Chris McSorley

Chris McSorley
Coaching stations
1991-1994	Toledo Storm
1994-1998	Las Vegas Thunder
1999-2001	London Knights
2000-2004	National team Great Britain
2001–2017 and 2018/19	Genève-Servette HC

Chris McSorley (born March 22, 1962 in Hamilton , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and former sports director of Genève-Servette HC . He was previously also a co-owner and long-time coach of the club.

Career

Chris McSorley only played in the minor leagues as an active player ; he was (unlike his brother Marty ) is not in the National Hockey League appointed .

As head coach, he won the East Coast Hockey League championship twice (1993 and 1994) with the Toledo Storm and was British champion in 2000 with the London Knights . From November 2000 to 2004 he was also the head coach of the UK national team. He also won the Roller Hockey International championship with the Anaheim Bullfrogs in 1993 . From 2001, McSorley, known as Mister Servette , was head coach and sports director of the Genève-Servette HC club. He was also a co-owner from 2005, but sold his shares in 2014.

In the first season under his leadership the club got into the National League A in. The greatest successes in 2008 and 2010 were reaching the playoff finals. In December 2012, he won the Spengler Cup with Team Canada as an assistant coach . He was able to repeat this success in the following two years as head coach of Servette.

In autumn 2006 and spring 2007, McSorley and his business partner Hugh Quennec activated their network for the financially troubled Lausanne HC , McSorley also served the LHC in the following years as an informal advisor in sporting matters. In the course of the US American Ken Stickney's entry as majority owner of EHC Kloten in 2015 and 2016 of LHC, McSorley also played a role in the background as a puller.

McSorley led Genève-Servette to the NLA quarter-finals in 2011 and 2013 and to the semi-finals in 2014, 2015 and 2016. After the elimination in the playoff quarter-finals in 2017, there was heavy speculation in the media about McSorley's departure as Servette coach, as the club's declared goal of winning the championship title for the first time was again missed. On March 22, 2017, McSorley announced his retirement as a coach after serving that position for 16 years to focus on his duties as sports director.

At the beginning of April 2018, McSorley, who was described by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung as a “Machiavellist”, returned to the position of trainer at Genève-Servette, and he retained his position as sports director. In the 2018/19 season, he led the team to the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated at the end of the series against SC Bern in the longest game in Swiss ice hockey history. According to the ice hockey journalist Klaus Zaugg, McSorley, who still had a contract with Genève-Servette until 2024 and had great power as a coach, manager and sports director in personal union, was “popular in the city than ever” at that time The nickname "Jesus Chris Superstar" found for him by the local press also makes it clear. McSorley had made “Servette the best-functioning sports company in western Switzerland”. In mid-April 2019, Servette announced the renewed replacement of McSorley as Geneva coach: He was replaced by Patrick Emond on the bench, but remained Servette's sports director. His tenure as sports director in Geneva ended on July 31, 2020.

Achievements and Awards

• 1993 Riley Cup win with the Toledo Storm (as head coach)
• 1993 Murphy Cup win with the Anaheim Bullfrogs (as head coach)
• 1994 Riley Cup win with the Toledo Storm (as head coach)
• 2000 British Champion with the London Knights (as head coach)
• 2002 National League B champions with Genève-Servette HC (as head coach)
• 2002 Promotion to the National League A with Genève-Servette HC (as head coach)
• 2012 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada (as assistant coach)
• 2013 and 2014 Spengler Cup win with Genève-Servette HC (as head coach)

Web links

Commons : Chris McSorley  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Chris McSorley at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Chris McSorley at hockeyfans.ch

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ice Hockey Journalists UK. (No longer available online.) In: www.ihjuk.co.uk. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010 ; accessed on March 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
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4. ↑ mro: Anschutz group leaves the A-Club: McSorley also owner of HC Geneva / Servette . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed on March 17, 2017]).
5. ^ Avenir incertain à Genève-Servette . ( letemps.ch [accessed on March 17, 2017]).
6. ↑ Does the duck Chris McSorley paddle across the lake from Geneva to Lausanne? In: watson.ch . ( watson.ch [accessed on March 17, 2017]).
7. ↑ www.gshc.ch, GSHC - Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey Club: Chris McSorley: "Mon cœur appartient à Genève" - ​​Genève-Servette Hockey Club. Retrieved March 31, 2017 (French). 
8. ↑ "Un nouvel échec me ferait très mal". Retrieved March 31, 2017 (French). 
9. ↑ Philipp MuschgSportredaktor @ tagesanzeiger: The Las Vegas Connection . In: Tages-Anzeiger, Tages-Anzeiger . September 16, 2016, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on March 31, 2017]).
10. ↑ Where is Chris McSorley going: Lugano, Lausanne or the NHL? In: watson.ch . ( watson.ch [accessed on March 18, 2017]).
11. ↑ www.gshc.ch, GSHC - Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey Club: Prize de position du GSHC - Genève-Servette Hockey Club. Retrieved March 18, 2017 (French). 
12. ↑ www.gshc.ch, GSHC - Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey Club: Le Genève-Servette Hockey Club redéfinit son organization - Genève-Servette Hockey Club. Retrieved March 22, 2017 (French). 
13. ↑ https://www.nzz.ch/sport/mcsorley-kehrt-zurueck-an-die-bande-es-ist-seine-auferstehung-ld.1371534
14. ↑ https://www.gshc.ch/fr/News/Actualites/Retour-de-Chris-McSorley-comme-Head-Coach-du-GSHC.html
15. ↑ SC Bern wins a record game - has it also ended the era of coach Chris McSorley? In: NZZ. Retrieved March 24, 2019 . 
16. ↑ Despite the terrific quarter-finals: Does Chris McSorley have to go? Retrieved March 24, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Ingratitude is the world's reward - Chris McSorley fired in Geneva. In: watson.ch. Retrieved August 5, 2020 . 
18. ↑ www gshc ch, GSHC-Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey Club: Patrick Emond reprend la première équipe - Genève-Servette Hockey Club. Retrieved April 19, 2019 (French). 
19. ↑ Change à la direction sportive - Genève-Servette Hockey Club. In: Genève-Servette Hockey Club. Retrieved August 5, 2020 (French).