Doug Jarvis

Douglas M. Jarvis ( born March 24, 1955 in Brantford, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player ( center ) and coach, from 1975 to 1988 for the Montreal Canadiens, who played Washington Capitals and Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League. Since August 2010 he has been an assistant coach with the Boston Bruins.

Career

As a junior he played for the Peterborough Petes Boston in the OHA, where he was top scorer. The Toronto Maple Leafs selected him in the NHL Amateur Draft 1975 in the second round in 24th place out. In the WHA he was drafted. The Houston Aeros secured the rights in the second round to 30th place. Shortly after the draft, the Leafs gave him off in exchange for Greg Hubick to the Montreal Canadiens.

From the 1975/76 season he played for the Canadiens and formed together with his friend Bob Gainey one of the best series in the storm shorthanded game that had ever played in the NHL. The two had large share of the four Stanley Cup victories 1976 until 1979. According to the 1981/82 season, in which he was able to achieve 20 goals for the first time, he joined together with Rod Langway, Brian Engblom and Craig Laughlin to the Washington Capitals, the sent in return Rick Green and Ryan Walter to Montreal. He stayed four years in Washington and with Langway together, he managed to make the Capitals a strong team in the NHL. At this time he was also awarded the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the best defensive attacker.

During the season 1985/86 he moved to the Hartford Whalers. When he to a game against the Boston Bruins did not end on October 11, 1987 at squad level, a series of 964 NHL games he had played in a row. To date, no player has played more games in a row and only 4 players (besides Jarvis only Garry Unger, Steve Larmer and Craig Ramsay ) came to more than 630 games in a row. For this achievement, he was awarded the 1987 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.

In the 1986/87 season he played again and again in the farm team of the Whalers in the Binghamton Whalers in the AHL. Here he became even first duties as assistant coach. After the season, he finished his career as a player and became a coach in Binghamton. After one season, he became an assistant coach with the Minnesota North Stars, where his companion from the days in Montreal, Bob Gainey, a little later was head coach. Here were the two, even after the relocation of the Stars to Dallas, such as a player a very successful tandem. From 2003, he spent two years coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL before he again joined as assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens in 2005.

By 2009, he remained with the Canadiens. Since August 4, 2010, he works as an assistant coach with the Boston Bruins.

NHL stats

Awards

Records

• 964 consecutive NHL games, on 8 October 1975 to 10 October 1987.
• 560 consecutive NHL games for the Montreal Canadiens, October 8, 1975 to April 4, 1982.