Bill Dineen

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CanadaCanada  Bill Dineen Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 18, 1932
place of birth Arvida , Quebec , Canada
date of death December 10, 2016
Place of death Lake George , New York , USA
Nickname Foxy
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1948-1949 Ottawa St. Patricks
1949-1953 St. Michael's Majors
1953-1957 Detroit Red Wings
1957-1958 Chicago Black Hawks
1958-1959 Buffalo bison
1959-1961 Cleveland Barons
1961–1962 Rochester Americans
1962-1964 Québec Aces
1964-1969 Seattle totems
1969-1971 Denver Spurs

William Patrick "Bill" Dineen (born September 18, 1932 in Arvida , Québec ; † December 10, 2016 in Lake George , New York , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (right winger) and coach who worked for the Detroit from 1953 to 1958 Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks played in the National Hockey League . For his services in the American Hockey League , the Canadian was honored with the induction into the AHL Hall of Fame in 2014.

Career

Dineen played with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors in the Ontario Hockey Association during his junior years .

In the 1953/54 season he made his debut in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings . In his first two years he was able to win the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings . During the 1957/58 season he was given to the Chicago Black Hawks . There he ended what would be his last season in the NHL. He played in the minor leagues for another 13 years . In the American Hockey League he wore the jersey of the Buffalo Bisons , Cleveland Barons , Rochester Americans and Quebec Aces before moving to the Seattle Totems in the Western Hockey League in 1964 . He stayed there until 1970 before moving to the Denver Spurs within the league . There he worked as a player-coach and replaced Rudy Pilous , who was his coach in Chicago.

He only worked as a trainer with the Houston Eros . He was the first coach of the team to play in the newly formed World Hockey Association , and he remained the only one in the team's six-year history. After the team was disbanded, he took care of the New England Whalers in the final WHA season .

Four years later, he took over the farm team of the Detroit Red Wings, the Adirondack Red Wings , in the AHL again a head coach. He stayed in Adirondack for six years.

In the 1991/92 season he replaced Paul Holmgren as coach of the Philadelphia Flyers . In addition to Dineen himself, the Flyers also signed his youngest son Kevin , who was to become the most successful of his sons in sport. The oldest, Peter , was in his squad in Adirondack and only made 13 appearances in the NHL, the third of his sons, Gord , never played under his father and played 528 games in the NHL. After the Flyers could not reach the playoffs in the 1992/93 season with the highly traded Eric Lindros in his first season, the Flyers management separated from Dineen after only one year.

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 5 324 51 44 95 122
Playoffs 4th 37 1 1 2 18th

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personal data
SURNAME Dineen, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dineen, William Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Arvida , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 2016
Place of death Lake George , New York