Dennis Packard

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Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
Height
Weight
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
233 lb (106 kg/16 st 9 lb)
AHL Team Worcester Sharks
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada &
Flag of the United States United States
Born February 9, 1982 (1982-02-09) (age 26),
St. Catharines, ON, CAN
NHL Draft 219th, 2001
Tampa Bay Lightning
Pro career 2004 – present

Dennis Packard (born February 9, 1982 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is an ice hockey player for the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League. Although born in Canada, he grew up in Kingston, Pennsylvania, and has dual-citizenship.

During his high-school years Packard played for the Wyoming Seminary Blue Knights in the NEPASHL while he was selected to the US Junior National Team in 1999-2000. When playing for the Harvard University hockey team while pursuing his undergraduate degree Packard was drafted by Tampa Bay Lightning in round 7 of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, although at one point he was considered a possible 1st round pick. Between 2004 and 2006 he played for the Springfield Falcons in the AHL as well as for the Johnstown Chiefs in the ECHL. In 2006, he signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Boston Bruins.

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