Al Arbor

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CanadaCanada  Al Arbor Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1996
Al Arbor
Date of birth November 1, 1932
place of birth Greater Sudbury , Ontario , Canada
date of death August 28, 2015
Place of death Sarasota , Florida , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 82 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1949-1950 Detroit Hettche
1950-1953 Windsor Spitfires
1953-1954 Detroit Red Wings
1954-1956 Edmonton Flyers
1956-1958 Detroit Red Wings
1958-1961 Chicago Black Hawks
1961-1965 Toronto Maple Leafs
1965-1967 Rochester Americans
1967-1971 St. Louis Blues

Alger Joseph "Al" Arbor (born November 1, 1932 in Greater Sudbury , Ontario , † August 28, 2015 in Sarasota , Florida ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach . The defender played over 700 games for the Detroit Red Wings , Chicago Black Hawks , Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League from 1953 to 1971 . He won the Stanley Cup with Detroit in 1954 , with Chicago in 1961 and with Toronto in 1962 and 1964 , making him one of only eleven players in NHL history to win the trophy with three different teams. He then looked after the St. Louis Blues as head coach in the NHL, before moving to the New York Islanders in the same role and leading the team to four Stanley Cup victories in a row in the early 1980s. In 1996 Arbor was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Career

After a few years in minor leagues, he made his debut in the 1953/54 season with the Detroit Red Wings , which won the Stanley Cup at the end of the season. Although Arbor only played 36 games in the regular season, he is officially counted among the winning team today. However, his breakthrough in the NHL only came in the 1956/57 season . For the 1958/59 season he moved to the Chicago Black Hawks and stayed there up to and including 1961 , the year of the Stanley Cup win. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs for the next five years and won the Stanley Cup with them for the second time in 1962. He was the only NHL player who played with glasses. After a season in the AHL , he went to the St. Louis Blues in 1967 . In 1970 he retired as an active player after 600 games and 14 years.

His coaching career began in 1973 with the St. Louis Blues . Three years later he went to Long Island and led the young New York Islanders team there. For the next four years, the Islanders finished each season with more than 100 points, but it was never enough for a Stanley Cup win.

In the 1979/80 season , the Islanders defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games and won their first Stanley Cup . They were able to repeat this triumph in every season for the next three years. This made them the second NHL club to win four titles in a row (Montreal won this two times). The chance of a fifth cup win was prevented in 1984 by the Edmonton Oilers .

1996 Arbor was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Arbor was honored by the New York Islanders with a banner numbered 739 that hangs in the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum , the Islanders' ice rink. Al Arbor had won 739 regular season games with the Islanders.

On November 3, 2007, Al Arbor took over the coaching office of the New York Islanders for a game and thus accepted an invitation from then head coach Ted Nolan . For Arbor it was 1,500. Game as coach of the Islanders and his 740th win.

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 14th 626 12 58 70 617
Playoffs 13 86 1 8th 9 92

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Islanders legendary coach Al Arbor passes away at 82
personal data
SURNAME Arbor, Al
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arbor, Alger Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 2015
Place of death Sarasota , Florida