Doug Gilmour
Douglas Robert Gilmour ( born June 25, 1963 in Kingston, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who from 1983 to 2003 for the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens played in the National Hockey League. Since 2011 he has worked as general manager of the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League.
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Career
Gilmour had an outstanding junior career with the Cornwall Royals. The NHL guess its potential for the league not so good, and so he was pulled in the NHL Entry Draft until 1982 in the seventh round as 134. The St. Louis Blues had secured the rights to it, and could enjoy the following season, when he ran aground in Cornwall to further peak performance.
In the 1983/84 season he showed all those who had not noticed him at the draft, which had escaped them. The first three seasons, he has always managed more than 50 points. In 1987 he broke through for the first time the 100 -point mark with 105 points and was among the top 5 in the league.
After the 1987/88 season there were problems in the private sphere. Allegations of 14 - year-old children girl's Gilmour stood in the room and then the Blues parted hastily from their star. So followed by five years in St. Louis three and a half successful years with the Calgary Flames. Here he won in his first season, the Stanley Cup and was able to make the decisive goal in the final game of the final series against the Montreal Canadiens.
In early 1992 brought the Toronto Maple Leafs Gilmour in a large barter together with Rick Wamsley and Jamie Macoun from Calgary to lead the traditional team finally back to the top of the league and he lived up to expectations. The 1992/93 season was not just Gilmour's best season, it was with 127 points, the best season that had ever played a player wearing the jersey of the Leafs. At the same time, he was awarded as the best defensive forward in the league. For the really big breakthrough, however, it was not enough, in the Conference Finals, the Leafs were subject to the Los Angeles Kings for Wayne Gretzky in seven games. After the strike ended the 1994/95 season and a trip to Switzerland to Rapperswil to today's Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, he was captain of the Maple Leafs.
Shortly before the end of the season he was delivered to the New Jersey Devils in 1997 and there after another season, his journey continued to the Chicago Blackhawks. With the Hawks he was the last game at Maple Leaf Gardens dispute and it was he who scored the last goal in this game. The standing ovation the fans showed that Gilmour has its place in the heart of Toronto's fans. Further stations were still the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens.
After the rumors about a career end Gilmour accumulated, there was good news for the fans in Toronto. For Trading Deadline 2003, he moved back to the Leafs. On March 13 he stepped back on the jersey of the Maple Leafs, but was injured in this game, so it should be his last NHL game. After he had received no offer of the leaves more for the following season, he was on 8 September 2003 in his resignation.
In September 2006, the Maple Leafs announced that Gilmour was hired as a consultant to the club's management in sporting matters. In the 2008 /09 season, he was first active as an assistant coach with the Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League before Gilmour an offer of the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League adopted in November 2008, to where the last unsuccessful Larry Mavety in the function as replace head coach. This position had the Canadians held until the end of season 2010/11. For the following season, he was working as General Manager of the Kingston Frontenacs, while Todd Gill took over the head coaching job.
In 2011 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U20 World Junior Championships 1981
- Canada Cup 1987
- World Cup 1990
( 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
Internationally
Franchise Records
- 95 templates in a season with the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL 1992/93 )
- 127 points in a season with the Toronto Maple Leafs ( 32 goals 95 templates; NHL 1992/93 )