Al Arbour

Alger Joseph " Al " Arbour ( born November 1, 1932 in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach, from 1953 to 1971 for the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues played in the National Hockey League.

Career

After a few years in the lower leagues, he made ​​his debut in the season 1953/54, at the Detroit Red Wings. However, the breakthrough in the NHL he succeeded only in the season 1956 / 57th For the season 1958/59 he moved to the Chicago Blackhawks and remained there up to and including 1961, the year the Stanley Cup - profit. The next five years he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and won with them in 1962 for the second time the Stanley Cup. He was the only player in the NHL who played with glasses. After a season in the AHL, he went in 1967 to the St. Louis Blues. In 1970 he retired after 600 games and 14 years as an active player back.

His coaching career began in 1973 with the St. Louis Blues. Three years later he went to Long Iceland, where for the young New York Islanders team. Over the next four years, the Islanders finished each season with over 100 points, but it was never enough for a Stanley Cup win.

In the 1979/80 season, the Islanders were able to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in six games and won their first Stanley Cup. This triumph they could repeat each season for the next three years. Thus, they were the second NHL club, who won four titles in a row ( Montreal managed this twice). The opportunity for a fifth Cup win was prevented by the Edmonton Oilers in 1984.

1996 Arbour was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Arbour was honored by the New York Islanders with a banner with the number 739, which depends at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the Islanders ice rink. Al Arbour had won the Islanderes 739 games in regular season.

On November 3, 2007 Al Arbour took over for a game as coach of the New York Islanders and thus followed an invitation of then- head coach Ted Nolan. For Arbour, it was the 1500. Game as coach of the Islanders and his 740th victory.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

  • Stanley Cup: 1961, 1962 and 1964 ( as a player ); 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983 ( as coach )

Personal Awards

Detroit Hettche Edmonton Flyers Rochester Americans 1953–54 NHL season 1956–57 NHL season 1958–59 NHL season 1960–61 NHL season 1979–80 NHL season 1961–62 NHL season 1963–64 NHL season 1980–81 NHL season 1981–82 NHL season 1982–83 NHL season Fred Shero Bob Pulford Don Cherry Scotty Bowman Bobby Kromm Pat Quinn (ice hockey) Red Berenson Tom Watt Orval Tessier Bryan Murray (ice hockey) Mike Keenan Glen Sather Jacques Demers Pat Burns Bob Murdoch (ice hockey, born 1946) Brian Sutter Marc Crawford Jacques Martin (ice hockey) Bill Barber Bobby Francis John Tortorella Lindy Ruff Alain Vigneault Bruce Boudreau Claude Julien (ice hockey) Dave Tippett Dan Bylsma Ken Hitchcock Paul MacLean (ice hockey)
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