Dan Cavanaugh (born March 3, 1980) is a retired American professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player last playing for

EC VSV EC Grand Immo VSV are an ice hockey team in the ICE Hockey League. They play their home games at Stadthalle (capacity approximately 4500 spectators) in Villach, Austria. The team colors are blue and white. Their mascot is an eagle - Villach's co ...

in the Austrian Ice Hockey League.

Playing career

Cavanaugh played for the

Boston University Terriers The Boston University Terriers are the ten men's and fourteen women's varsity athletic teams representing Boston University in NCAA Division I competition. Boston University's team nickname is the Terriers, and the official mascot is Rhett the ...

from 1998–2001. After college, Cavanaugh was drafted (2nd round; 38th overall) by the

Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...

. He was a member of the Houston Aeros from 2001–05, where he helped the team win the

Calder Cup The Calder Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the playoff champions of the American Hockey League. It was first presented in 1937 to the Syracuse Stars. The cup is made of sterling silver mounted on a base of Brazilian mahogany. In its curr ...

in 2003. In 2005, Cavanaugh signed with the

Philadelphia Phantoms The Philadelphia Phantoms were a professional ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League (AHL) from 1996 to 2009. The club was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and played most of its home games at the Spectrum (arena), Spectrum ...

to start the 2005–06 season. He then played 26 games for the Phantoms before being traded to the

Springfield Falcons The Springfield Falcons were a former ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) and played in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the MassMutual Center. In 2016, the Falcons' franchise was purchased by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Ar ...

, where he played through the 2006–07 season. The following season, Cavanaugh left the AHL to play with the

SG Pontebba Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba is represented by ''Aquile Friuli-Venezia Giulia'', the Pontebba region's flagship ice hockey team, plays its home games at the ''PalaVuerich'' arena in Pontebba, Italy and is affiliated with the local ice sports society '' ...

in the

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. Cavanaugh then spent the 2008–09 season with

in the

Austrian Hockey League The ICE Hockey League (International Central European Hockey League), known as the win2day ICE Hockey League for sponsorship reasons, is a Central European hockey league that also serves as the top-tier ice hockey league in Austria, it currently f ...

International

Cavanaugh played in the

2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2000 World Junior Hockey Championships (''2000 WJHC''), was the 24th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted in Skellefteå and Umeå, Sweden from December 25, 1999, to January 4, 2000. The Czech Republi ...

for Team USA.

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* 1980 births American men's ice hockey centers Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey players Calgary Flames draft picks Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Living people Sportspeople from Springfield, Massachusetts Philadelphia Phantoms players SG Pontebba players Springfield Falcons players EC VSV players Ice hockey players from Massachusetts American expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{US-icehockey-centre-stub