Darryl Sutter
Darryl John Sutter ( born August 19, 1958 in Viking, Alberta) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who works as head coach with the Los Angeles Kings since December 2011.
- 5.1 As a player
- 5.2 As a coach
Career as a player
Darryl Sutter played in his youth for the Red Deer Rustlers in the AJHL and for the Lethbridge Broncos in the WCHL. In the AJHL, he played three seasons and scored 305 points in 176 games and was elected in 1977 to the MVP of the league. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1978, he was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the eleventh round at position 179.
In the 1978/79 season Sutter played 19 times for the New Brunswick Hawks, the farm team of Chicago in the AHL. He also played 20 games in Japan for Iwakura Tomakomai, where he scored 28 goals and 41 points. 1979/80 Sutter played his first games in the NHL, but came mainly in the farm team for use. With 66 points in 69 games, he was awarded as the best rookie in the AHL with the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award.
The following season, he finally made the breakthrough at the Blackhawks and played equal the best season of his career when he scored 40 goals and 22 assists. In the next few years he brought good performance as scorer, but he was thrown back by injuries over again. From 1982 up to end of his career he wore the " C" of the captain on the chest.
1987 Darryl Sutter finally ended his career.
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 )
Career as a coach and manager
Already in the autumn of 1987 Sutter took over the post as assistant coach for the Chicago Blackhawks. The following year he became head coach at the Saginaw Hawks, the farm team of Chicago in the IHL. The team played a good season, but separated already in the first round of the playoffs, and was disbanded in the summer of 1989. He remained in the IHL and took over the Indianapolis Ice, which he in the first year led to winning the Turner Cup. Sutter was honored as best coach of the IHL.
From 1990 to 1992 he was back to the coaching staff of the Chicago Blackhawks and was promoted to head coach in the summer of 1992. For three years he worked in this position for the team and was able to reach the playoffs every year. 1994/95 he even came to the finals of the Western Conference. Shortly thereafter, he left the team.
In 1997 he received the post of head coach with the San Jose Sharks. In the first two years, the Sharks lost more games than they won, but Sutter put together a team that was gradually better and finally in 2001 for the first time reached the mark of 40 victories. After the Sharks were a weak start to the 2002/ 03 season, Sutter was fired.
But he had not long to wait for work, and the Calgary Flames committed him only a few weeks later. At the same time he also took over the post of General Manager. The Flames could not perform in the playoffs and Sutter missed it, his time as a player included, for the first time in his entire career Hockey the playoffs in the season.
The following season it was for the better. He led the team in the regular season to 42 wins and into the playoffs to the finals for the Stanley Cup. Only in the decisive seventh game, the Flames were defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning.
After the lockout and the associated loss of the season 2004/ 05 of the game mode started again in the fall of 2005. Sutter Under the Flames played the best season since the Stanley Cup victory in 1989 and took 46 wins 103 points. But the playoffs were finished after the first round.
Shortly after Darryl Sutter announced his retirement as coach of the Calgary Flames and justified this step by saying that he wants to completely focus on the tasks as general manager.
On December 28, 2010, he resigned as general manager of the Flames, was succeeded by his assistant Jay Feaster. In December 2011, he was obliged by the Los Angeles Kings as head coach. Even in his first season as coach of the Los Angeles Kings, he won them the Stanley Cup. They sat down in the final 4-2 against the New Jersey Devils by.
NHL coach statistics
S = Wins; N = Losses; D = Draw; OTL = Overtime Loss ( losing in Overtime / Shootout )
Family
Darryl Sutter have made it five in the NHL six brothers of those. Brent Sutter graduated 1,111 games and scored 829 points. With the New York Islanders, whose captain he was for four years, he twice won the Stanley Cup. Brent was playing with his older brother Duane, who won the Stanley Cup four times. Duane played 731 times in the NHL and came to 342 points. 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. Another brother, 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. 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.
As general manager of the Calgary Flames Darryl Sutter chose his own son Brett Sutter in 2005 NHL Entry Draft in the sixth round at position 179. Brett Sutter played together with his cousin Brandon Sutter with the Red Deer Rebels, the team owner Brent Sutter and coach Brian Sutter is.