Barry Ashbee

Barry Ashbee
Date of birth	July 28, 1939
place of birth	Weston , Ontario , Canada
date of death	May 12, 1977
Place of death	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1955-1959	Barrie Flyers
1959-1961	Kingston Frontenacs
1961–1962	Hershey Bears
1965-1966	Boston Bruins
1970-1974	Philadelphia Flyers

Barry Ashbee (born July 28, 1939 in Weston , Ontario ; † May 12, 1977 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia from 1956 to 1974, among others Flyers has played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Ashbee played with the Barrie Flyers in the Ontario Hockey Association during his junior years . After a few years with the Kingston Frontenacs in the Eastern Professional Hockey League , he came to the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League in 1962 . At that time there were only six teams in the National Hockey League . The robust Ashbee was unable to fight for a place here. Only in the 1965/66 season he came to 14 missions with the Boston Bruins . A serious injury caused him to sit out the following season completely.

When the NHL had grown to 14 teams in the 1970/71 season , the Philadelphia Flyers brought him to their team. His physical play fit into the concept of the Flyers. Here he developed into one of the team's best defenders. When Philadelphia was the first of the new teams to win the Stanley Cup in the 1973/74 season , Aschbee was in the squad. However, he missed the final series after sustaining a serious eye injury in the semi-final series against the New York Rangers . After the injury did not allow a return as a player, he took over the role of assistant coach for the Flyers. At the end of the following season, the Flyers blocked a shirt number for the first time. Barry Ashbee's number 4 has not been awarded since then. Since then, the team's best defender has also been awarded the Barry Ashbee Trophy .

In April 1977 Ashbee was diagnosed with leukemia . He succumbed to this disease just a month later.

Achievements and Awards

• 1969 Calder Cup win with the Hershey Bears
• 1974 NHL Second All-Star Team
• 1974 Stanley Cup win with the Philadelphia Flyers
• 1975 Stanley Cup win with the Philadelphia Flyers (as assistant coach)

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	284	15th	70	85	291
Playoffs	2	17th	0	4th	4th	22nd

Web links

• Barry Ashbee at hockeydb.com (English)
• Barry Ashbee at legendsofhockey.net (English)