Butch Goring

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CanadaCanada  Butch Goring Ice hockey player
Butch Goring
Date of birth October 22, 1949
place of birth Saint-Boniface , Manitoba , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 75 kg
position center
number # 91
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1969 , 5th round, 51st position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1966-1967 Winnipeg Rangers
1967-1968 Hull Nationals
1968-1969 Winnipeg Jets
1969-1980 Los Angeles Kings
1980-1985 New York Islanders
1985 Boston Bruins
1986-1987 Nova Scotia Oilers

Robert Thomas "Butch" Goring (born October 22, 1949 in Saint-Boniface , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach . The center played over 1,100 games between 1969 and 1985 for the Los Angeles Kings , New York Islanders and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League . With the Islanders he won the Stanley Cup four times in a row between 1980 and 1983 and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the 1981 playoffs . Although he only spent four full seasons in New York - compared to ten in Los Angeles - the Islanders blocked his jersey number 91 in February 2020. In the Kings jersey, he received the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 1978 in recognition of his athleticism Fairness. As head coach, Goring worked briefly for the Islanders and the Bruins in the NHL before coaching the Frankfurt Lions , Krefeld Penguins and DEG Metro Stars in the German Ice Hockey League in the early 2000s .

Career

As a player

Butch Goring was drawn in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft by the Los Angeles Kings at position 51. He also started with the Kings in the fall, playing in parallel with the farm team , the Springfield Kings in the AHL . 1970-1971 he led Springfield in the playoffs to win the Calder Cup . Goring was the best goalscorer, best assists and best scorer in the playoffs.

In the next eight years in Los Angeles , he became known for his skills in bullies , on the defensive and in outnumbered situations and he scored more than 30 goals in four different seasons. In 1978 he was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy . On the one hand for his playing skills in connection with fairness and on the other hand for his dedication and perseverance in ice hockey. In March 1980 he moved to the New York Islanders , where he was one of the key players who won the first Stanley Cup for the Islanders a few months later . They repeated the success over the next three years. Goring was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs in 1981. From 1982 on, Goring was still working as an assistant coach for the Islanders parallel to his playing career.

During the 1985/86 season he was dismissed by the New York Islanders and played the rest of the season with league rivals Boston Bruins , where he took the post as head coach at the beginning of the next season. Despite a relatively positive record, he was dismissed in 1987 and hired for the rest of the season with the Nova Scotia Oilers in the AHL as a player. After that he finally ended his playing career.

With the Canadian national team Goring took part in the Canada Cup 1981 and won the silver medal with the team. In the course of the tournament, the attacker made seven appearances and scored five points.

In February 2020 his jersey number was 91 by the New York Islanders locked and is therefore no longer awarded.

As a trainer

CanadaCanada  Butch Goring
Coaching stations
1982-1985 New York Islanders (assistant coach)
1985-1986 Boston Bruins
1987-1989 Spokane Chiefs
1990-1993 Capital District Islanders
1993-1994 Las Vegas Thunder
1994-1995 Denver Grizzlies
1995-1999 Utah grizzlies
1999-2001 New York Islanders
2001 Anchorage Aces
2002 Frankfurt Lions
2002-2003 Krefeld penguins
2004-2005 DEG Metro Stars

The following years he coached the New York Islanders farm team in the AHL and a team in the WHL . In 1993 he took over the IHL team Las Vegas Thunder , which won 52 of 82 games. After the season he moved to the IHL for the New York Islanders' farm team, the Denver Grizzlies . There he was able to continue his successful work and won the championship in the first year. In the summer, the team moved to Utah and called themselves Utah Grizzlies from then on . Goring was able to repeat the success of the previous year with the team and won the championship again. In both years he was awarded the Commissioner's Trophy as IHL 's best coach.

He coached the Grizzlies until the summer of 1999, when he was promoted to head coach of the New York Islanders. The team has not had the glory of the days when Goring was still a player and played in the playoffs for the last time in 1994. In the two years that Goring coached the Islanders, nothing could change and he made way for a new head coach. The 2001-2002 season he trained in the WCHL, the Anchorage Aces , but was released after a few months.

In January he took over the post as head coach of the Frankfurt Lions in the DEL . But clearly missed the playoff places. During the 2002-2003 season, the Krefeld Pinguine hired him as a new trainer. And that was crowned with success. The penguins reached the playoff places, eliminated Düsseldorf and Berlin and finally defeated the Kölner Haie in the final . The next year, the work for Butch Goring in Krefeld was over again. He was released halfway through the season. During the 2004-2005 season, the DEG Metro Stars signed him. The Metro Stars threatened relegation, but at the end of the season they could save themselves. Düsseldorf decided to restructure the team and looked for a new trainer. This should also be Goring's last station as a coach in professional ice hockey.

Achievements and Awards

As a player

  • 1981 Stanley Cup win with the New York Islanders
  • 1981 Conn Smythe Trophy
  • 1982 Stanley Cup win with the New York Islanders
  • 1983 Stanley Cup win with the New York Islanders
  • 2020 jersey number 91 blocked by the New York Islanders

As a trainer

Career statistics

Player statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1965/66 Winnipeg Rangers MJHL 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
1966/67 Winnipeg Rangers MJHL 51 35 31 66 2 8th 2 6th 8th 0
1967/68 Hull Nationals Québec Sr. 39 16 41 57 4th - - - - - -
1967/68 Winnipeg Jets WCHL - - - - - - 1 2 1 3 0
1968/69 Winnipeg Jets WCHL 39 42 33 75 0 - - - - - -
1969 Dauphin Kings Memorial Cup 12 8th 8th 16 5
1969 Regina Pats Memorial Cup 2 2 3 5 0
1969/70 Springfield Kings AHL 19th 13 7th 20th 0 - - - - - -
1969/70 Los Angeles Kings NHL 59 13 23 36 -16 8th - - - - - -
1970/71 Springfield Kings AHL 40 23 32 55 4th 12 11 14th 25th 0
1970/71 Los Angeles Kings NHL 19th 2 5 7th +5 2 - - - - - -
1971/72 Los Angeles Kings NHL 74 21st 29 50 –11 2 - - - - - -
1972/73 Los Angeles Kings NHL 67 28 31 59 ± 0 2 - - - - - -
1973/74 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 28 33 61 +1 2 5 0 1 1 -1 0
1974/75 Los Angeles Kings NHL 60 27 33 60 +26 6th 3 0 0 0 -1 0
1975/76 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 33 40 73 ± 0 8th 9 2 3 5 -2 4th
1976/77 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 30th 55 85 +10 6th 9 7th 5 12 -2 0
1977/78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 37 36 73 -4 2 2 0 0 0 -2 2
1978/79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 36 51 87 -20 16 2 0 0 0 ± 0 0
1979/80 Los Angeles Kings NHL 69 20th 48 68 -20 12 - - - - - -
1979/80 New York Islanders NHL 12 6th 5 11 +7 2 21st 7th 12 19th +8 2
1980/81 New York Islanders NHL 78 23 37 60 +4 0 18th 10 10 20th +6 6th
1981/82 New York Islanders NHL 67 15th 17th 32 -3 10 19th 6th 5 11 +8 12
1982/83 New York Islanders NHL 75 19th 20th 39 +9 8th 20th 4th 8th 12 +5 4th
1983/84 New York Islanders NHL 71 22nd 24 46 +6 8th 21st 1 5 6th +2 2
1984/85 New York Islanders NHL 29 2 5 7th -12 2 - - - - - -
1984/85 Boston Bruins NHL 39 13 21st 34 -8th 6th 5 1 1 2 +1 0
1986/87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 10 3 5 8th 2 - - - - - -
MJHL total 54 35 31 66 2 11 2 7th 9 0
WCHL overall 39 42 33 75 0 1 2 1 3 0
Memorial Cup overall 14th 10 11 21st 5
AHL total 69 39 44 83 6th 12 11 14th 25th 0
NHL overall 1107 375 513 888 -26 102 134 38 50 88 +22 32

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1981 Canada Canada Cup 2nd place 7th 3 2 5 4th
Men overall 7th 3 2 5 4th

( 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 OTL Pt Pt% Place (division) Sp S. N result
1985/86 Boston Bruins NHL 80 37 31 12 - 86 .538 3. ( Adams ) 3 0 3 Division semi-finals
1986/87 Boston Bruins NHL 13 5 7th 1 - 11 .423 dismiss
1999/00 New York Islanders NHL 82 24 48 9 1 58 .354 5. ( Atlantic ) not qualified
2000/01 New York Islanders NHL 65 17th 40 5 3 42 .323 dismiss
NHL overall 240 83 126 27 4th 197 .410 0 division title 3 0 3 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 )

Trivia

  • In his NHL career, he received only 102 penalty minutes in 1107 games. No player in the history of the NHL who has played more than 1,000 games has been sent to the penalty box so rarely.
  • Butch Goring was one of the first players to wear a helmet.
  • He was the last active player to play in the NHL in the 1960s.

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personal data
SURNAME Goring, Butch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goring, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Boniface , Manitoba , Canada