Dusty Imoo
| Dusty Imoo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
18 July 1970 New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Played for |
Cincinnati Cyclones Erie Panthers Dayton Bombers Fort Wayne Komets Seibu Tetsudo Oji Eagles | ||
| National team |
 Japan | ||
| Playing career | 1991–2006 | ||
Dusty Imoo (芋生 ダスティ, Imō Dasuti, born 18 July 1970) is a Canadian-Japanese former professional ice hockey goaltender
Career
[edit]Imoo was born in New Westminster, British Columbia. He played in the Western Hockey League for the New Westminster Bruins, Lethbridge Hurricanes and Regina Pats between 1987 and 1991. In his first professional season, the 1991–92 season, Imoo played for four different teams; the East Coast Hockey League's Cincinnati Cyclones, Erie Panthers and Dayton Bombers as well as the International Hockey League's Fort Wayne Komets.
Imoo would then go to Japan to play in the Japan Ice Hockey League for Seibu Tetsudo. He remained with the team until 2003 when he signed for the Oji Eagles. Imoo also played for the Japan national team, playing in three Ice Hockey World Championships as well as in the men's tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[1]
After retiring in 2006, Imoo returned to Canada, becoming a goaltending consultant for the Surrey Eagles of the British Columbia Hockey League. He later became the goaltending coach for the WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds and the St. John's Ice Caps of the American Hockey League before becoming the goaltending coach of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League in 2015. In 2019, Imoo became the goaltending coach of the KHL's Kunlun Red Star. In 2021, Imoo was hired as goalie coach of the Toronto Marlies. He was let go shortly after transphobic likes and retweets of his were found on his Twitter account.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dusty Imoo Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Maple Leafs renege on Dusty Imoo hire, call decision a 'mistake' after Twitter 'likes' surface". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Dusty Imoo at EliteProspects.com
- Dusty Imoo at HockeyDB.com
- Dusty Imoo at Olympedia
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
- Canadian sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) players
- Dayton Bombers players
- Erie Panthers players
- Fort Wayne Komets players
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Japanese ice hockey goaltenders
- Kelowna Spartans players
- Lethbridge Hurricanes players
- Los Angeles Kings coaches
- New Westminster Bruins players
- Oji Eagles players
- Olympic ice hockey players for Japan
- Regina Pats players
- Ice hockey people from New Westminster