Fred Glover (ice hockey)
Fred Glover ( born January 5, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, † 16 August 2001 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach who has played during his active career, among other things for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He spent his career mostly with the Cleveland Barons in the American Hockey League, where he set numerous franchise record and considered one of the best players in the American Hockey League went down in history. 1969 closed the Cleveland Barons his shirt number 9, his brother Howie also played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Fred Glover went during his youth from 1943 to 1945 for the Toronto Young Leafs in a unterklassigen junior league on the ice before he spent the next two seasons at the Galt Red Wings in the Ontario Hockey Association. In the 1947/48 season Glover played together with Terry Sawchuk for the Omaha Knights in the United States Hockey League. Following was the aggressor for the Indianapolis Capitals, a farm team of the Detroit Red Wings on the ice and have been impressed by its good performance and there was in his first season the best scorer of the team. Even during the 1948/49 season debuted Glover in the National Hockey League when he came into use in the playoffs for the Detroit Red Wings. He mostly played in the farm team at the Indianapolis Capitals, with whom he 1950 Calder Cup won. The following season he was due to its good performance, with 84 points in the regular season Glover had in common with Max McNab best scorer of the capital, elected to the AHL First All -Star Team. When the Detroit Red Wings, he played mostly with Vic Stasiuk in a row and won in 1952 with the team the Stanley Cup. In August 1952, the Red Wings transferred him to Chicago. Glover remained less than one season with the Chicago Blackhawks, as it charges them in January 1953 in exchange for Vic Lynn at the Cleveland Barons.
Glover played the following 16 years solely for the Barons and was promoted during this time one of the best players to ever play in the American Hockey League team and presented numerous internal records. In Cleveland, the Forward served as team captain. 1953 and 1954 he won with the team two consecutive Calder Cup. More tracks gains in 1957 and 1964 followed. 1957 and 1960 Glover was awarded the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the top scoring player of the regular season. 1960, 1962 and 1964 he was awarded the Les Cunningham Award as the most valuable player of the regular season. Glover also took part several times on the AHL All-Star Classic. In the last six years of his playing career he assumed the duties as player-manager of the Baron and won in 1964 for the fifth time in his career the Calder Cup. On February 11, 1967, he scored his 500th goal in the American Hockey League. Glover finished his playing career in 1968 with a record of 520 goals in the regular season and only Willie Marshall ( 523 ) and Jody Gage (504 ) also scored over 500 goals in the AHL. One year after the end of his career as an active player, the Cleveland Barons locked his shirt number 9, which was henceforth awarded at no more players.
From 1968 to 1970 Glover was at the Oakland Seals in the gang. Also under the new name of the team, the California Golden Seals, he was hired as head coach. However, his involvement was very successful and the Golden Seals missed the playoffs. For the 1971/72 season, the Canadians took part in an engagement with the Los Angeles Kings. In the following two seasons Glover trained again the California Golden Seals.
2006 awarded him the American Hockey League for his contributions as a player and coach with the inclusion in the AHL Hall of Fame.