David Hoogsteen (born November 10, 1974) is a Canadian retired ice hockey coach and center who was an All-American for North Dakota.
Career Hoogsteen played junior hockey for his hometown Thunder Bay Flyers. Over three seasons he increased his point total, finishing as the team's leading scorer in 1995 and helping them win the Dudley Hewitt Cup. The following year he began attending the University of North Dakota, joining his brother Kevin on the ice hockey team. In his first season with the Fighting Sioux, Hoogsteen provided depth scoring but came into his own during his sophomore year. UND shot up the standings, finishing atop the WCHA standings for the first time in a decade and went on to win the conference championship. Hoogsteen was named tournament MVP and led the team to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1990 and the Fighting Sioux went on a roll. The team scored six goals in each of their three games, winning the national championship. Hoogsteen scored twice in the final game, including the game-winning goal and was named an All-American for the year. Over his final two years with North Dakota, Hoogsteen remained a key contributor. He helped the club post three consecutive 30-win seasons, winning the regular season championship each time. Unfortunately, in '98 and '99 UND lost in conference championship game as well as their first NCAA tournament match.
After graduating, Hoogsteen's professional career began with a shirt stint in Germany but he ended up finishing the year in the ECHL. After two more seasons playing in the lower minor leagues, he returned to Europe and played a couple of years with the Amsterdam Tigers. He retired as a player in 2004 after helping the club win back-to-back Eredivisie championships.
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Regular season and playoffs Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 Thunder Bay Flyers USHL 3413112423————— 1993–94 Thunder Bay Flyers USHL 4829346364————— 1994–95 Thunder Bay Flyers USHL 4840569634————— 1995–96 North Dakota WCHA 3110102020————— 1996–97 North Dakota WCHA 4327275416————— 1997–98 North Dakota WCHA 3520234316————— 1998–99 North Dakota WCHA 311129406————— 1999–00 Straubing Tigers Oberliga 84370————— 1999–00 Richmond Renegades ECHL 145270————— 1999–00 Trenton Titans ECHL 15912210120550 2000–01 Fayetteville Force CHL 702343664652242 2001–02 Rockford IceHogs UHL 7333366963————— 2002–03 Amsterdam Tigers Eredivisie 403445791693696 2003–04 Amsterdam Tigers Eredivisie 36545210636979164 USHL totals 130 82 101 183 121 — — — — — NCAA totals 140 68 89 157 58 — — — — — ECHL totals 29 14 14 28 0 12 0 5 5 0 Eredivisie totals 76 88 97 185 52 18 10 15 25 10
Awards and honors Award Year All-WCHA First Team 1996–97 AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1996–97 WCHA All-Tournament Team 1997 All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1997 All-WCHA Second team 1997–98
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