Larry Regan

Larry Regan
Date of birth	August 9, 1930
place of birth	North Bay , Ontario , Canada
date of death	March 9, 2009
Place of death	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size	175 cm
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1946-1947	Ottawa Jr. Senators
1946-1948	Ottawa Senators
1948-1950	Toronto Marlboros
1950-1952	Ottawa Senators
1952-1953	Shawinigan Cataractes
1953-1955	Quebec Aces
1955-1956	Pembroke Lumber Kings
1956-1959	Boston Bruins
1958-1961	Toronto Maple Leafs
1961–1962	Pittsburgh Hornets
1965-1966	Baltimore Clippers

Lawrence Emmett "Larry" Regan (born August 9, 1930 in North Bay , Ontario , † March 9, 2009 in Ottawa , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player (right winger) and coach , who between 1956 and 1961 for the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs played in the National Hockey League .

Career

At the age of 16 he moved to Ottawa, where he played for the Ottawa Junior Senators . Shortly thereafter, he moved to the senior sector with the Ottawa Senators , who were then participating in the Quebec Hockey League . For two years he moved to the Toronto Marlboros , where he first played again in the junior area and in the second year with the seniors, with whom he won the Allan Cup in 195 . He then returned to the Senators before playing for Shawinigan, Quebec and Pembroke in the years to come.

In the 1956/57 season he made the leap into the NHL with the Boston Bruins . In his first season he scored 14 goals and was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best newcomer . He was the oldest player to win this trophy at the time. In early January 1959 he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs , for which he was still active for two and a half seasons.

In 1961 he moved to the American Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Hornets , where he worked as a player-coach.

There followed two years at Innsbruck EV for which he acted as a trainer. After another year as a youth coach in Etibicoke, he returned to the ice for a season with the Baltimore Clippers in the AHL.

He followed Jack Kent Cooke , whom he knew from Toronto, to Los Angeles and became the first general manager of the Los Angeles Kings from the 1967/68 season . In the 1970/71 season he worked there as a coach. in the coming season he handed over the office after 10 games to Fred Glover . During the 1973/74 season , ar was deposed as general manager. In his time as coach, he caused a sensation when after the end of a game against local rivals, the Oakland Seals , the referee slapped in the face, as this initiated the defeat for the Kings by a late penalty decision. Regan was fined $ 1,000 by NHL President Clarence Campbell .

After his active career, Regan was active in the NHL Alumni Association , which advocates the claims of former NHL players.

Web links

• Larry Regan at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Larry Regan at hockeydb.com (English)