Dave Manson

Manson played junior hockey with his hometown Prince Albert Raiders in the Western Hockey League. He was drafted 11th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1985 NHL entry draft, and joined the team a year later. In the 1988-89 season, he recorded 352 penalty minutes for the Blackhawks, recording a penalty minute in 60 of his 79 games played that year. His sixty games with at least one penalty minute is the most in a season in NHL history.

He also played for the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs.

He retired in 2002 with 390 points and 2,792 penalty minutes in 1,103 career NHL games.

Manson worked as an assistant coach with the Prince Albert Raiders from 2002 to 2009, leaving briefly to take a coaching job with the Prince Albert Mintos. He returned to his post prior to the start of the 2011-12 WHL season, remaining there until 2018.

Manson was hired by the Edmonton Oilers as an assistant coach for their top affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League, on June 4, 2018. He was promoted to assistant coach of the Oilers on February 10, 2022., and was relieved of his duties on November 12, 2023.

He was hired by the Anaheim Ducks to serve as an assistant with the San Diego Gulls prior to the 2025-26 AHL season, and was promoted to head coach on July 20, 2026. It is Manson’s first head-coaching position after 24 seasons as an assistant or associate coach.

• October 2, 1991, Traded from Chicago Blackhawks with future considerations to Edmonton Oilers for Steve Smith.
• March 15, 1994, Traded from Edmonton Oilers with 6th round pick (Chris Kibermanis) to Winnipeg Jets for Mats Lindgren, Boris Mironov, 1st round pick (Jason Bonsignore), and 4th round pick (Adam Copeland).
• March 18, 1997, Traded from Phoenix Coyotes to Montreal Canadiens for Murray Baron and Chris Murray.
• November 16, 1998, Traded from Montreal Canadiens with Jocelyn Thibault and Brad Brown to Chicago Blackhawks for Jeff Hackett, Eric Weinrich, Alain Nasreddine, and a conditional draft pick.
• February 8, 2000, Traded from Chicago Blackhawks with Sylvain Côté to Dallas Stars for Kevin Dean, Derek Plante, and 2nd round pick in the 2001 draft (Matt Keith).
• November 21, 2001, Traded from Toronto Maple Leafs to Dallas Stars for Jyrki Lumme.

Manson and his late wife, Lana have four children. He currently resides in Christopher Lake, Saskatchewan.

His son, Josh, is a defenceman for the Colorado Avalanche, and his daughter, Meagan played for the women's soccer team at the University of Saskatchewan. He also has twins; a son, Ben, who previously played for the La Ronge Ice Wolves of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League from 2017 to 2020, and a daughter, Emma.

Manson is remembered for his low raspy voice, which occurred after taking a hard punch to the throat from Sergio Momesso during a 1991 game. The force of Momesso's punch caused permanent damage to Manson's larynx.

Regular season and playoffs

International