Daniel "Dany" James Heatley was born on January 21,1981 and is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger.
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54 Facts About Dany Heatley
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Dany Heatley, who was seriously injured but eventually made a full recovery, pled guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide and received probation.
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Dany Heatley played on the left wing with linemates Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson.
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Dany Heatley was born in Freiburg to Karin and Murray Dany Heatley, where his father played professional hockey.
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Dany Heatley went on to lead the Buffaloes to the bronze medal at the 1998 Air Canada Cup, where he finished as both Top Scorer and Tournament MVP.
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Dany Heatley won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the Year, for which Kovalchuk was nominated.
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Dany Heatley scored 24 points in only 16 games before an errant puck struck his left eye and broke his orbital bone.
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Dany Heatley finished the year with Thrashers' teammate Kovalchuk on the Ak Bars Kazan of the Russian Superleague, recording 4 points in eleven games.
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Dany Heatley's performance earned him a spot on the first All-Star team.
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The Alfredsson, Spezza and Dany Heatley line was dominant, leading the NHL in playoffs points, all tied at 22.
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Since arriving in Ottawa from the Marian Hossa trade, Dany Heatley had appeared in 208 consecutive Senators games, until suffering a separated shoulder on January 12,2008, in a collision with Detroit Red Wings forward Dallas Drake, sidelining him for 11 games.
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On October 3,2008, Dany Heatley was named alternate captain to Daniel Alfredsson, along with defenceman Chris Phillips.
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Dany Heatley had reportedly become unhappy with his role with the Senators under new head coach Cory Clouston.
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Dany Heatley asked to get out and he went to a team that he obviously approved of and had some success.
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Trading Dany Heatley was a challenge due to his large contract, a contract that was to pay him approximately $7.
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Team captain Daniel Alfredsson admitted days earlier that a scenario in which Dany Heatley showed up in Ottawa as an unhappy camper would create a massive media headache for the rest of the team.
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On September 12,2009, Dany Heatley was traded to the San Jose Sharks, along with a fifth-round pick in 2010, for Milan Michalek, Jonathan Cheechoo and a second-round pick in 2010.
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However, Head Coach Todd McLellan revealed that Dany Heatley had been playing the entire playoffs with a torn groin muscle.
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On July 3,2011, Dany Heatley was traded to the Minnesota Wild for Martin Havlat, his former teammate with Ottawa.
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On February 9,2012, Dany Heatley recorded the fastest goal in Wild history, scoring 13 seconds into a game against the Vancouver Canucks.
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On March 29,2014, Dany Heatley was a healthy scratch for the first time in his career after being demoted to the fourth line for several games.
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On July 9,2014, Dany Heatley signed a one-year deal as a free agent with the Anaheim Ducks worth $1 million.
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Dany Heatley was a healthy scratch after four games with no points.
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On December 11,2014, Dany Heatley was assigned to the Ducks' American Hockey League affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals.
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On February 28,2015, Dany Heatley was traded to the Florida Panthers along with a 2016 third-round draft choice for Tomas Fleischmann.
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Dany Heatley finished his tenure with the Ducks with no points in 6 games, but recorded 7 in 25 games with Norfolk.
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Dany Heatley did not play a single game with the Panthers, as he reported to the team's farm affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage.
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Dany Heatley signed with German club, the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on September 17,2015.
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Dany Heatley reached the DEL playoff-semifinals with the Ice Tigers, where they fell short to the Grizzlys Wolfsburg.
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Dany Heatley has been voted into the NHL All-Star Game five times, and played in four of them, most recently in 2009.
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Dany Heatley added an assist for a game-high five points and was named the All-Star Game MVP.
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Dany Heatley was selected for the 2008 game, but had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury he suffered in an earlier game against the Detroit Red Wings.
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Dany Heatley competed in two World Junior Championships during his two-year career at the University of Wisconsin.
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The next year, in 2001, Dany Heatley scored three goals and five points as Canada won a second-straight bronze.
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Dany Heatley made his senior international debut with Team Canada at the 2002 World Championships, after his rookie season with the Atlanta Thrashers.
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Dany Heatley dominated with 11 points to lead all tournament scorers, earning his second-straight MVP award.
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At the 2005 World Championships in Austria, his fourth-straight World Championships, Dany Heatley did not achieve the same success, with seven points in nine games, as Canada was shut-out by the Czech Republic in the gold medal game.
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On December 21,2005, Dany Heatley was chosen by Team Canada to participate in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin – his first Olympic games.
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On December 30,2009, Dany Heatley was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Dany Heatley holds dual Canadian-German citizenship because his mother is German.
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On September 29,2003, Dany Heatley was seriously injured in a car crash after he lost control of the Ferrari 360 Modena he was driving on a curved road in a residential area of Atlanta.
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Dany Heatley suffered a broken jaw, a concussion, a bruised lung and a bruised kidney, and he tore three ligaments in his right knee.
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Dany Heatley pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain a lane and speeding.
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Dany Heatley admitted to consuming alcohol prior to the crash, but his blood-alcohol content tested below the legal limit.
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Dany Heatley avoided having to go to trial as part of a plea deal that dropped the first-degree charge of vehicular homicide.
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