Bryan Watson (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Bryan Watson Ice hockey player
Date of birth November 14, 1942
place of birth Bancroft , Ontario , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 77 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1960-1963 Peterborough Petes
1963 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens
1963-1964 Canadiens de Montréal
1964-1965 As de Québec
1965-1967 Detroit Red Wings
1967-1968 Canadiens de Montréal
Houston Apollos
1968-1969 Oakland Seals
1969-1974 Pittsburgh Penguins
1974 St. Louis Blues
1974-1976 Detroit Red Wings
1976-1979 Washington Capitals
1979 Cincinnati stingers

Bryan Joseph Watson (born November 14, 1942 in Bancroft , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 910 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , Detroit Red Wings , Oakland Seals , Pittsburgh Penguins , St. Louis Blues , Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League and 24 others for the Cincinnati Stingers in the World Hockey Association on the position of defender . In addition, Watson coached the Edmonton Oilers for a short period as head coach in the 1980/81 season . However, he celebrated his greatest career success as a player in the service of the Canadiens de Montréal, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1965 . Watson embodied the plague gambler .

Career

Watson spent his junior years with the Peterborough Petes in the Ontario Hockey Association between 1960 and 1963 , after he had left his native Bancroft at the behest of his father at the age of 13 and grew up with his grandparents in Peterborough . In 123 missions for the Petes, he got 54 points scorer .

After completing his junior career, the unconventionally playing defender first found an employer with the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League . Between the end of the 1962/63 season and the 1964/65 season he was mainly used for the cooperation partners of Montréals, including the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens from the Eastern Professional Hockey League and the Omaha Knights from the Central Professional Hockey League and As de Québec from the American Hockey League . In addition, he also came to the Canadiens in the NHL, with which he was able to win the prestigious trophy of the same name at the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1965 . Following the Stanley Cup victory, Watson was transferred to the Chicago Black Hawks in exchange for Don Johns in June 1965 , before he was selected the next day in the intra-league draft of the Detroit Red Wings . There the defender spent the next two years almost completely in the NHL squad.

In the summer of 1967 there was another change during the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft , when Watson was selected by the newly inducted Minnesota North Stars . However, without playing just one game for the team, the Canadian was given to his ex-club Canadiens de Montréal on the same day in exchange for Bill Plager and the transfer rights to Léo Thiffault and Barrie Meissner . Even in the second attempt in the French-Canadian metropolis, Watson did not find a sporting home there and mainly played for the Cleveland Barons in the AHL and the Houston Apollos in the CPHL. In the Apollos jersey, the defensive player recommended himself for higher tasks due to his performance. He was awarded both the CPHL Most Valuable Defenseman Award and the CPHL Most Valuable Player Award for the most valuable player in the league.

Impressed by this, the Oakland Seals signed Watson at the end of June 1968 and gave both a first-round vote in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft and Tom Thurlby to Montréal. As a further compensation they received a sum of money from the Canadiens. In Northern California, however, Watson was unable to meet the expectations placed in him. After only 50 games for the Seals, he was transferred to the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1968/69 season with George Swarbrick and Tracy Pratt . In return, the Oakland Seals secured the services of Earl Ingarfield , Gene Ubriaco and Dick Mattiussi . With the Penguins, Watson found a sporting home for the following five playing years. In his role as a plague , he was always among the most punished players in the league with well over 100 penalty minutes per season in this category. In the 1971/72 season he even led the league with 212 minutes in this rating.

Watson's time in Pittsburgh came to an end in January 1974 when he was given to the St. Louis Blues with Greg Polis and a second-round suffrage in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft . In return, Steve Durbano , Ab DeMarco junior and J. Bob Kelly received this award . In St. Louis, however, the defender did not stay a full month and only completed eleven missions for the team. Together with Chris Evans and Jean Hamel , he moved to the Detroit Red Wings, for whom he had already played nine years earlier. In contrast, Ted Harris , Bill Collins and Garnet Bailey switched to the St. Louis Blues as compensation. At the Red Wings, the now 32-year-old played the following two seasons until the 1976/77 season , when he was again part of a transfer deal. Watson moved to Washington Capitals in November 1976 , who gave Greg Joly to the Red Wings for it. The Canadian played for the capital club until the calendar year 1979 before he was fired. Nevertheless, he was awarded the Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award by the league for his social commitment. He joined the Cincinnati Stingers from the World Hockey Association as a free agent after his release until the end of the 1978/79 season . In the summer of 1979 he finally ended his active career at the age of 36.

After his career ended, Watson considered working as a coach. He was therefore committed to the 1980/81 season as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers from the NHL, where he took over from Glen Sather . From then on, he wanted to concentrate on his position as General Manager . After Watson had been responsible for the team in the first 18 games of the season, of which he only won four and only achieved 13 of 36 possible points, Sather took over the position as head coach again. Watson was demoted to assistant coach and eventually left the club at the end of the season.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1960/61 Peterborough Petes OHA 18th 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
1961/62 Peterborough Petes OHA 50 3 16 19th 129 - - - - -
1962/63 Peterborough Petes OHA 49 9 22nd 31 80 6th 0 3 3 10
1962/63 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EPHL - - - - - 3 1 1 2 0
1963/64 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 39 0 2 2 18th 6th 0 0 0 2
1963/64 Omaha Knights CPHL 9 1 1 2 12 - - - - -
1964/65 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 5 0 1 1 7th - - - - -
1964/65 As de Québec AHL 64 1 16 17th 186 5 0 0 0 35
1965/66 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 2 7th 9 133 12 2 0 2 30th
1966/67 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 0 1 1 66 - - - - -
1966/67 Memphis wings CPHL 16 1 3 4th 76 - - - - -
1967/68 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 12 0 1 1 9 - - - - -
1967/68 Cleveland Barons AHL 12 2 4th 6th 22nd - - - - -
1967/68 Houston Apollos CPHL 50 2 37 39 293 - - - - -
1968/69 Oakland Seals NHL 50 2 3 5 97 - - - - -
1968/69 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 18th 0 4th 4th 35 - - - - -
1969/70 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 61 1 9 10 189 10 0 0 0 17th
1969/70 Baltimore Clippers AHL 5 1 2 3 8th - - - - -
1970/71 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 43 2 6th 8th 119 - - - - -
1971/72 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 3 17th 20th 212 4th 0 0 0 21st
1972/73 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 69 1 17th 18th 179 - - - - -
1973/74 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 38 1 4th 5 137 - - - - -
1973/74 St. Louis Blues NHL 11 0 1 1 19th - - - - -
1973/74 Detroit Red Wings NHL 21st 0 4th 4th 99 - - - - -
1974/75 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 1 13 14th 238 - - - - -
1975/76 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 0 18th 18th 322 - - - - -
1976/77 Detroit Red Wings NHL 14th 0 1 1 39 - - - - -
1976/77 Washington Capitals NHL 56 1 14th 15th 91 - - - - -
1977/78 Washington Capitals NHL 79 3 11 14th 167 - - - - -
1978/79 Washington Capitals NHL 20th 0 1 1 36 - - - - -
1978/79 Cincinnati stingers WHA 21st 0 2 2 56 3 0 1 1 2
OHA total 117 12 39 51 213 6th 0 3 3 10
CPHL total 75 4th 41 45 381 - - - - -
AHL total 81 4th 22nd 26th 216 5 0 0 0 35
NHL overall 878 17th 135 152 2212 32 2 0 2 70

( 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
1980/81 Edmonton Oilers NHL 18th 4th 9 5 (13) 4th, Smythe Dismissed during the season
NHL overall 18th 4th 9 5 13 0 division title - - - 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 Watson, Bryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Watson, Bryan Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Bancroft , Ontario