Dave Babych

BIO

Dave was born in Edmonton, Alberta where with Ukrainian ancestry, the Babych family have had a homestead for 110 years.

Dave Babych is currently a partner in an investor services group who work with both public and private companies from Medical, Mining to Tech.

He is also a businessman who has been involved in Building Construction, Golf Course Construction, Coaching youth hockey in Canada, United States, China and very proudly in the Ukraine. He is also currently an Ambassador with the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL in the Vancouver, BC, Canada area.

Dave believes after being lucky enough to become a professional athlete which gave him a lot that their is always time to give back to the people, charities and communities that supported him through out his career.

Dave played 19 years in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets, Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers and LA Kings. Won numerous team awards and also played in two Allstar games. Dave is still in the top 25 all time leading scoring defenseman in the NHL with 723 points as well as the top 125 of all time games played at 1195.

Dave is also involved in many charities across Canada and is on the Executive of the Vancouver Canucks Alumni Association and Foundation.

He is also on many Boards past and present from Government, non-profit to charity. Every business venture or event would have a charitable or community component attached to it.

Dave resides in North Vancouver, BC Canada where he been married 32 years and has 5 boys.