Bruce Cassidy

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CanadaCanada  Bruce Cassidy Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 20, 1965
place of birth Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 80 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 1st lap, 18th position
Chicago Black Hawks
Career stations
1982-1985 Ottawa 67's
1984-1990 Chicago Blackhawks
Nova Scotia Oilers
Saginaw Hawks
Indianapolis Ice
1990-1993 HC Alleghe
1993 EHC Biel
1993-1994 ESV Kaufbeuren
1994-1996 Indianapolis Ice
CanadaCanada  Bruce Cassidy
Bruce Cassidy
Coaching stations
1996-1998 Jacksonville Lizard Kings
1998-1999 Indianapolis Ice
1999-2000 Trenton Titans
2000-2002 Grand Rapids Griffins
2002-2003 Washington Capitals
2005-2006 Chicago Blackhawks
(assistant coach)
2006-2007 Kingston Frontenacs
2008-2011 Providence Bruins
(assistant coach)
2011-2016 Providence Bruins
2016-2017 Boston Bruins
(assistant coach)
since 2017 Boston Bruins

Bruce James Cassidy (born May 20, 1965 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach. In his professional career, which lasted from 1984 to 1996 and was marked by injuries, the defender played 37 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League , but spent most of the time in minor leagues and from 1990 to 1994 in Europe. As a coach, the Canadian quickly worked his way up the minor leagues, so that he was the head coach of the Washington Capitals in the NHL from 2002 to 2003 . As a result, he spent over eight years in the Boston Bruins organization , which he has been coaching since February 2017.

Career

As a player

Bruce Cassidy played in his youth for the hometown Ottawa 67’s in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). In his first season in 1982/83, the defender had 111 scorer points in 70 games and was consequently awarded the Emms Family Award for best rookie of the year. In the subsequent 1983 NHL Entry Draft , the Chicago Black Hawks selected him in 18th position. For now, however, Cassidy is returning to the OHL for one more season, in which he won both the J. Ross Robertson Cup and then the Memorial Cup with the 67's , joining the OHL Second All-Star Team and the Memorial Cup All-Star Team was chosen. He also represented his home country with the U20 national team at the U20 World Cup in 1984 , where he finished fourth with the team. After the end of the OHL season he made his debut on March 11, 1984 for the Black Hawks in the National Hockey League (NHL).

In the following years Cassidy suffered several knee injuries and had to be operated on several times, so that he came to only 66 competitive appearances in the three seasons 1984/85 to 1986/87. As a result, he did not succeed in establishing himself in the Blackhawks' NHL squad, so he spent most of the time with their farm teams in the American Hockey League (AHL) and International Hockey League (IHL). He was also in the 1986/87 season in twelve games for the Canadian senior team on the ice. The defender was particularly successful in the IHL when he was appointed to the IHL First All-Star Team in 1989 and 1990 and won the playoffs for the Turner Cup with the Indianapolis Ice in 1990 . The year 1990 also marked the end of his NHL career - he played a total of 37 games for the Blackhawks - and the preliminary end of his career in North America, so Cassidy moved to the Italian HC Alleghe for the 1990/91 season .

The defender spent three years in Alleghe, winning the Alpine League championship with the team in 1993 . In the last year of his time in Europe, Cassidy was active for the EHC Biel and the ESV Kaufbeuren before he returned to North America for the 1994/95 season and signed another contract with the Blackhawks, which in turn used him in the Indianapolis Ice in the IHL. In Indianapolis, the Canadian was active for two full seasons before he declared his active career after ten games in the 1996/97 season, which he had already played in parallel as assistant coach, for over and took over the position of head coach at the Jacksonville Lizard Kings .

As a trainer

Cassidy had taken over the Jacksonville Lizard Kings from the ECHL after a weak start to the season and coached the team for one and a half seasons before returning to the Indianapolis Ice in July 1998, which he had already briefly coached in 1996 as an assistant coach. The Canadian led the Ice into the playoffs, but failed there in the second round. After only one year as head coach in Indianapolis, Cassidy took over the newly founded Trenton Titans for the 1999/00 season in the ECHL, which he led to the conference finals. Nevertheless, he changed clubs again after a year, so that in 2000 he took over the Grand Rapids Griffins from the IHL and with them won the Fred A. Huber Trophy as the team with the highest points of the regular season. After the Griffins moved to the AHL, Cassidy looked after the team for another year, in which he was appointed to the AHL All-Star Classic and was awarded the Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award as the best coach of the AHL.

Through this success in the minor leagues , Cassidy received his first post as head coach of an NHL team at the beginning of the 2002/03 season when the Washington Capitals signed him . In his first season in the top division of North America, the Canadian led the Capitals to a second place in the Southeast Division , but failed in the first round of playoffs at the Tampa Bay Lightning . After just eight wins in 28 games, Cassidy was sacked early in his second NHL season and replaced by Glen Hanlon . After the lockout season 2004/05 and a year as an assistant coach with his previous team, the Chicago Blackhawks, Cassidy took over the Kingston Frontenacs from the OHL at the beginning of the 2006/07 season . After an average first year and elimination in the first playoff round, the Frontenacs started the 2007/08 season with nine defeats from twelve games, so that the Canadian was relieved of his duties again.

With the beginning of the 2008/09 season, Cassidy returned to the AHL and took over the position of assistant coach with the Providence Bruins , which he held for three years in the sequence. After Rob Murray's sacking , he was promoted to head coach in 2011 and led the Bruins to the playoffs four times in a row from 2012 to 2016. In May 2016, the Boston Bruins , the Providence Bruins' NHL cooperation team, announced that Cassidy would be the assistant coach of head coach Claude Julien . Cassidy only worked in this role for almost six months before Julien was fired in February 2017 and he took over the position of head coach on an interim basis. After the end of the 2016/17 season, in which Cassidy had still led the team into the playoffs, the Canadian was permanently signed as the Bruins head coach.

Achievements and Awards

As a player
As a trainer

Career statistics

Player statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1982/83 Ottawa 67's OHL 70 25th 86 111 33 9 3 9 12 10
1983/84 Ottawa 67's OHL 67 27 68 95 58 13 6th 16 22nd 6th
1984 Ottawa 67's Memorial Cup 5 7th 5 12 2
1983/84 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1984/85 Ottawa 67's OHL 28 13 27 40 15th - - - - - -
1985/86 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - - -
1985/86 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1986/87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 19th 2 8th 10 4th 2 1 1 2 0
1986/87 Saginaw Generals IHL 10 2 13 15th 6th - - - - - -
1986/87 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 0 0 0 -1 0 - - - - - -
1987/88 Saginaw Hawks IHL 60 9 37 46 59 10 2 3 5 19th
1987/88 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 21st 3 10 13 -3 6th - - - - - -
1988/89 Saginaw Hawks IHL 72 16 64 80 80 6th 0 2 2 6th
1988/89 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 9 0 2 2 -5 4th 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0
1989/90 Indianapolis Ice IHL 75 11 46 57 56 14th 1 10 11 20th
1989/90 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 2 1 1 2 -1 0 - - - - - -
1990/91 HC Alleghe Series A 36 23 52 75 20th 10 7th 8th 15th 2
1991/92 HC Alleghe Series A 18th 11 18th 29 10 9 3 11 14th 2
1991/92 HC Alleghe Alpine League 18th 13 28 41 16 - - - - - -
1992/93 HC Alleghe Series A 16 6th 22nd 28 4th 9 6th 8th 14th 6th
1992/93 HC Alleghe Alpine League 32 19th 40 59 12 - - - - - -
1993/94 EHC Biel NLA 4th 0 0 0 2 - - - - - -
1993/94 ESV Kaufbeuren Bundesliga 33 8th 9 17th 12 4th 0 2 2 2
1994/95 Indianapolis Ice IHL 29 2 13 15th –7 16 - - - - - -
1995/96 Indianapolis Ice IHL 56 5 16 21st -3 46 5 1 0 1 -1 4th
1996/97 Indianapolis Ice IHL 10 0 4th 4th ± 0 11 - - - - - -
OHL total 165 65 181 246 106 22nd 9 25th 34 16
AHL total 23 2 8th 10 4th 2 1 1 2 0
IHL total 312 45 193 238 274 35 4th 15th 19th 49
Series A overall 70 40 92 132 34 28 16 27 43 10
Alpine league overall 50 32 68 100 28 - - - - - -
NHL overall 36 4th 13 17th -10 10 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1984 Canada U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 0 0 0 6th
Juniors overall 7th 0 0 0 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 )

Coach statistics

team league season Regular season Playoffs
Games S. N U / OTL Pt space S. N result
Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 1996/97 50 15th 25th 10 40 8. (South) not qualified
Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 1997/98 70 35 29 6th 76 4. (Southeast) not qualified
Indianapolis Ice IHL 1998/99 82 33 37 12 78 3. (Central) 3 4th Conference semifinals
Trenton Titans ECHL 1999/00 70 37 29 4th 78 4. (Northeast) 8th 6th Conference finals
Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 2000/01 82 53 22nd 7th 113 1. (East) 6th 4th Conference finals
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 2001/02 80 42 27 11 95 1. (West) 2 3 Conference quarterfinals
Washington Capitals NHL 2002/03 82 39 29 14th 92 2. ( Southeast ) 2 4th Conference quarterfinals
Washington Capitals NHL 2003/04 28 8th 18th 2 18th dismiss - - -
Kingston Frontenacs OHL 2006/07 68 31 30th 7th 69 3. (East) 1 4th Conference quarterfinals
Kingston Frontenacs OHL 2007/08 12 2 9 1 5 dismiss - - -
Providence Bruins AHL 2011/12 76 35 34 7th 77 4. (Atlantic) not qualified
Providence Bruins AHL 2012/13 76 50 21st 5 105 1. (Atlantic) 6th 6th Conference semifinals
Providence Bruins AHL 2013/14 76 40 25th 11 91 3. (Atlantic) 6th 6th Conference semifinals
Providence Bruins AHL 2014/15 76 41 26th 9 91 2. (Atlantic) 2 3 Conference quarterfinals
Providence Bruins AHL 2015/16 76 41 22nd 13 95 2. (Atlantic) 0 3 Conference semifinals
Boston Bruins NHL 2016/17 27 18th 8th 1 37 3. ( Atlantic ) 2 4th Conference quarterfinals
Boston Bruins NHL 2017/18 82 50 20th 12 112 2. (Atlantic) 5 7th Conference semifinals
ECHL total 190 87 83 20th 194 - 8th 6th 0 Kelly Cups
IHL total 164 86 59 19th 191 - 9 8th 0 Turner Cups
OHL total 80 33 39 8th 74 - 1 4th 0 J. Ross Robertson Cups
AHL total 384 208 133 43 459 - 16 21st 0 calder cups
NHL overall 219 115 75 29 259 - 9 15th 0 Stanley Cups

( Legend to coach statistics: S = wins; N = defeats; U = draws; OTL = defeat in overtime or shootout ; pts = points)

Personal

Cassidy is married and has two children.

Web links

Commons : Bruce Cassidy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cassidy, Pandolfo To Join Bruins Coaching Staff; Whissel Named Bruins Director Of Sports Performance And Rehab. nhl.com, May 24, 2016, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  2. ^ Bruce Cassidy takes over as Bruins coach. nhl.com, February 7, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  3. ^ Boston Bruins 2016-17 Guide & Record Book . Boston Bruins Hockey Club, 2016, p. 17.
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personal data
SURNAME Cassidy, Bruce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cassidy, Bruce James (full name); Cassidy, Bruce J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa , Ontario , Canada