| Dan Kesa | |
| Birth Date: | November 23, 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 208 |
| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | Vancouver Canucks Dallas Stars Pittsburgh Penguins Tampa Bay Lightning Avangard Omsk Vienna Capitals |
| Draft: | 95th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1991 |
| Draft Team: | Vancouver Canucks |
| Career Start: | 1992 |
| Career End: | 2003 |
Dragan "Dan" Kesa (born November 23, 1971) is a Serbian-Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks, Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Drafted 95th overall by the Canucks in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, Kesa played 139 regular season games, scoring 8 goals and 22 assists for 30 points and collecting 66 penalty minutes. Previously to the NHL he played for a short period for the Detroit Vipers.[1] [2] Kesa had spells in the Russian Super League for Avangard Omsk and the Austrian Hockey League for the Vienna Capitals before hanging up his skates.[3]
Kesa was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the uncle of Milan Lucic who is currently playing in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Jovan Lučić who is a footballer and plays for POFC Botev Vratsa of the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), and Nikola Lucic.[4] [5] Kesa resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1988–89 | Richmond Sockeyes | BCJHL | 44 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Richmond Sockeyes | BCJHL | 54 | 39 | 38 | 77 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 69 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 116 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 62 | 46 | 51 | 97 | 201 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 27 | ||
| 1992–93 | Hamilton Canucks | AHL | 62 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Hamilton Canucks | AHL | 53 | 37 | 33 | 70 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1993–94 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 70 | 34 | 44 | 78 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 15 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 27 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 22 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 60 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | ||
| 1997–98 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 76 | 40 | 37 | 77 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 14 | ||
| 1998–99 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 67 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 50 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 79 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 2001–02 | Omsk Avangard | RSL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Vienna Capitals | AUT | 27 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL Totals | 139 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 66 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||