Carl Dwayne Norris (born January 8, 1970) is a Canadian former professional

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player. He played briefly in the

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(NHL) in the 1990s with the

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and the

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. 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

(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

regular season games for the Nordiques and the

, 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 The Kölner Haie (English: ''Cologne Sharks'') are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany, that plays in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team was one of the founding members of the DEL. The ''Kölner Haie'' play their ho ...

(Cologne Sharks) of the

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. In 2002, he won the German Championship with Köln when they beat perennial rivals

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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

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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 Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...

, Coale and Dalton. All three have been involved in the Oakland Junior Grizzlies AAA program. Son

Josh Norris Joshua Norris (born May 5, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey center for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the first round of the 2017 NHL entry draft by the San Jose Sharks and in 2018 was trad ...

was a first-round selection of the

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in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and is currently a player for the

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. His younger brother Warren Norris played professionally with the

St. John's Maple Leafs The St. John's Maple Leafs were a minor ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, at Memorial Stadium from 1991 to 2001, and at Mile One Stadium from 2001 to 2005. The team was ...

and

Grand Rapids Griffins The Grand Rapids Griffins are a professional ice hockey team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They compete in the American Hockey League (AHL), playing their home games at Van Andel Arena. They are the AHL affiliate to the Detroit Red Wings of t ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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Awards and honours

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References

External links

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