Craig Ramsay

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Craig Ramsay
Date of birth March 17, 1951
place of birth Weston , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Rammer
size 178 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1971 , 2nd round, 19th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1967-1971 Peterborough Petes
1971-1985 Buffalo Sabers

Craig Edward Ramsay (* 17th March 1951 in Weston , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , - coach and -funktionär, who during his playing career from 1967 to 1985, among other 1159 games for the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League on has contested the position of the left winger . In 1985, Ramsay received the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's best defensive striker. After the end of his career, he worked as a coach and functionary and has been the head coach of the Slovak national team since 2017 .

Career

Ramsay played for the Peterborough Petes in the Ontario Hockey Association during his junior years between 1967 and 1971 . After four years there, the Buffalo Sabers selected 19th in the second round of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft .

The winger began with the Cincinnati Swords in the American Hockey League before making the leap to the Sabers in the NHL during the 1971/72 season . He developed into one of the best defensive strikers and so his nickname "Rammer" suited his style of play. Together with Don Luce and Danny Gare , he formed the defensive line of the Sabers for years. But their strength was not only to take the stars of their opponents out of the game, each of them also regularly scored over 20 goals per season. In 1983, a broken foot ended a streak of 776 games in a row.

When he was offered a job in the coaching staff of the Sabers after the 1984/85 season , he ended his active career. During the 1986/87 season he temporarily took over the team as head coach. Jobs followed as assistant coach with the Florida Panthers , the Ottawa Senators and the Philadelphia Flyers . With the Flyers he also had his second job as head coach in the 2000/01 season . He then joined the coaching staff of the Tampa Bay Lightning . In 2004 they won the Stanley Cup . In summer 2007 he moved to the Boston Bruins , where he worked as an assistant coach for the next three years. In June 2010 he was named head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers . After the Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg , Manitoba for the 2011/12 season , the Canadian was no longer hired. His vacant position was filled by Claude Noël . On July 7, 2011, Ramsey was introduced as an assistant coach with the Florida Panthers.

There he worked under head coach Kevin Dineen and had to vacate his post as part of his dismissal in November 2013. In June 2014, he joined the Edmonton Oilers , also as an assistant coach , who released him a year later. From August 2015 to 2017 he worked in an advisory capacity for the Canadiens de Montréal . Head coach of the Slovak national team since 2017 .

Achievements and Awards

Franchise Records

  • 776 consecutive games for the Buffalo Sabers (March 27, 1973 to February 10, 1983)

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1967/68 Peterborough Petes OHA Jr. 40 6th 13 19th 21st 5 0 0 0 4th
1968/69 Peterborough Petes OHA Jr. 54 11 28 39 20th 10 1 2 3 9
1969/70 Peterborough Petes OHA Jr. 54 27 41 68 18th 6th 1 3 4th 7th
1970/71 Peterborough Petes OHA Jr. 58 30th 76 106 25th 5 2 2 4th 2
1971/72 Cincinnati Swords AHL 19th 5 7th 12 4th - - - - -
1971/72 Buffalo Sabers NHL 57 6th 10 16 0 - - - - -
1972/73 Buffalo Sabers NHL 76 11 17th 28 15th 6th 1 1 2 0
1973/74 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 20th 26th 46 0 - - - - -
1974/75 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 26th 38 64 26th 17th 5 7th 12 2
1975/76 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 22nd 49 71 34 9 1 2 3 2
1976/77 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 20th 41 61 20th 6th 0 4th 4th 0
1977/78 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 28 43 71 18th 8th 3 1 4th 9
1978/79 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 26th 31 57 10 3 1 0 1 2
1979/80 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 21st 39 60 18th 10 0 6th 6th 4th
1980/81 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 24 35 59 12 8th 2 4th 6th 4th
1981/82 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 16 35 51 8th 4th 1 1 2 0
1982/83 Buffalo Sabers NHL 64 11 18th 29 7th 10 2 3 5 4th
1983/84 Buffalo Sabers NHL 76 9 17th 26th 17th 3 0 1 1 0
1984/85 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 12 21st 33 16 5 1 1 2 0
OHA Jr. total 206 74 158 232 84 26th 4th 7th 11 22nd
NHL overall 1070 252 420 672 201 89 17th 31 48 27

( 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 OTN Pt space Sp S. N result
1986/87 Buffalo Sabers NHL 21st 4th 15th 2 - (10) 5th, Adams - - - not qualified
1999/00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 25th 16 8th 1 0 (33) 1st, Atlantic 18th 11 7th Defeat in the conference finals
2000/01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 28 12 12 4th 0 (28) 2nd, Atlantic Dismissed during the season
2010/11 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 34 36 - 12 80 4th, Southeast - - - not qualified
NHL overall 156 66 71 7th 12 151 1 division title 18th 11 7th 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 )

Web links

Commons : Craig Ramsay  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thrashers name Craig Ramsay as new coach. In: nhl.com. June 25, 2010, accessed May 23, 2017 .
  2. ↑ tsn.ca: "PANTHERS FIRE HEAD COACH DINEEN, NAME HORACHEK INTERIM COACH" (English, November 8, 2013, accessed November 24, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Ramsay, Craig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramsay, Craig Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Weston , Ontario