Barry Long (ice hockey player)

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Barry Long (ice hockey player)
Date of birth January 3, 1949
place of birth Brantford , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1966-1968 Moose Jaw Canucks
1968-1971 Dallas Black Hawks
1971-1972 Portland Buckaroos
1972-1974 Los Angeles Kings
1974-1976 Edmonton Oilers
1976-1979 Winnipeg Jets
1979-1980 Detroit Red Wings
1980-1981 Winnipeg Jets

Barry Kenneth Long (born January 3, 1949 in Brantford , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and scout , who played 285 games for the Los Angeles Kings , Detroit Red Wings and, among others, during his playing career between 1966 and 1981 Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 430 other games for the Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets in the World Hockey Association (WHA) on the position of defender . In the service of the Winnipeg Jets, whose team captain and later was also head coach Long, he won the Avco World Trophy of the WHA as a player in 1978 and 1979 . In addition to his coaching work in Winnipeg, Long was employed after his career as a scout for the Ottawa Senators and San Jose Sharks .

Career

Long spent his time with the juniors between 1966 and 1968 with the Moose Jaw Canucks in the previous leagues of the Western Hockey League (WHL). With the Canucks, the defender won the President's Cup , the league 's championship trophy, at the end of the 1966/67 season . After Long had proven his skills on the offensive and defensive in his second season, he was signed by the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Long in the Los Angeles Kings jersey

The Canadian did not succeed after his move to the professional field, however, to earn a place in the Black Hawks' NHL squad. Instead, he spent the next four seasons on their farm teams . First he played three years with the Dallas Black Hawks in the Central Hockey League (CHL), then another year with the Portland Buckaroos in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Without having played a single game for Chicago during this period, the defender moved to the Los Angeles Kings in June 1972 by means of the intra-league draft . There he managed to stand on the ice with the beginning of the 1972/73 season in the NHL. Long spent two years with the Californians, where he took on a minor role with primarily defensive duties.

In the summer of 1974, the defensive player decided to leave the NHL and switch to the World Hockey Association (WHA), which was competing with the NHL at the time. There he signed a contract with the Edmonton Oilers , who had already secured his WHA transfer rights in the WHA General Player Draft two years earlier . Long played far more offensively at the Oilers. In his first year in the league, he scored 20 goals and collected a total of 60 points scorer , making it into the WHA Second All-Star Team . After another season with 42 points, the offensive defender was transferred to the ambitious Winnipeg Jets shortly after the start of the 1976/77 season from the Oilers . There he stayed until the end of the 1978/79 season , as a result of which the league was dissolved. Until then he had in 1978 and 1979, twice the Avco World Trophy won with the Jets in 1978 for the second time received a nomination for the WHA Second All-Star Team, and between 1978 and 1979 the injured Lars-Erik Sjoberg successful as a captain of Representing franchises .

Due to the dissolution of the WHA and the inclusion of the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL for the 1979/80 season , a conflict of interests arose between the Jets and the Detroit Red Wings , which Longs shared NHL transfer rights as early as January 1978 , in the run-up to the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft with a third-round suffrage in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft in exchange for Danny Grant from the Los Angeles Kings. The Red Wings invoked their prerogative and demanded the services of the Canadian, with which he ran up for Detroit in the 1979/80 season. After a year in Detroit, Long was sold back to the Jets in late October 1980. There he ended his active career shortly after the start of the 1981/82 season at the age of 32 due to persistent injury problems.

Long had already started working for the Winnipeg Jets franchise during his last professional season due to his protracted injury. He initially worked as a scout before he was accepted into the coaching staff as an assistant coach in the 1982/83 season . During the 1983/84 season he succeeded Tom Watt as head coach and led the team into the playoffs. The qualification succeeded with 43 wins and 96 points in the following game year, in which Winnipeg advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the first time. During a weak 1985/86 season with only 19 wins from the first 66 games, Long was replaced by John Ferguson during the season.

Long then paused for several years and returned to the ice hockey business for the 1993/94 season as a scout for the Ottawa Senators . He was there for three years until the summer of 1996. From the beginning of the 1997/98 season until 2006 he worked in the same position for the San Jose Sharks . In the meantime, after a break of more than 15 years in the 2002/03 season, he also worked there as assistant coach for the Cleveland Barons farm team in the American Hockey League (AHL).

International

For his home country Long played with the Canadian national team in the 1981 World Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden . He scored one goal in seven tournament games. At the end of the tournament, the Canadians placed fourth outside the medal ranks. At the Summit Series in 1974 , the defender was part of Canada's expanded squad, but was ultimately not considered for the final tournament squad.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1978 WHA Second All-Star Team
  • 1979 Avco World Trophy win with the Winnipeg Jets

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1966/67 Moose Jaw Canucks CMJHL 56 8th 11 19th 148 14th 3 9 12 16
1967/68 Moose Jaw Canucks WCHL 52 11 33 44 202 13 4th 2 6th 12
1968/69 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 46 4th 11 15th 85 - - - - -
1969/70 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 71 11 22nd 33 127 - - - - -
1970/71 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 72 9 24 33 90 10 1 0 1 10
1971/72 Portland Buckaroos WHL 66 14th 33 47 52 11 3 7th 10 8th
1972/73 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 2 13 15th 48 - - - - -
1973/74 Los Angeles Kings NHL 60 3 19th 22nd 118 5 0 1 1 18th
1974/75 Edmonton Oilers WHA 78 20th 40 60 116 - - - - -
1975/76 Edmonton Oilers WHA 78 10 32 42 66 4th 0 0 0 4th
1976/77 Edmonton Oilers WHA 2 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1976/77 Winnipeg Jets WHA 71 9 38 47 54 20th 1 5 6th 10
1977/78 Winnipeg Jets WHA 78 7th 24 31 42 9 0 5 5 6th
1978/79 Winnipeg Jets WHA 80 5 36 41 42 10 2 3 5 0
1979/80 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0 17th 17th 38 - - - - -
1980/81 Winnipeg Jets NHL 65 6th 17th 23 42 - - - - -
1981/82 Winnipeg Jets NHL 5 0 2 2 4th - - - - -
CMJHL / WCHL total 108 19th 44 63 350 27 7th 11 18th 28
CHL total 189 24 57 81 302 10 1 0 1 10
NHL overall 280 11 68 79 250 5 0 1 1 18th
WHA total 387 51 171 222 322 43 3 13 16 20th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1981 Canada WM 4th Place 7th 1 0 1 8th
Men overall 7th 1 0 1 8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

NHL coaching statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U Pt space Sp S. N result
1983/84 Winnipeg Jets NHL 59 25th 25th 9 (59) 4th, Smythe 3 0 3 Loss in the division semi-finals
1984/85 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 43 27 10 96 2nd, Smythe 8th 3 5 Loss in the division final
1985/86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 66 19th 41 6th (44) 3rd, Smythe Dismissed during the season
NHL overall 205 87 93 25th 199 0 division title 11 3 8th 0 Stanley Cups

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

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personal data
SURNAME Long, Barry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Long, Barry Kenneth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Brantford , Ontario , Canada