Bill White (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Bill White Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 26, 1939
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
date of death May 21, 2017
size 188 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1957-1960 Toronto Marlboros
1960–1962 Rochester Americans
1962-1967 Springfield Indians
1967-1970 Los Angeles Kings
1970-1976 Chicago Black Hawks

William Earl "Bill" White (* 26. August 1939 in Toronto , Ontario , † 21st May 2017 ) was a Canadian hockey player (defender) and coach, who from 1967 to 1976 for the Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League played.

Career

Bill White played for the Toronto Marlboros in the OHA during his junior years . He was a solid defender when he was young, but it wasn't enough for a place on one of the then only six NHL teams. The rights to him at the time were with the Toronto Maple Leafs .

After two seasons, which he had spent mostly with the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League , he moved to the Springfield Indians . Here he had a great sponsor as a trainer in Eddie Shore . The Chicago Black Hawks tried to free him from there for the NHL, but Shore knew how to prevent this. With the expansion of the NHL from six to twelve teams, the Springfield Indians became the Los Angeles Kings farm team .

The Kings did not let this chance slip and brought him to the NHL for the 1967/68 season . With eleven goals and 27 assists, he got off to an impressive start in the NHL. Probably the fact that he was 28 years old when he made his NHL debut was one of the reasons why he fell short in the race for the Calder Memorial Trophy as best rookie against Derek Sanderson .

He was the top defender of the Kings for almost three years and was nominated several times for the NHL All-Star Game before he moved to the Chicago Black Hawks for Denis DeJordy, among others, during the 1969/70 season. Here he formed together with Pat Stapleton one of the best defensive duos in the league. White impressed above all with his consistently strong defensive work and the ability to win physically tough but fair duels even in important situations.

As the league expanded, the Blackhawks moved into the Western Division , which they dominated for the first few years. White helped lead the team into the Stanley Cup finals repeatedly , and at the 1972 Summit Series he was on the Canadian squad. Here he also scored a goal in the decisive eighth game.

In the first round of the playoffs of the 1975/76 season he was pushed to the gang in a game against the Montreal Canadiens of Doug Jarvis and Bob Gainey in a duel and pulled it to a nerve injury to his back. After he could no longer fully use his right arm for a long time, he no longer returned to the ice as an active person.

During the playoffs 1976/77 he took over the post of head coach after the release of Billy Reay with the Black Hawks. After the end of the season he moved to the OHA , where he coached the Oshawa Generals and the Toronto Marlboros for the next few years .

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 9 604 50 215 265 495
Playoffs 9 91 7th 32 39 76

Sporting successes

Personal awards

As a player

As a trainer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bill White, an original Kings team member, dies at 77. In: Los Angeles Times . tronc, Inc., May 22, 2017, accessed on May 23, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME White, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES White, William Earl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 2017