Peter Douris
Born (1966-02-19) February 19, 1966
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Winnipeg Jets
Boston Bruins
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Dallas Stars
NHL Draft 30th overall, 1984
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 19852002

Peter W. Douris (born February 19, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League from 1985 to 1998.

Biography

Douris was born in Toronto, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Don Mills.[1]

He was drafted in the second round, 30th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft after his freshman season at the University of New Hampshire. He left college hockey after his sophomore year to join the Canadian National Team in 1985-86.

In Douris's first season he only played 11 games and did not acquire any points. In his second season, he showed impressive actions in the American Hockey League for the Sherbrooke Canadiens by notching 14 goals and 28 assists for 42 points in 62 games. But in the Jets he was only dressed in 6 games.

After spending 3 seasons with the Jets he was traded to the St. Louis Blues for defenseman Kent Carlson and a fourth round draft pick. Peter spent the season playing for the Blues International Hockey League affiliate Peoria Rivermen. Douris signed with Boston Bruins for the 1989-90 season as an unrestricted free agent. In his first season in Boston colours, he played 36 games and notched 5 goals and 6 assists along with 15 penalty minutes.

In the 1992 playoffs with the Bruins, Douris scored the game-winner in Game Two at the Forum against Montreal en route to a four-game series sweep. It was the first time Boston had won an overtime playoff game at the Forum since 1943.[2] "That was definitely a huge thrill," Douris says years later. "I remember coming off the ice, [and the scratches were] waiting by the dressing room... The look on their faces were like, 'Holy smokes!... You just got an overtime goal at the Forum. You were just eating hotdogs in the stands with us [in the last game]!"[3]

After spending three seasons with Boston, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim acquired him as a free agent for their inaugural season in 1993. He was at the Mighty Ducks for three seasons before moving to the Dallas Stars in 1998 where he only play just one game and that was his last season with the NHL.

Douris then headed to Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga where he spent four seasons, one with Landshut EV and three with the Munich Barons after relocating from Landshut. Douris retired in 2002, in 11 NHL seasons he scored 54 goals and 67 assists for 121 points in 321 games, picking up 80 penalty minutes. Douris spent the 2013-2014 season as head coach of Vojens IK. He is now retired from hockey and lives in Maine where he works in real estate.

Douris' niece, Raina Douris is the host of NPR's World Cafe.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1981–82 Don Mills Flyers U18 AAA GTHL U18
1982–83 Don Mills Flyers U18 AAA GTHL U18
1983–84 University of New Hampshire ECAC 3819153414
1984–85 University of New Hampshire ECAC 4227245134
1985–86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 110000
1985–86 Canadian National Team Intl 331672318
1986–87 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 6214284224 177152216
1986–87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 60000
1987–88 Moncton Hawks AHL 7242377953
1987–88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 40220 10000
1988–89 Peoria Rivermen IHL 8128416932 41230
1989–90 Maine Mariners AHL 3817203714
1989–90 Boston Bruins NHL 36561115 80115
1990–91 Maine Mariners AHL 351615319 23032
1990–91 Boston Bruins NHL 395279 70116
1991–92 Marine Mariners AHL 124372
1991–92 Boston Bruins NHL 5410132310 72350
1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL 5029265512
1992–93 Boston Bruins NHL 194484 41010
1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 7412223421
1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 4610112112
1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 3187159
1996–97 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 8036367214 32242
1997–98 Michigan K-Wings IHL 7826315729 40552
1997–98 Dallas Stars NHL 10000
1998–99 EV Landshut DEL 5117264359 31010
1999–00 Munich Barons DEL 5618345224 123692
2000–01 Munich Barons DEL 231261814 61124
2001–02 Munich Barons DEL 6018284612 94374
NHL totals 321546712180 2735811

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1986 Canada WJC 74266
Junior totals 74266

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. K.P. Wee (October 2015). The End of the Montreal Jinx: Boston's Short-Lived Glory in the Historic Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry, 1988-1994. p. 153. ISBN 978-1517362911.
  3. K.P. Wee (October 2015). The End of the Montreal Jinx: Boston's Short-Lived Glory in the Historic Bruins-Canadiens Rivalry, 1988-1994. p. 154. ISBN 978-1517362911.
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