Don Waddell
| Don Waddell | |||
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| Born |
August 19, 1958 Detroit, Michigan |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
New Haven Nighthawks (AHL) Flint Spirits (IHL) Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL) Flint Generals (IHL) Augsburger EV (Germany) Saginaw Gears (IHL) Los Angeles Kings (NHL) Houston Apollos CHL Tulsa Oilers (CHL) |
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| National team |
 United States
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| NHL Draft | 111th overall, 1978 Los Angeles Kings |
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| Playing career | 1980–1988 | ||
Donald Douglas Waddell (born August 19, 1958 in Detroit, Michigan) is the former, and last President of the Atlanta Thrashers and a former professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently President of Gale Force Sports & Entertainment, parent company of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League.
Waddell was selected 111th overall, in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft. He was selected as the 3rd choice of the Los Angeles Kings on June 15, 1978. He played in the NHL for only one game with the Kings during the 1980–81 season, against the New York Rangers on January 28, 1981.
His playing career consisted mostly of minor and college hockey. He played 4 seasons at Northern Michigan University. He was one of the final cuts for the 1980 U.S. men's hockey team after he broke his leg in a pre-tournament game. He won the International Hockey League's Governor's Trophy in 1982 for best defenseman during the regular season.
After his tenure as a player, he moved to coaching for the 1987–88 season with the IHL Flint Spirits as a player-coach. For the next two seasons, he moved behind the bench permanently. Waddell moved on to the IHL San Diego Gulls for the 1991–92 season. Waddell took over as interim coach of the Atlanta Thrashers during the 2002–03 season with a record of 4–5–1–0 as coach before Bob Hartley was named to the permanent job.
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