David J. Hanson (born April 12, 1954) is an American former professional

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player. He played 33 games in the

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between 1978 and 1980, and 103 games in the

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between 1977 and 1979.

Biography

Hanson was born in

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, and grew up in

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, where he eventually starred in football, baseball and hockey at Humboldt Senior High School. Hanson continued playing hockey for the St. Paul Vulcans and for

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college team. Hanson played four seasons for the

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and

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of the

, and the New England Whalers, Minnesota Fighting Saints and Birmingham Bulls of the

. He was originally cast as "Dave 'Killer' Carlson" in the

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film ''

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'', but when Jack Carlson was unable to perform because his team was in the playoffs, Hanson was recast as "Jack Hanson", one of the

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. Professional actor Jerry Houser was then cast as "Killer", the character based on Dave Hanson. Hanson appeared in several other films, and won a "DVD Premiere Award", along with fellow Hanson Brothers

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and Jeff Carlson (brothers of Jack Carlson), for his part in the 2002 sequel '' Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice''. In 1977, Hanson married Sue Kaschalk, a coal miner's daughter from Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania.Sports Illustrated, July 2, 2007, p. 106. He has two daughters and one son,

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, a center whose professional career included time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, AHL teams and the Norwegian champion Stavanger Oilers. At one point Hanson was general manager of the Capital District Islanders in upstate New York, then the

New York Islanders The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ( ...

farm team and the Albany River Rats, the New Jersey Devils farm team. he resides in

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, and manages a sports center at

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links

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HansonBrothers.net

Dave Hanson on his book, Slapshot Original
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