Don Nachbaur
| Don Nachbaur | |||
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| Born |
January 30, 1959 Kitimat, BC, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Hartford Whalers Edmonton Oilers Philadelphia Flyers |
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| NHL Draft | 60th overall, 1979 Hartford Whalers |
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| Playing career | 1979–1994 | ||
Donald Kenneth Nachbaur (born January 30, 1959 in Kitimat, British Columbia and raised in Prince George, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey player. Nachbaur was the head coach of the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. At the end of the 2016-2017 season, it was announced that he mutually separated from the Spokane Chiefs.
Nachbaur played in the NHL with the Hartford Whalers, Edmonton Oilers, and Philadelphia Flyers, Nachbaur played professional hockey for 14 years, including parts of eight seasons in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers, Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers. In 223 career NHL games, he scored 23 goals, added 46 assists and recorded 465 penalty minutes. He was Hartford’s third-round selection (60th overall) in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.
Nachbaur played 469 games in the American Hockey League where he scored 174 goals, added 187 assists for a total of 361 points. He accumulated 1,452 penalty minutes. He won the Calder Cup with the Hershey Bears in the 1987-88 season.
Nachbaur played for EC Graz in Austria from 1990 to 1994 where in 182 games he scored 106 goals and added 103 assists for 209 points.
Nachbaur played his junior career with the Billings Bighorns of the WHL. In two seasons, where he played 162 games (Regular Season and Playoffs), he scored 87 goals, added 89 assists for 176 points and accumulated 350 minutes in penalties. Nachbaur still shares the WHL record for most goals in a playoff game where he scored 5 goals on April 20, 1978, at Vancouver, against New Westminster Bruins. Bighorns won 7-4.
Nachbaur was the head coach of the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. At the end of the 216-2017 playing season, and with the Chiefs not making the playoffs for the first time in many years, it was announced that Nachbaur and the Chiefs mutually separated. He had previously coached the Binghamton Senators. Nachbaur left his post as coach of the Binghamton Senators over the summer of 2010, citing personal reasons. He was given an unprecedented 5-year contract offer to come to Spokane, which he accepted.
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