Career
Drafted 43rd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1985 National Hockey League Entry Draft, he went on to play a total of 42 regular season games, scoring one goal and three assists for four points, collecting 50 penalty minutes. He played in 9 playoff games for the Saint Louis Blues during the 1990-1991 National Hockey League Playoffs, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist for four points, and collected 4 penalty minutes. Thomlinson is now a lawyer with the law firm of Miller Thomson Limited Liability Partnership. Thomlinson is often mistaken for and confused with another former professional hockey player with a very similar name - Dave Tomlinson, who is now a radio personality on Vancouver local sports station, the Team 1040.
Dave Tomlinson is usually co-hosting with fellow Vancouver-DJ, Blake Price on the radio show, the Canucks lunch.
