Dave Taylor (ice hockey)

David Andrew Taylor (born December 4, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Los Angeles Kings from 1977 to 1994. Taylor was a star player at Clarkson University for four seasons while being drafted by both the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association in 1975. He made it to the NHL in 1977 with the Los Angeles Kings. The 1980-81 season saw Taylor be labeled as part of a "Triple Crown Line" alongside centre Marcel Dionne and left winger Charlie Simmer, as all three players scored 100 points each, with Taylor's 112 points being a career high and the first of two straight 100-point seasons. In the 1980s, Taylor was named to the All-Star Game four times and was a Second All-Star once while recording two 40-goal seasons. In 1991, he was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for his perseverance and for his leadership qualities on and off the ice while also recording his 1,000th point, becoming the 29th player to do so in NHL history. In his penultimate season, Taylor reached the Stanley Cup Final for the only time in his career, with Taylor recording five goals and eight total points in 22 games. After playing 33 games in the 1993-94 season, Taylor retired.

Following his playing career, he served as the Kings' general manager from 1997 to 2006 and currently serves as vice-president of Hockey Operations with the NHL's St. Louis Blues, where he won the Stanley Cup with in 2019.