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'Daniel "Dany" James Heatley' (born January 21, 1981, in Freiburg, West Germany) is a Canadian professional hockey player who currently plays for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.
Heatley was born in Germany to Murray and Karin Heatley as his Canadian father, Murray Heatley, was then playing in a German hockey league. His mother is German. When Murray retired from hockey, the family settled in Calgary, where Dany was raised.

Contents

Playing career

2003 All-Star game

The trade

Vehicular homicide

Awards and achievements

Records and milestones

Career statistics

International play

International statistics

External links

Playing career

Heatley played with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft after Rick DiPietro. He won the NHL Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year after scoring 26 goals and 67 points in 82 games.

2003 All-Star game

Dany was also picked as Most Valuable Player of the 2003 NHL All-Star Game. During that game, he found himself constantly complimented by Eastern Conference teammate Jeremy Roenick, then of the Philadelphia Flyers. Watching Heatley from the bench, the then 33-year-old Roenick said, "Twenty-two years old? You're not supposed to be able to pull moves like that at 22. My goodness."^[1] After Heatley scored another goal off a feed from Jaromir Jagr and Olli Jokinen, and noticing Heatley's missing tooth, Roenick said to the young star in relation to his smile, "The good thing is that you're gonna win that truck. The bad thing is you're gonna be smiling all day on TV and I don't really think that's that pretty."
During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Heatley initially played for the Swiss team SC Bern. He played consistently well, scoring more than a point per game, until being injured in November when he required surgery for a broken orbital bone after being struck in the left eye with a puck. The pupil in his left eye became permanently dilated as a result. He finished the year with the All-Star laden AK Bars Kazan in the Russian Superleague, joining former Thrashers teammate and friend Ilya Kovalchuk, among others, but had an unimpressive stint. He also played in the 2005 World Championships, but had a disappointing tournament compared to the previous year in Prague, where he was part of the gold medal winning team.

The trade

Prior to the end of the lockout, Heatley asked to be traded from Atlanta because of the constant reminders of his tragic accident. On August 23rd, 2005 he was sent to the Ottawa Senators for established Slovak star Marian Hossa and veteran defenceman Greg de Vries. Heatley made a spectacular start with his new team, where he became one of the NHL's top scorers. On October 5th, 2005, opening night for the 2005-06 NHL season, Daniel Alfredsson and Dany Heatley became the first players to score goals in an NHL shootout when they scored against Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Ed Belfour. Their sticks were subsequently sent to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Heatley managed a 22-game scoring streak to begin the 2005-06 season. Among players with new teams, this was behind only Wayne Gretzky's 23-game streak upon joining the Los Angeles Kings during the 1988-89 NHL season. Heatley's scoring streak surpassed Marian Hossa's franchise record. In his first game as a Senator in Atlanta , he was frequently booed, especially when he scored. The Senators suffered an 8-3 defeat powered by a four-point game for Slava Kozlov. Heatley eventually finished the season with 50 goals and 53 assists— his first 100-point season. He set the team record in goals (and became the first Senator to score 50 goals), and tied the record for total points (103).
He was selected to play in the 2007 All-Star Game, and played on a line with former SC Bern teammates Daniel Briere and Marian Hossa. Heatley scored a goal and two assists in a 12-9 loss to the Western Conference.
Despite a slow start to the 2006-07 NHL season, Heatley finished with 50 goals, behind only Vincent Lecavalier's 52 goals. He became the first NHL player to score at least 50 goals in consecutive seasons since Pavel Bure in 1999-2000. His 105 points broke the franchise record, and he held a plus/minus rating of 31. Heatley led the NHL in playoffs points, tying linemates Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson.
Since the trade, Heatley has appeared in every Senators game, totaling 194 consecutive games as of the end of the 2007 playoffs. He has led the Senators in scoring in that time, notching 110 goals and 242 points. He leads all players in regular season goalscoring since the lockout. Including the playoffs, Heatley is second to only Joe Thornton in post-lockout point scoring.

Vehicular homicide

On September 29, 2003, Heatley was seriously injured after he lost control of the Ferrari 360 Modena he was driving struck a wall, splitting the car in half and ejecting him and his passenger, teammate Dan Snyder. Heatley suffered a broken jaw, a minor concussion, a bruised lung, bruised kidney, and tore three ligaments in his right knee; Snyder was critically injured with a skull fracture, fell into a coma, and died six days later on October 5 of an infection. Despite forgiveness from Dan Snyder's family, Heatley was charged with vehicular homicide; he pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain a lane, and speeding. Although alcohol was found in his system, his blood-alcohol content was not over the legal limit. He was sentenced to three years probation. Heatley played 31 games in the 2003-04 NHL season, scoring 25 points.
Heatley was selected as the cover player for EA Sports NHL video game franchise that year, however, due to the fallout from the accident, EA switched to Joe Sakic, although many copies of the game shipped with his photo on them.

Awards and achievements

★ Calder Memorial Trophy - 2002

★ National Hockey League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player - 2003

★ Second Team All-Star - 2006

★ First Team All-Star - 2007

Records and milestones

★ Only Thrasher to be awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy

★ Atlanta Thrashers franchise record for most points by rookie (67)

★ First shootout game-winning goal

★ First Senator in franchise history to score 50 goals

★ Ottawa Senators franchise record for most points in a season (105)

★ Ottawa Senators franchise record for most consecutive games with at least one point (22)

★ First Ottawa Senator to score back to back 50 goal seasons

★ Ottawa Senators franchise record for most points in one post-season (22, tied with Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson)

Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999-00	UW–Madison	NCAA		38	28	28	56	32		--	--	--	--	--
2000-01	UW–Madison	NCAA		39	24	33	57	74		--	--	--	--	--
2001-02	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		82	26	41	67	56		--	--	--	--	--
2002-03	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		77	41	48	89	58		--	--	--	--	--
2003-04	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		31	13	12	25	18		--	--	--	--	--
2004-05	SC Bern	NLA		16	14	10	24	58		--	--	--	--	--
2004-05	Ak Bars Kazan	RSL		11	3	1	4	22		4	2	1	3	4
2005-06	Ottawa Senators	NHL		82	50	53	103	86		10	3	9	12	11
2006-07	Ottawa Senators	NHL		82	50	55	105	74		20	7	15	22	12
NHL Totals				354	180	209	389	218		29	10	24	34	23

★ ''As of June 15, 2007.''

International play

Played for Canada in:

★ 2000 World Junior Championships (bronze medal)

★ 2001 World Junior Championships (bronze medal)

★ 2003 World Championships (gold medal)

★ 2004 World Championships (gold medal)

★ 2004 World Cup of Hockey (gold medal)

★ 2005 World Championships (silver medal)

★ 2006 Winter Olympics

International statistics

Year	Comp		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000	WJC		7	2	2	4	4
2001	WJC		7	3	2	5	10
2002	WC		7	2	2	4	2
2003	WC		9	7	3	10	10
2004	WCH		6	0	2	2	2
2005	WC		9	8	3	11	4
2006	Oly		6	2	1	3	8
Senior Int'l Totals			51	24	15	39	40

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