| Played For: | Hartford Whalers Washington Capitals Boston Bruins |
| David Jensen | |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Birth Date: | August 19, 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Needham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Ntl Team: | USA |
| Draft: | 20th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1983 |
| Draft Team: | Hartford Whalers |
| Career Start: | 1984 |
| Career End: | 1992 |
David Allen Jensen (born August 19, 1965) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He appeared in 105 National Hockey League regular season games between 1984 and 1990.
Jensen was born and raised in Needham, Massachusetts. As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Boston.[1]
Jensen entered Belmont Hill School as a freshman and transferred to Lawrence Academy for his junior year, graduating in 1984.
Jensen was selected in the first round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft (20th overall) as a 17-year-old by Hartford Whalers.
Jensen played with the United States men's national ice hockey team in 1983–84 as an amateur and was a member of the Olympic team that played in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1980–81 | Belmont Hill School | HS-MA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Belmont Hill School | HS-MA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Lawrence Academy | HS-MA | 25 | 41 | 59 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | United States National Team | Intl | 61 | 32 | 56 | 88 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 23 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 25 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1985–86 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 41 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 24 | |||||||
| 1986–87 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 46 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1986–87 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | SG Cortina | ITA | 35 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 15 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 105 | 37 | 44 | 81 | 94 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| AHL totals | 62 | 43 | 59 | 102 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | United States | OLY | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | |
| 1984 | United States | CC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1992 | United States | WC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
| Senior totals | 18 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | |||