David Allen Jensen (born August 19, 1965) is an American former professional
ice hockey player. He appeared in 105
National Hockey League regular season games between 1984 and 1990.
Early life
Jensen was born and raised in
Needham, Massachusetts
Needham ( ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. A suburb of Boston, its population was 32,091 at the 2020 U.S. Census. It is home of Olin College.
History
Early settlement
Needham was first settled in 1680 with the purchase of a ...
. As a youth, he played in the 1978
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a
minor ice hockey team from
Boston.
Jensen entered
Belmont Hill School
Belmont Hill School is an independent boys school on a campus in Belmont, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. The school enrolls approximately 440 students in grades 7-12, separated into the Middle School (grades 7-9) and the Upper School (grad ...
as a freshman and transferred to
Lawrence Academy for his junior year, graduating in 1984.
Career
Jensen was selected in the first round of the
1983 NHL Entry Draft
The 1983 NHL Entry Draft was the 21st NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 8, 1983. The NHL Entry Draft is the primary means by which players arrive in the National Hockey League. The St. Louis Blues did ...
(20th overall) as a 17-year-old by
Hartford Whalers.
Jensen played with the
United States men's national ice hockey team in 1983–84 as an amateur and was a member of the Olympic team that played in the
1984 Winter Olympic Games
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
in
Sarajevo.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
*
Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
1965 births
Living people
American men's ice hockey forwards
Binghamton Whalers players
Hartford Whalers draft picks
Hartford Whalers players
Ice hockey players from Massachusetts
Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Maine Mariners (AHL) players
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
Olympic ice hockey players for the United States
Sportspeople from Needham, Massachusetts
Ice hockey people from Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Sportspeople from Newton, Massachusetts
Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Washington Capitals players
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