Dave Gorman

David Peter Gorman (April 8, 1955 – May 2, 2025) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association and briefly in the National Hockey League between 1975 and 1980.

As a youth, Gorman played in the 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Swiss Chalet minor ice hockey team.

As a junior in the OHA, he played five seasons for the St. Catharines Black Hawks, making it to the 1974 Memorial Cup and winning the Jim Mahon Trophy as top scoring right winger.

Gorman by the NHL's Montreal Canadiens (70th overall, 1975) and WHA's Phoenix Roadrunners (16th overall, 1974) and chose to play in the WHA because of the higher salaries. Overall he scored 56 goals in 260 WHA games for Phoenix and the Birmingham Bulls. Gorman made a brief three-game cameo for the NHL's Atlanta Flames during 1979-80 season.

Gorman finished his career three seasons in the Swiss League. He helped lead Team Canada to victory in the 1984 Spengler Cup.

Following his on-ice career, Gorman coached hockey on the youth and high school level, while also owning an Arby's franchise and working in real estate.

Gorman was inducted into the St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.

Gorman died on May 2, 2025, at the age of 70.