15 Facts About Dallas Eakins

Dallas Franklin Eakins is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player.

Dallas Eakins is the head coach of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .

Dallas Eakins previously served as the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL.

Dallas Eakins' mother, Carol Ploof, was a native of Macon, Georgia.

Dallas Eakins's birth father was a Native American, Ted Yoder, who Eakins believes was Cherokee.

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Dallas Eakins played 4 seasons in the Ontario Hockey League for the Peterborough Petes, being named the captain in his final year and the team's best defenseman that season.

Dallas Eakins was a hard worker, loyal, tough, and never afraid to confront people.

Dallas Eakins was drafted 208th overall by the Washington Capitals in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

Dallas Eakins went on to play 120 career NHL games, scoring no goals and 9 assists for 9 points, thus becoming the second Floridian to play in the NHL, but the first to ever record a point.

Dallas Eakins is the first player born in the state of Florida to play for the Florida Panthers, having played for the club on two separate stints .

However, the majority of Dallas Eakins career was played in the American Hockey League and the International Hockey League .

In those two leagues, Dallas Eakins played 882 games, scoring 43 goals and 179 assists for 222 points, whilst playing for 10 different teams.

Dallas Eakins won a Calder Cup and a Turner Cup as a member of the Chicago Wolves.

Dallas Eakins once made a bet with Cincinnati radio personality Dennis "Wildman" Walker of WEBN while a member of the Cincinnati Cyclones that he would not score more than 3 goals in one season.

Dallas Eakins's career is profiled in the book "Journeymen: 24 Bittersweet Tales of Short Major League Sports Careers" by Kurt Dusterberg.