# Dwayne Norris

Carl Dwayne Norris (born January 8, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1990s with the Quebec Nordiques and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He was a member of Canada's silver medal-winning team at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

## Playing career

Norris started his hockey career with the St. John's Capitals (Caps) of the Avalon Junior Hockey League, eventually leaving home at the young age of 14 to play with the Notre Dame Hounds. He then went on to play college hockey with Michigan State. From there Norris joined the AHL's Cornwall Aces after being drafted by the Quebec Nordiques (127th overall) in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. The Aces then moved their team to Halifax in 1994 under the name Halifax Citadels. Norris appeared in 20 National Hockey League regular season games for the Nordiques and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points and collecting 8 penalty minutes.
In 1996 Norris moved to Germany and joined the Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks) of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In 2002, he won the German Championship with Köln when they beat perennial rivals Adler Mannheim 3–2 in the best-of-five final series with Norris netting the game winner in each of Colognes victories. Before the 2003/04 season he signed with league rivals Frankfurt Lions and immediately helped the Lions win the league title in his first season in Frankfurt. There Norris played until 2007, when he finished his playing career.
Norris's most memorable moment may have occurred during the 1990 Junior World Hockey Tournament in Helsinki when he scored the winning goal to help Team Canada beat Czechoslovakia and win the gold medal. He won a silver medal in 1994 with Team Canada at the Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

## Coach and managerial career

* General Manager on the Frankfurt Lions (2007—2010).
* Assistant coach on the Oakland Jr. Grizzlies U16 (2017—2018).
In 2007 Norris retired from active play and, in a surprise move by his last club, was hired as the Lions' general manager in 2007, a position he held until the team filed for bankruptcy in May 2010.
He then became the hockey director of an elite youth hockey program in Michigan, the Oakland Junior Grizzlies. He currently coaches the Bantam Major and PeeWee Major Grizzly AAA hockey teams.

## Family

Norris and his wife Traci have three sons, Joshua, Coale and Dalton. All three have been involved in the Oakland Junior Grizzlies AAA program. Son Josh Norris was a first-round selection of the San Jose Sharks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and is currently a player for the Buffalo Sabres. His younger brother Warren Norris played professionally with the St. John's Maple Leafs and Grand Rapids Griffins.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1987–88 | Notre Dame Hounds | SJHL | 55 | 42 | 48 | 90 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89 | Michigan State University | CCHA | 47 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90 | Michigan State University | CCHA | 36 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91 | Michigan State University | CCHA | 40 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92 | Michigan State University | CCHA | 44 | 44 | 39 | 83 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93 | Halifax Citadels | AHL | 50 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Canadian National Team | Intl | 48 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 1994–95 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 60 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 61 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 1995–96 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96 | Baltimore Bandits | AHL | 62 | 31 | 55 | 86 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 |
| 1995–96 | Los Angeles Ice Dogs | IHL | 14 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 45 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 40 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998–99 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 48 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 1999–00 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 49 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 70 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 2000–01 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 59 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2001–02 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 48 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 56 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2002–03 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 49 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| 2003–04 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 50 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 109 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 2004–05 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 51 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 88 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 41 |
| 2005–06 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 48 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 46 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| AHL totals | AHL totals | AHL totals | 181 | 88 | 135 | 223 | 139 | 37 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 33 |
| DEL totals | DEL totals | DEL totals | 533 | 179 | 275 | 454 | 688 | 76 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 133 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | Place | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1990 | Canada | WJC | | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 1994 | Canada | OG | | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
The source:

## Awards and honours

The source:
| Year | Award | League |
| 1990 | | WC |
| 1992 | First All-Star Team | NCAA (CCHA) |
| 1992 | Player of the Year | NCAA (CCHA) |
| 1992 | First All-American Team | NCAA (WCHA) |
| 1995 | First All-Star Team | AHL |
| 1995 | All-Star Game | AHL |
| 1996 | All-Star Game | AHL |
| 1996 | Player of the Week | AHL |
| 1996 | Second All-Star Team | AHL |
| 2002 | | DEL |
| 2003 | All-Star Game | DEL |
| 2004 | | DEL |
| 2005 | Best Plus/Minus | DEL |
| 2005 | All-Star Game | DEL |
| 2007 | All-Star Game | DEL |