Bep Guidolin

Armand " Bep " Guidolin ( born December 9, 1925 in Thorold, Ontario, † November 24, 2008 in Barrie, Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player ( left wing ) and coach, from 1942 to 1952 for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks played in the National Hockey League. Guidolin was in his first game for the Bruins the youngest player to have ever been used in the NHL.

Career

Guidolin reached with the Oshawa Generals 1942 Final tournament for the Memorial Cup. In the following season, 1942/43, he was appointed by the Boston Bruins in the NHL. The Second World War, many of the Bruins players were engaged at the military, including the entire "Kraut Line", the dominant forward line of the team. The management now had to rely on young players to close the gaps. The talented Guidolin was one of them. With 16 years and eleven months he was on November 12, 1942, the youngest player in NHL history, a record which was later no longer undercut.

Despite his youth, he already knew who in his first season. He plays in a forward line with a 17 -year-old Don Gallinger in the so-called " Sprout Line". After two years with the Bruins respectable number of players returned from the war and he returned for one season in the minor leagues. From the 1945/46 season, he managed again to prevail at the Bruins.

For the season 1947/48 he moved to the Detroit Red Wings, where he played for two years before he was transferred among others for Bud Poile to the Chicago Blackhawks. For the Blackhawks, he could set up his personal best with 51 points in the 1949/50 season. After completion of the season 1951/52, ended his active NHL career for the then 26 -year-old. His intense commitment to a player's union made ​​him unpopular with the team owners. Until 1961 he was still playing in various unterklassigen teams.

The mid-1960s, he took his first coaching positions. At the Oshawa Generals he trained, among others, Bobby Orr. Over the 1972/73 season, he took over the reigning Stanley Cup champion, the Boston Bruins, as a coach. In his second year led the team in the finals, but it lost to the Philadelphia Flyers. After disputes with the general manager of the Bruins, Harry Sinden, he left after the final defeat of the Bruins. The newly formed Kansas City Scouts hired him as its first coach. There he was dismissed during his second season. His next stop was the Edmonton Oilers, the then played in the World Hockey Association.

At the age of 82 years he died on 24 November 2008.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

Personal Award

  • Participate in the NHL All-Star Game: 1975 (as coach )

Records

  • Youngest player to ever play in the NHL.
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