Brent Sutter

Brent Colin Sutter ( born June 10, 1962 in Viking, Alberta) is a former Canadian ice hockey player. He is currently the coach of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League and owner of the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League.

Career

Brent Sutter began his career in 1977 in the second-rate Canadian Junior Football League Alberta Junior Hockey League with the Red Deer Rustlers. At the end of the season 1979/80 he moved to the first-class junior Western Hockey League with the Lethbridge Broncos. In the NHL Entry Draft in 1980, he was selected in the first round at position 17 of the New York Islanders came in the 1980/81 season also equal to three inserts in the National Hockey League in which he scored two goals and two prepared, was then but again sent back to the WHL. In the following season he only played for Lethbridge, but was then appointed permanently in the NHL squad of Islanders and won at the end of the season his first Stanley Cup.

1982/83 Sutter played a moderate regular season with 40 points in 80 games, but in the playoffs he was one with ten goals and eleven assists to the best scorers, as the Islanders won the Stanley Cup again. A year later, they moved again to the final one, but failed due to the Edmonton Oilers. 1984/85 had Sutter 's by far the best season, scoring a total of 102 points scorer. Sutter played a total of ten years with the Islanders and led the team in 1987 as a team captain before he was transferred in October 1991 to the Chicago Blackhawks, and in his first season reached the Stanley Cup final.

He played three years with the Blackhawks under his brother Darryl Sutter as head coach, in 1995 left the team. Brent Sutter remained until 1998 and then finished his career as a player.

In 1999 he bought the Red Deer Rebels of the Canadian Junior Football League WHL and took the post as the coach and general manager of the team. In 2001, he won with the Rebels of the WHL the playoffs and eventually the Memorial Cup, the most coveted trophy in the Canadian Hockey Sports of the 16 - 21- year-old up. In the following two years he led the Rebels twice the final of the WHL playoffs, but they lost both times. In 2005 and 2006 he was responsible for the Canadian U-20 national team at the World Junior Championship as head coach and led them to two years for the gold medal.

On 12 July 2007 Brent Sutter resigned from his positions as head coach and general manager of the Red Deer Rebels. His brother Brian Sutter then took over as coach. A day later presented him the New Jersey Devils of the NHL as their new coach. In August and September 2007, Sutter was responsible for the Canadian junior selection at the third edition of the Summit Series as a head coach.

For the season 2009/10 he was employed by the Calgary Flames, where he worked until the end of the 2011/12 season.

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

Awards and achievements

As a player

• Stanley Cup in 1982 and 1983
• Canada Cup 1984, 1987 and 1991
• Bronze medal at the 1986 World Cup

As a coach

• 2001 President's Cup win with the Red Deer Rebels
• 2001 Memorial Cup win with the Red Deer Rebels
• 2001 CHL Coach of the Year Award
• 2001 Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy
• Junior World Champion 2005 and 2006

Family

Brent Sutter have made it five in the NHL six brothers of those. Darryl Sutter completed 406 games and scored 279 points until the end of 2010 was General Manager of the Calgary Flames and was coach of three NHL teams. The Islanders Brent Sutter played with his older brother Duane, who won the Stanley Cup four times. Duane came 731 times in the NHL, scoring 342 points to. From 2000 to 2002 he coached the Florida Panthers, and is currently the Director of Player Development.

Brian Sutter played 779 games with 636 points for the St. Louis Blues, the 11 is not more forgiving player's shirt number in his honor. Nine years he was captain of the team. Since 1988 he trained, among others, the Calgary Flames and the Boston Bruins and was awarded the Jack Adams Award honored in 1991 as the best coach in the NHL.

Rich Sutter played 874 games in the NHL and scored 315 points. For a little over a year, he played in Chicago under the leadership of his brother Darryl and together with Brent. After his playing career, he worked as a talent scout for the Minnesota Wild and Phoenix Coyotes.

Ron Sutter was also coached by his brother Darryl and indeed in San Jose for a total of three years. Ron played 1,093 games in the NHL and was able to achieve 533 points. For a year he was captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Brent Sutter's son Brandon is next member of the family early in his NHL career after he was selected in 2007 by the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL Entry Draft. Brent's nephew Brett Sutter was also drafted and made ​​the jump to the NHL.