Darryl Sutter

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Darryl Sutter
Date of birth 19th August 1958
place of birth Viking , Alberta , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 79 kg
position striker
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 11th round, 179th position
Chicago Black Hawks
Career stations
1974-1977 Red Deer Rustlers
1977-1988 Lethbridge Broncos
1978 Iwakura Tomakomai
1978-1980 New Brunswick Hawks
1980-1987 Chicago Blackhawks

Darryl John Sutter (born August 19, 1958 in Viking , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey striker and coach . His last position was from December 2011 to April 2017 as head coach of the Los Angeles Kings , with whom he won the Stanley Cup twice.

Career as a player

Darryl Sutter played in his youth for the Red Deer Rustlers in the AJHL and for the Lethbridge Broncos in the WCHL . In the AJHL he played three seasons and scored 305 points in 176 games and was elected MVP of the league in 1977. In the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft he was selected by the Chicago Black Hawks in the eleventh round at position 179.

In the 1978/79 season, Sutter played 19 times for the New Brunswick Hawks , the Chicago farm team in the AHL . He also played 20 games in Japan for Iwakura Tomakomai , where he scored 28 goals and a total of 41 points. 1979/80 Sutter played his first games in the NHL , but was mainly used in the farm team. With 66 points in 69 games, he was awarded the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the best rookie in the AHL .

The following season he finally made his breakthrough with the Black Hawks and played the best season of his career when he scored 40 goals and 22 assists. In the next few years he performed well as a scorer, but he was repeatedly thrown back due to injuries. From 1982 until the end of his career, he wore the team captain's "C" on his chest.

In 1987 Darryl Sutter finally ended his career.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1974/75 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 60 16 20th 36 43 - - - - -
1975/76 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 60 43 93 136 82 - - - - -
1976/77 Lethbridge Broncos WCHL 1 1 0 1 0 15th 3 7th 10 13
1976/77 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 56 55 78 133 131 - - - - -
1977/78 Lethbridge Broncos WCHL 68 33 48 81 119 8th 4th 9 13 2
1978/79 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 19th 7th 6th 13 6th 5 1 2 3 0
1978/79 Flint Generals IHL - - - - - 1 0 1 1 0
1979/80 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 69 35 31 66 69 12 6th 6th 12 8th
1979/80 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 8th 2 0 2 2 7th 3 1 4th 2
1980/81 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 76 40 22nd 62 86 3 3 1 4th 2
1981/82 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 40 23 12 35 31 3 0 1 1 2
1982/83 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 31 30th 61 53 13 4th 6th 10 8th
1983/84 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 59 20th 20th 40 44 5 1 1 2 0
1984/85 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 49 20th 18th 38 12 15th 12 7th 19th 12
1985/86 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 50 17th 10 27 44 3 1 2 3 0
1986/87 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 44 8th 6th 14th 16 2 0 0 0 0
NHL overall 406 161 118 279 288 51 24 19th 43 26th

( 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 )

Career as a trainer and manager

In the fall of 1987, Sutter took over the position of assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks. The following year he became the head coach of the Saginaw Hawks , the Chicago farm team in the IHL . The team played a good season, but dropped out in the first round of the playoffs and was disbanded in the summer of 1989. He stayed in the IHL and took over the Indianapolis Ice , which he led to winning the Turner Cup in the first year . Sutter was named the IHL's best coach.

From 1990 to 1992 he was again on the coaching staff of the Chicago Blackhawks and was promoted to head coach in the summer of 1992. He worked in this position for the team for three years and was able to reach the playoffs every year. In 1994/95 he even reached the final of the Western Conference. Shortly afterwards, he left the team.

In 1997 he was appointed head coach with the San Jose Sharks . In the first two years the Sharks lost more games than they won, but Sutter put together a team that gradually got better and finally hit the 40 mark for the first time in 2001 . After the Sharks got off to a weak start in the 2002/03 season , Sutter was released.

But he didn't have to wait long for work because the Calgary Flames signed him only a few weeks later. At the same time, he also took on the post of General Manager. He could not lead the Flames into the playoffs in the season and Sutter missed the playoffs for the first time in his entire ice hockey career, including his time as a player.

In the following season things went even better. He led the team to 42 wins in the regular season and in the playoffs to the final of the Stanley Cup . It was only in the decisive seventh game that the Flames had to admit defeat to the Tampa Bay Lightning .

After the lockout and the associated failure of the 2004/05 season , the game began again in autumn 2005. Under Sutter, the Flames played the best season since the Stanley Cup victory in 1989 and scored 103 points in 46 wins. But the playoffs were over after the first round.

Shortly thereafter, Darryl Sutter announced his resignation as coach of the Calgary Flames and justified this step with the fact that he would like to concentrate completely on the tasks of general manager.

On December 28, 2010, he resigned as General Manager of the Flames, succeeded by his assistant Jay Feaster . In December 2011 he was hired by the Los Angeles Kings as head coach. In his first season as coach of the Los Angeles Kings, he won the Stanley Cup with them . They beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 in the final . He repeated this success with the team in the 2013/14 season.

After more than five years, Sutter and General Manager Dean Lombardi were dismissed by the Kings after the 2016/17 season .

NHL coaching statistics

Seasons Games S. N U OTL
Regular season 18th 1285 634 467 101 83

S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; OTL = Overtime loss (loss in overtime / penalty shootout)

family

Darryl Sutter has six brothers, five of whom made it to the NHL. Brent Sutter played 1,111 games and scored 829 points. With the New York Islanders , whose captain he was for four years, he won the Stanley Cup twice. Brent was playing with his older brother Duane , who won the Stanley Cup four times. Duane played 731 times in the NHL and got 342 points. From 2000 to 2002 he trained the Florida Panthers and later worked as a functionary.

Brian Sutter played 779 games with 636 points for the St. Louis Blues , the player's shirt number 11 in his honor locked . He was the team captain for nine years. Since 1988 he has coached the Calgary Flames and the Boston Bruins, among others . Another brother, Rich Sutter , played 874 games in the NHL and scored 315 points. For a little over a year he played in Chicago under the direction of his brother Darryl. After his active career, he worked as a talent scout for the Minnesota Wild and the Phoenix Coyotes , among others . His twin brother Ron Sutter was also trained by his brother Darryl in San Jose for a total of three years. Ron played 1,093 games in the NHL and was able to score 533 points. For a year he was team captain of the Philadelphia Flyers .

As General Manager of the Calgary Flames, Darryl Sutter selected his own son Brett Sutter in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in the sixth round at position 179. Brett Sutter played with his cousin Brandon Sutter for the Red Deer Rebels , whose team is Brent Sutter and coach Brian Sutter. Other members of the second generation of the family are Shaun , Brody and Luke Sutter , all of whom also played ice hockey professionally.

Achievements and Awards

As a player

As a trainer

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personal data
SURNAME Sutter, Darryl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sutter, Darryl John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach and general manager
DATE OF BIRTH 19th August 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Viking , Alberta , Canada