# Dean Talafous

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{{Short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Dean Talafous 80-81.JPG
| played_for = [Atlanta Flames](/source/Atlanta_Flames)<br> [Minnesota North Stars](/source/Minnesota_North_Stars)<br>[New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers)
| league = [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League)
| position = [Right wing](/source/Winger_(ice_hockey))
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 180
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|8|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Duluth, Minnesota](/source/Duluth%2C_Minnesota), U.S.
| ntl_team = USA
| draft = 53rd overall
| draft_year = 1973
| draft_team = [Atlanta Flames](/source/Atlanta_Flames)
| wha_draft = 13th overall
| wha_draft_year = 1973
| wha_draft_team = [Cincinnati Stingers](/source/Cincinnati_Stingers)
| career_start = 1974
| career_end = 1981
| module =
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| image = 
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| caption = 
| birth_date = 
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| death_date = 
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| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1971–1974
| player_team1 = [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin_Badgers_men's_ice_hockey)
| player_positions = [Right wing](/source/Winger_(ice_hockey))
| coach_years1 = 1982–1984
| coach_team1 = [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men's_ice_hockey) (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1984–1985
| coach_team2 = [St. Paul Vulcans](/source/St._Paul_Vulcans)
| coach_years3 = 1985–1989
| coach_team3 = Minnesota (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1989–1996
| coach_team4 = [Wisconsin–River Falls](/source/Wisconsin%E2%80%93River_Falls_Falcons_men's_ice_hockey)
| coach_years5 = 1996–2001
| coach_team5 = [Alaska-Anchorage](/source/Alaska-Anchorage_Seawolves_men's_ice_hockey)
| overall_record = 160-196-40 ({{winpct|160|196|40}})
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 1996 [Edward Jeremiah Award](/source/Edward_Jeremiah_Award)
| coaching_records = 
}}}}
'''Dean Charles Talafous''' (born August 25, 1953) is an American former professional [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) player. He played 497 regular season games in the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) (NHL) between 1974 and 1981 for the [Atlanta Flames](/source/Atlanta_Flames), [Minnesota North Stars](/source/Minnesota_North_Stars) and [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers) as a [right winger](/source/Winger_(ice_hockey)).

==College==
Talafous played for the [Wisconsin Badgers](/source/Wisconsin_Badgers_men's_ice_hockey) where he helped the team win a [National Championship](/source/NCAA_Division_I_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament) in [1973](/source/1973_NCAA_University_Division_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament), and was named the tournament's [Most Outstanding Player](/source/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_Ice_Hockey_Tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player).<ref name="badger">{{cite web |last1=Burrows |first1=Bob |title=Hockey great Dean Talafous headed to Badger Athletic Hall of Fame |url=https://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/sports/1575669-hockey-great-dean-talafous-headed-badger-athletic-hall-fame |publisher=Hudson Star-Observer |accessdate=27 December 2018 |date=22 August 2013 |archive-date=December 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228035012/https://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/sports/1575669-hockey-great-dean-talafous-headed-badger-athletic-hall-fame |url-status=dead }}</ref> Talafous scored the winning goal in the championship game.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wisconsin Victor in N.C.A.A. Hockey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/18/archives/wisconsin-victor-in-ncaa-hockey-badgers-win-first-title-42talafous.html |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |accessdate=27 December 2018 |date=18 March 1973}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Talafous was drafted 53rd overall by the [Atlanta Flames](/source/Atlanta_Flames) in the [1973 NHL entry draft](/source/1973_NHL_entry_draft). He scored his first NHL goal on December 12, 1974 at Washington in a 2-2 tie.  It was the only goal Talafous scored as an Atlanta Flame. Talafous played 18 games for the Flames before being traded to the [Minnesota North Stars](/source/Minnesota_North_Stars). In international hockey he played for the United States in the [1976 Canada Cup](/source/1976_Canada_Cup) and [1981 Canada Cup](/source/1981_Canada_Cup). In 1978 Talafous signed as a free agent with the [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers).

On December 30, 1981,  the Rangers traded him with [Jere Gillis](/source/Jere_Gillis) to the [Quebec Nordiques](/source/Quebec_Nordiques) for [Robbie Ftorek](/source/Robbie_Ftorek), however, Talafous decided to retire after learning that the Nordiques would not offer him a contract past the end of the season. The Rangers were then forced to give up [Pat Hickey](/source/Pat_Hickey_(ice_hockey)) as compensation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Talafous Is Retiring With No Regrets After Trade |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/04/sports/talafous-is-retiring-with-no-regrets-after-trade.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=4 June 2019 |date=4 January 1982}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pat Hickey, 28-year-old New York Rangers left wing, was... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/08/Pat-Hickey-28-year-old-New-York-Rangers-left-wing-was/1356384411600/ |website=UPI |accessdate=4 June 2019 |language=en |date=8 March 1982}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dean Charles Talafous|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14500|publisher=LegendsOfHockey.net|accessdate=25 July 2012}}</ref>

==Coaching==
===Juniors===
*Head of player development - [ Hudson Crusaders ] [MJHL](/source/MJHL)
*Head Coach - [St. Paul Vulcans](/source/St._Paul_Vulcans) [USHL](/source/USHL)

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
|type=coach
|conference=
|postseason=
|poll=no
}}
{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name       = [{{color|white|Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons}}](/source/Wisconsin%E2%80%93River_Falls_Falcons_men's_ice_hockey)
|color      = color:white; background:#C80F2E; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}
|startyear  = 1989
|conflong   = Northern Collegiate Hockey Association
|conference = NCHA
|endyear    = 1996
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [1989–90](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_NCAA_Division_III_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Wisconsin–River Falls
 | overall      = 13-13-3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = [NCHA Semifinals](/source/NCHA_Men's_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [1990–91](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_NCAA_Division_III_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Wisconsin–River Falls
 | overall      = 6-18-3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [1991–92](/source/1991%E2%80%9392_NCAA_Division_III_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Wisconsin–River Falls
 | overall      = 6-17-1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [1992–93](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_NCAA_Division_III_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Wisconsin–River Falls
 | overall      = 19-13-1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = [NCAA Runner-Up](/source/1993_NCAA_Division_III_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [1993–94](/source/1993%E2%80%9394_NCAA_Division_III_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Wisconsin–River Falls
 | overall      = 21-8-4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = [NCAA Champion](/source/1994_NCAA_Division_III_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [1994–95](/source/1994%E2%80%9395_NCAA_Division_III_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Wisconsin–River Falls
 | overall      = 19-10-4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = [NCAA Frozen Four](/source/1995_NCAA_Division_III_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [1995–96](/source/1995%E2%80%9396_NCAA_Division_III_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Wisconsin–River Falls
 | overall      = 26-5-2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = [NCAA Frozen Four](/source/1996_NCAA_Division_III_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Wisconsin–River Falls
 | overall    = 110-84-18
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name       = [{{color|white|Alaska–Anchorage Seawolves}}](/source/Alaska_Anchorage_Seawolves_men's_ice_hockey)
|color      = color:white; background:#00583D; {{box-shadow border|a|#FFC425|2px}}
|startyear  = 1996
|conflong   = Western Collegiate Hockey Association
|conference = WCHA
|endyear    = 2001
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [1996–97](/source/1996%E2%80%9397_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Alaska–Anchorage
 | overall      = 9-23-4
 | conference   = 7-21-4
 | confstanding = 9th
 | postseason   = [WCHA First Round](/source/1997_WCHA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [1997–98](/source/1997%E2%80%9398_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Alaska–Anchorage
 | overall      = 6-25-5
 | conference   = 5-19-4
 | confstanding = 9th
 | postseason   = [WCHA First Round](/source/1998_WCHA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [1998–99](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Alaska–Anchorage
 | overall      = 13-18-5
 | conference   = 10-13-5
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   = [WCHA First Round](/source/1999_WCHA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [1999–00](/source/1999%E2%80%9300_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Alaska–Anchorage
 | overall      = 15-18-3
 | conference   = 11-14-3
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = [WCHA First Round](/source/2000_WCHA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [2000–01](/source/2000%E2%80%9301_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
 | name         = Alaska–Anchorage
 | overall      = 7-24-5
 | conference   = 4-20-4
 | confstanding = 9th
 | postseason   = [WCHA First Round](/source/2001_WCHA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Alaska–Anchorage
 | overall    = 50-108-22
 | confrecord = 37-87-20
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall      = 160-196-40
}}
<ref>{{cite web|title=2013-14 Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Media Guide|url=http://issuu.com/seawolf1/docs/uaaguide_00284082465076/1?e=1249906/5071672|publisher=ISSUU.com|accessdate=2014-08-07}}</ref>

==After hockey==
Talafous lives in Hudson, Wisconsin, and founded Total Hockey Training with his wife, Jax, and son, Pete; Talafous retired in 2011 and Pete now runs the organization as Exceed Hockey.<ref name="badger" /> In 2013 Talafous was inducted in the Badger Athletic Hall of Fame.<ref name="badger" />

==Awards and honors==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
! 
|-
| All-[NCAA](/source/NCAA_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Championship) [All-Tournament Team](/source/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_Men's_Ice_Hockey_All-Tournament_Teams)
| [1973](/source/1973_NCAA_Division_I_Men's_Ice_Hockey_Tournament)
| <ref name = ncaa>{{cite news|title=NCAA Frozen Four Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=2013-06-19}}</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](/source/Regular_season)
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[Playoffs](/source/Playoffs)
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [Season](/source/Season_(sports))
! Team
! League
! GP !! [G](/source/Goal_(ice_hockey)) !! [A](/source/Assist_(ice_hockey)) !! [Pts](/source/Point_(ice_hockey)) !! [PIM](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey))
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| 1968–69
| [Hastings High School](/source/Hastings_High_School_(Minnesota))
| [HS-MN](/source/Minnesota_State_High_School_League)
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1969–70
| Hastings High School
| HS-MN
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1970–71
| Hastings High School
| HS-MN
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1971–72](/source/1971%E2%80%9372_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
| [University of Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin_Badgers_men's_ice_hockey)
| [WCHA](/source/Western_Collegiate_Hockey_Association)
| 37 || 10 || 24 || 34 || 42
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [1972–73](/source/1972%E2%80%9373_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
| University of Wisconsin
| WCHA
| 40 || 21 || 32 || 53 || 34
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1973–74](/source/1973%E2%80%9374_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
| University of Wisconsin
| WCHA
| 34 || 17 || 29 || 46 || 29
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [1974–75](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_NHL_season)
| [Atlanta Flames](/source/Atlanta_Flames)
| [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League)
| 18 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 13
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1974–75](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_CHL_season)
| [Omaha Knights](/source/Omaha_Knights_(1966%E2%80%931975))
| [CHL](/source/Central_Professional_Hockey_League)
| 11 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 10
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1974–75
| [Minnesota North Stars](/source/Minnesota_North_Stars)
| NHL
| 43 || 8 || 17 || 25 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_NHL_season)
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 79 || 18 || 30 || 48 || 18
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [1976–77](/source/1976%E2%80%9377_NHL_season)
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 80 || 22 || 27 || 49 || 10
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1977–78](/source/1977%E2%80%9378_NHL_season)
| Minnesota North Stars
| NHL
| 75 || 13 || 16 || 29 || 25
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [1978–79](/source/1978%E2%80%9379_NHL_season)
| [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers)
| NHL
| 68 || 13 || 16 || 29 || 29
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1979–80](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season)
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 55 || 10 || 20 || 30 || 26
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 9
|-
| [1980–81](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_NHL_season)
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 50 || 13 || 17 || 30 || 28
| 14 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1981–82](/source/1981%E2%80%9382_NHL_season)
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 29 || 6 || 7 || 13 || 8
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"| NHL totals
! 497 !! 104 !! 154 !! 258 !! 163
! 21 !! 4 !! 7 !! 11 !! 11
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [1973](/source/1973_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships)
| [United States](/source/United_States_men's_national_ice_hockey_team)
| [WC B](/source/IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I) 
| 7 || 2 || 8 || 10 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1974](/source/1974_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships)
| United States
| WC B
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [1976](/source/1976_Canada_Cup)
| United States
| [CC](/source/Canada_Cup)
| 5 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1981](/source/1981_Canada_Cup)
| United States
| CC
| 6 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! colspan="4" | Canada Cup totals 
! 11 !! 5 !! 4 !! 9 !! 8
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{icehockeystats|legends=14500}}
*[https://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1973/73053.html Hockeydraftcentral.com profile]
*[https://www.totalhockeytraining.com Total Hockey Training]

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{{succession box | before = [Bill Beaney](/source/Bill_Beaney) | title = [Edward Jeremiah Award](/source/Edward_Jeremiah_Award)| years = [1995–96](/source/1995%E2%80%9396_NCAA_Division_III_men's_ice_hockey_season) | after = [Mike McShane](/source/Mike_McShane_(ice_hockey))}}
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