Don Hay

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Don Hay
Date of birth February 13, 1954
place of birth Kamloops , British Columbia , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1974 , 12th round, 193rd position
Minnesota North Stars
WHA Amateur Draft 1974 , 16th round, 201st position
Houston Eros
Career stations
1971-1972 Kamloops Rockets
1972-1973 Calgary Centennials
1973-1974 New Westminster Bruins
1974-1975 Lansing Lancers
1975 Columbus Owls
1975-1976 Flint Generals
1976-1977 Philadelphia Firebirds
1977-1980 Kamloops cowboys

Don Hay (born February 13, 1954 in Kamloops , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach , who has been the head coach of the Kamloops Blazers in the Western Hockey League since 2014 . His son Darrell Hay was a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Career as a player

Don Hay played for the Kamloops Rockets and Calgary Centennials during his junior years . In the 1973/74 season he went for the New Westminster Bruins in the Western Hockey League on the ice and was selected in connection with this season at the NHL Amateur Draft 1974 in the twelfth round in 193rd position by the Minnesota North Stars , but never made it the leap into the National Hockey League . The following two years he was with the Lansing Lancers and Columbus Owls in the International Hockey League and then went one season for the Flint Generals on the ice. After Hay had completed the 1976/77 season with the Philadelphia Firebirds in the North American Hockey League , the offensive player ended his active career early at the age of 23.

Career as a coach

The Canadian decided on a career as head coach and was entrusted to the 1986/87 season with the task of assistant coach of the Kamloops Blazers in the WHL. He worked in this position for a total of six years and took over the position of head coach at the Blazers in the 1992/93 season as the successor to Tom Renney . In the following three years he had a positive game record and won the President's Cup and Memorial Cup twice in a row with the Kamloops Blazers in 1994 and 1995 . During this time Jarome Iginla , Darcy Tucker , Shane Doan and Brad Lukowich worked for the Blazers and later advanced to become top players in the NHL. After these successes, Don Hay was poached by the Calgary Flames in 1995 and worked there as an assistant coach. A year later, the Phoenix Coyotes signed him as their first head coach for the premiere season. In his only season, the Coyotes made it into the play-offs, in which the team failed in the first round in seven games against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim .

The Canadian was subsequently released from his duties and replaced by Jim Schoenfeld . After he was active as an assistant coach with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim during the 1997/98 season , he returned to the Western Hockey League and was entrusted with the management of the Tri-City Americans , which he led for the following two years. He was then presented as the head coach of the Calgary Flames and held this position for a total of 68 game days. Shortly before the end of the 2000/01 season , he was fired. His successor Greg Gilbert could not convince either and also had a negative balance. He found a new job as the head coach of the Utah Grizzlies in the American Hockey League , which he led through the next three years and twice reached the finals. For the 2004/05 season, the Canadian returned again to the WHL and took over the Vancouver Giants . After a mixed start, he was able to build on his old successes and won the President's Cup with the team in 2006 . A year later, the Memorial Cup was also won.

For the 2014/15 season he took over the position of head coach for the Kamloops Blazers .

Achievements and Awards

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