Brad McCrimmon

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CanadaCanada  Brad McCrimmon Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 29, 1959
place of birth Plenty , Saskatchewan , Canada
date of death September 7, 2011
Place of death Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia
size 180 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1979 , 1st lap, 15th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
1974-1976 Prince Albert Raiders
1976-1979 Brandon Wheat Kings
1979-1982 Boston Bruins
1982-1987 Philadelphia Flyers
1987-1990 Calgary Flames
1990-1993 Detroit Red Wings
1993-1996 Hartford Whalers
1996-1997 Phoenix Coyotes

Byron Brad McCrimmon (born March 29, 1959 in Plenty , Saskatchewan , † September 7, 2011 in Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender), who from 1979 to 1997 for the Boston Bruins , Philadelphia Flyers , Calgary Flames , Detroit Red Wings , Hartford Whalers and Phoenix Coyotes played in the National Hockey League . From May 2011 he was the head coach of Lokomotive Yaroslavl from the Continental Hockey League . He died on September 7, 2011 in a plane crash near Yaroslavl when he and his team were on their way to an away game in Minsk .

Career

As a player

Brad McCrimmon began his career with the Prince Albert Raiders in the SJHL , before moving to the Brandon Wheat Kings in the high-class Canadian junior league WCHL in 1976 . He immediately established himself as one of the strongest attacking defenders in the league with 84 points in his first 72 games and moved into the final of the WCHL championship, but failed there because of the New Westminster Bruins . In his second year he increased his yield to 97 scorer points, was the fifth best assists in the league and received the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy as the best defender of the WCHL. He also won the bronze medal with the Canadian selection at the U20 World Cup in 1978 . In the 1978/79 season McCrimmon led the Wheat Kings as team captain on the ice and to win the President's Cup as champion of the WCHL. In the following Memorial Cup tournament they finished the preliminary round in first place, but failed in the final against the Peterborough Petes in extra time.

In the NHL Entry Draft 1979 McCrimmon was selected by the Boston Bruins in the first round at position 15 and moved directly to the NHL , where he completed his first professional season for Boston 1979/80 . In his early years he showed good defensive performance and a physically tough style of play, but could not match the productivity from his junior years. In the summer of 1982 he was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers , where he stabilized his offensive performance and 1984/85 was the Flyers second best defender with 43 points from 66 games. The increase in performance led directly to an invitation to the NHL All-Star Game 1985 , but he had to cancel his participation due to an injury. He was also missing in the playoffs, while his teammates lost the Stanley Cup final against the Edmonton Oilers around Wayne Gretzky .

As a result, McCrimmon became a fixture in the very offensive team of the Flyers, whose top performers also included Brian Propp , a comrade from McCrimmon's junior days. 1985/86 he had the best season of his career, when he set personal bests with 13 goals, 43 assists and 56 scorer points, and the following year he reached the Stanley Cup final with the Flyers again, but again against the Edmonton Oilers documents.

Shortly after the final defeat, McCrimmon was sent to the Calgary Flames in a transfer deal, where he continued his good form. During the 1987/88 season he was invited to the NHL All-Star Game , finished the season with the best plus / minus value in the league and was elected to the NHL Second All-Star Team . But he celebrated the greatest success of his career in the 1988/89 season , when he moved into the Stanley Cup final with the Calgary Flames and was defeated there in the Canadian duel, the Montreal Canadiens . In the following season McCrimmon led the Flames as team captain, but only stayed in Calgary until the summer of 1990 and was transferred to the Detroit Red Wings .

While in the last two seasons in Calgary he had set significantly fewer accents on the offensive, this development also continued in Detroit, where he mainly concentrated on defense work and his productivity in attack continued to decline. In addition, there were injuries that made him pause for a long time. After three years in Detroit, he was sent to the Hartford Whalers in 1993 . Still thrown back from injuries, he was no longer one of the team's most important performers in the last few years of his career. In 1996 McCrimmon signed a contract with the Phoenix Coyotes , was used in less than half of all games and finally ended his career in the summer of 1997.

As a trainer

A few months after the end of his playing career, he was appointed assistant coach to Rick Bowness by the New York Islanders from the NHL in August 1997 . When Bowness was fired in March 1998, McCrimmon also had to vacate his post, but remained in the organization as a talent scout until the summer . He then took over the coaching position with the Saskatoon Blades from the Canadian Junior League WHL . The Blades had already finished the seasons with a negative record in the three previous years, but in 1998/99 they played under McCrimmon the worst season in 29 years. In the following season, the team presented itself much better, finished the main round in second place in their division and reached the second round of the playoffs.

Calgary Flames players in pre-match jerseys with McCrimmon's name and shirt number

In the summer of 2000 he left the Saskatoon Blades and became assistant coach with the Calgary Flames of Don Hay , who was released during the 2000/01 season . McCrimmon was also part of the coaching staff under his successor Greg Gilbert . However, when the seventh missed qualification for the playoffs loomed after the first few months of the 2002/03 season , both Gilbert and McCrimmon had to give up their posts in early December 2002 and McCrimmon remained until the end of the season as a scout with the Flames. In spring 2003, in parallel to his duties in Calgary, he also worked for the Canadian ice hockey association Hockey Canada as an assistant coach for the junior national team, which won the gold medal at the U18 World Cup .

For the 2003/04 season he was assistant to head coach Bob Hartley at the Atlanta Thrashers , which completed the best season under the coaching team since its inception. While the 2004/05 NHL season was canceled because of the lockout , McCrimmon moved to Germany in the DEL and assisted the Frankfurt Lions . In autumn 2005 he returned to Atlanta, and he succeeded together with Bob Hartley, the season result compared to the last season to increase; the playoff qualification was missed again with two points behind. The following season, the Thrashers finally entered the finals for the first time, but failed in the first round, and after the team got off to a poor start to the 2007-08 season , head coach Bob Hartley was sacked. McCrimmon kept his post and worked alongside General Manager Don Waddell , who had taken over the coaching post , until the end of the season.

In the summer of 2008, the Detroit Red Wings signed him as a replacement for Todd McLellan , who had given up his post as assistant coach at the side of Mike Babcock to be head coach of the San Jose Sharks . On May 29, 2011, McCrimmon was introduced as the head coach of Locomotive Yaroslavl from the Continental Hockey League .

Career statistics

As a player

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
1974-75 Prince Albert Raiders SJHL 38 4th 22nd 26th
1975-76 Prince Albert Raiders SJHL 46 19th 39 58 126
1976-77 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 72 18th 66 84 96 15th 3 10 13 16
1977-78 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 65 19th 78 97 245 8th 2 11 13 20th
1978-79 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 66 24 74 98 139 22nd 9 19th 28 34
Brandon Wheat Kings MCup 5 0 5 5 10
1979-80 Boston Bruins NHL 72 5 11 16 94 10 1 1 2 28
1980-81 Boston Bruins NHL 78 11 18th 29 148 3 0 1 1 2
1981-82 Boston Bruins NHL 78 1 8th 9 83 2 0 0 0 2
1982-83 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 4th 21st 25th 61 3 0 0 0 4th
1983-84 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 71 0 24 24 76 1 0 0 0 4th
1984-85 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 66 8th 35 43 81 11 2 1 3 15th
1985-86 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 13 43 56 85 5 2 0 2 2
1986-87 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 71 10 29 39 52 26th 3 5 8th 30th
1987-88 Calgary Flames NHL 80 7th 35 42 98 9 2 3 5 22nd
1988-89 Calgary Flames NHL 72 5 17th 22nd 96 22nd 0 3 3 30th
1989-90 Calgary Flames NHL 79 4th 15th 19th 78 6th 0 2 2 8th
1990-91 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 0 13 13 81 7th 1 1 2 21st
1991-92 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 7th 22nd 29 118 11 0 1 1 8th
1992-93 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 1 14th 15th 71 - - - - -
1993-94 Hartford Whalers NHL 65 1 5 6th 72 - - - - -
1994-95 Hartford Whalers NHL 33 0 1 1 42 - - - - -
1995-96 Hartford Whalers NHL 58 3 6th 9 62 - - - - -
1996-97 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 37 1 5 6th 18th - - - - -
SJHL overall 84 23 61 84
WCHL / WHL total 203 61 218 279 480 45 14th 40 54 70
NHL overall 1222 81 322 403 1416 116 11 18th 29 176

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event GP G A. Pts PIM
1978 Canada June World Cup 6th 0 2 2 4th
1979 Canada June World Cup 5 1 2 3 2
Juniors overall 11 1 4th 5 6th

( 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 )

As a trainer

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GC W. L. T OTL Pts Win% GC W. L. result
1997-98 New York Islanders NHL Assistant coach under Rick Bowness
1998-99 Saskatoon Blades WHL 72 16 49 7th - 39 .271 - - - -
1999-00 Saskatoon Blades WHL 72 34 27 8th 3 79 .549 11 4th 7th Conference semifinals
2000-01 Calgary Flames NHL Assistant coach under Don Hay and Greg Gilbert
2001-02 Calgary Flames NHL Assistant coach under Greg Gilbert
2002-03 Calgary Flames NHL Assistant coach under Greg Gilbert
2003-04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL Assistant coach under Bob Hartley
2004-05 Frankfurt Lions DEL Assistant coach under Rich Chernomaz
2005-06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL Assistant coach under Bob Hartley
2006-07 Atlanta Thrashers NHL Assistant coach under Bob Hartley
2007-08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL Assistant coach to Bob Hartley and Don Waddell
2008-09 Detroit Red Wings NHL Assistant coach under Mike Babcock
2009-10 Detroit Red Wings NHL Assistant coach under Mike Babcock
2010-11 Detroit Red Wings NHL Assistant coach under Mike Babcock
WHL overall 144 50 76 15th 3 118 .410 11 4th 7th 1 participation

( 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 )

Achievements and Awards

As a player

As a trainer

family

His brother Kelly McCrimmon also played ice hockey in his youth, but subsequently became known primarily as an official.

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personal data
SURNAME McCrimmon, Brad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCrimmon, Brad Byron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Plenty , Saskatchewan
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 2011
Place of death near Yaroslavl , Russia