Dixon Ward
Born (1968-09-23) September 23, 1968
Leduc, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Vancouver Canucks
Los Angeles Kings
Toronto Maple Leafs
Buffalo Sabres
Boston Bruins
New York Rangers
NHL Draft 128th overall, 1988
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 1992–2003

Dixon McRae Ward (born September 23, 1968) is a Canadian former National Hockey League right wing. He was drafted in the seventh round, 128th overall, by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

Career

Ward is the only North Dakota Fighting Sioux player to record 100 goals and 100 assists for his career. After playing four seasons with the University of North Dakota, Ward joined the Canucks for the 1992–93 season. Ward spent short periods of time with the Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, and Toronto Maple Leafs before joining the Buffalo Sabres, with whom he had his greatest success. Ward played four full seasons with the Sabres, including 1998–99 when he scored 20 goals in the regular season and 7 more during the team's run to the Stanley Cup finals. Ward later played one season each with the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers after which he retired in 2003. In his NHL career, Ward appeared in 537 games, scoring 95 goals and adding 129 assists. He also appeared in 62 playoff games, scoring 14 goals and recording 20 assists.

As of 2010, Ward is a VP with the Okanagan Hockey School in Penticton, BC.

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-WCHA Second Team 1990–91
All-WCHA Second Team 1991–92

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1986–87 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 59 46 40 86 153 20 11 11 22 16
1987–88 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 51 60 71 131 167 — — — — —
1988–89 University of North Dakota WCHA 37 8 9 17 26 — — — — —
1989–90 University of North Dakota WCHA 45 35 34 69 44 — — — — —
1990–91 University of North Dakota WCHA 43 34 35 69 84 — — — — —
1991–92 University of North Dakota WCHA 38 33 31 64 90 — — — — —
1992–93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 70 22 30 52 82 9 2 3 5 0
1993–94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 33 6 1 7 37 — — — — —
1993–94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 34 6 2 8 45 — — — — —
1994–95 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 22 0 3 3 31 — — — — —
1994–95 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 6 3 3 6 19 — — — — —
1994–95 Detroit Vipers IHL 7 3 6 9 7 5 3 0 3 7
1995–96 Buffalo Sabres NHL 8 2 2 4 6 — — — — —
1995–96 Rochester Americans AHL 71 38 56 94 74 19 11 24 35 8
1996–97 Buffalo Sabres NHL 79 13 32 45 36 12 2 3 5 6
1997–98 Buffalo Sabres NHL 71 10 13 23 42 15 3 8 11 6
1998–99 Buffalo Sabres NHL 78 20 24 44 44 21 7 5 12 32
1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres NHL 71 11 9 20 41 5 0 1 1 2
2000–01 Boston Bruins NHL 63 5 13 18 65 — — — — —
2001–02 SC Langnau NLA 23 8 19 27 38 — — — — —
2002–03 New York Rangers NHL 8 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2002–03 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 67 23 41 64 108 — — — — —
2003–04 SC Rapperswil–Jona NLA 35 22 11 33 44 — — — — —
NHL totals 537 95 129 224 431 62 14 20 34 46
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