Bobby Kromm

Robert David "Bobby" Kromm ( born June 8, 1928 in Calgary, Alberta; † 9 June 2010) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach, at 1975 and 1980, the Winnipeg Jets in the World Hockey Association and the Detroit Red Wings coached in the National Hockey League.

Career

Kromm can not look back on a great career as a player. He played with the Trail Smoke Eaters in the Western International Hockey League. The team represented Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1961. Kromm was in his final season as a player and took over the team in this tournament as a coach. Surprisingly, the team could win the gold medal.

He remained for some time in Trail, before he went to the Seattle Totems in the Western Hockey League. The Dallas Blackhawks in the Central Hockey League was then a long-term station in his career. In eight years he led the team five times in the finals to the Allan Cup, the team was able to win twice. For the 1975/76 season he also followed the call of the World Hockey Association and took over the coaching job with the Winnipeg Jets. Also in the Canada Cup in 1976, he was on the coaching staff of the Canadian team.

For 1977/ 78, the Detroit Red Wings had him committed. Under him came for the Red Wings 37 points more than last year and he was honored as best coach of the year with the Jack Adams Award. In the next two seasons, he missed the playoffs with Detroit. He was replaced by Marcel Pronovost.

His son Richard Kromm brought it with nearly 400 games for the Calgary Flames and New York Islanders to a respectable NHL careers.

Sporting successes

  • World Champion: 1961 ( as player-coach )
  • Adams Cup: 1969 and 1974 (as coach )
  • Avco World Trophy: 1976 (as coach )

Personal Awards

  • Jake Milford Trophy: 1972
  • Robert Schmertz Memorial Trophy: 1976
  • Jack Adams Award: 1978
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