || 41 | 16 || 7 || 14 || 21 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 80 || 4 || 8 || 12 || 33 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1976–77 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 80 || 25 || 31 || 56 || 64 | 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1977–78 | Cambridge Hornets | OHA Sr | 25 || 9 || 11 || 20 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 85 !! 6 !! 8 !! 14 !! 37 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}
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