Bob Bourne

Hubert Jacques "Bob" Bourne ( born June 21, 1954 in Netherhill, Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player ( center ) and coach, who played from 1974 to 1988 for the New York Islanders and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League.

Career

Bourne played during his junior time together with Pat Price and Bernie Federko the team of Saskatoon Blades in the Western Canada Hockey League. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1974, the Kansas City Scouts chose him in the third round of the 38th. Also in the WHA Amateur Draft in 1974 one was interested in him. The Indianapolis Racers chose him as 46 in the fourth round.

He opted for the NHL, where the New York Islanders had brought him shortly after the Draft by the scouts. The general manager of the Islanders Bill Torrey, successfully tried a top team in the NHL to build. After a decent rookie season 1974/75 he spent his second year at the Fort Worth Texans in the Central Hockey League. In the 1976/77 season, he managed to establish himself in the NHL. Bourne had everything an offensive player needed only his lack of confidence in its path. Even in a forward line with Bryan Trottier and Mike Bossy he did not believe that we can achieve 30 to 40 gates.

His son had come with open back to the world. This called for private strong, he also joined the team very responsible on, and was a very valuable part of the team. With his leadership, he helped as the Islanders from 1980 to 1983 could win the Stanley Cup four times in a row. In 1981 he was nominated for the Canada Cup for the squad of Team Canada. But for fear of injury, he left after a few days the training camp, as he stood as a free agent with the Islanders in contract negotiations.

For the 1986/87 season he moved to the Los Angeles Kings. He was involved in the organization " Athletes Who Care" and was chosen for this with some colleagues Sportsman of the Year. After two years with the Kings, he ended his career and became an assistant coach at the Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League. He became the head coach at the Thunder and in 1999 in the IHL to the Utah Grizzlies. Here he remained for two seasons.

Today he works in the real estate industry.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

  • Stanley Cup: 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983
  • Canada Cup: 1984

Personal Awards

Pictures of Bob Bourne

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