Doug Jarvis

Doug Jarvis
Date of birth	March 24, 1955
place of birth	Brantford , Ontario , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1975 , 2nd round, 24th position Toronto Maple Leafs
WHA Amateur Draft	1975 , 2nd round, 30th position Houston Eros
Career stations
1972-1975	Peterborough Petes
1975-1982	Montréal Canadiens
1982-1985	Washington Capitals
1985-1988	Hartford Whalers

Douglas M. Jarvis (* 24. March 1955 in Brantford , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player (center) and - trainer , who from 1975 to 1988 for the Montreal Canadiens , the Washington Capitals and the Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League played .

Career

As a junior he played for the Boston Peterborough Petes in the OHA and was top scorer there. The Toronto Maple Leafs selected him in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft in the second round as 24th. He was also drafted in the WHA. The Houston Eros secured the rights in the second round in 30th place. Shortly after the draft, the Leafs gave it to the Montréal Canadiens in exchange for Greg Hubick .

From the 1975/76 season he played for the Canadiens and, together with his friend Bob Gainey, formed one of the best striker series in the outnumbered game that had ever played in the NHL. The two had a large share in the four Stanley Cup victories from 1976 to 1979. After the 1981/82 season , in which he was able to achieve 20 goals for the first time, he moved to the Washington Capitals , together with Rod Langway , Brian Engblom and Craig Laughlin in return, Rick Green and Ryan sent Walter to Montreal. He stayed in Washington for four years and together with Langway he managed to make the Capitals a strong team in the NHL. At that time he was also awarded the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the best defensive attacker.

During the 1985/86 season he moved to the Hartford Whalers . When he was not in the squad for a game against the Boston Bruins on October 11, 1987 , a series of 964 NHL games that he had played in a row ended. To date, no player has played more games in a row and only 4 players (next to Jarvis only Garry Unger , Steve Larmer and Craig Ramsay ) have more than 630 games in a row. For this achievement he received the 1987 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy .

In the 1986/87 season he played again and again in the farm team of the Whalers, with the Binghamton Whalers in the AHL . Here he also took on his first tasks as an assistant coach. After the season he retired as a player and became a coach at Binghamton. After one season, he moved to the Minnesota North Stars as an assistant coach , where his companion from times in Montreal, Bob Gainey , became head coach a little later. Here the two formed a very successful tandem, even after the stars moved to Dallas, as they did as players. From 2003 he was two years coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL, before he switched back to the Montreal Canadiens as an assistant coach in 2005.

He stayed with the Canadiens until 2009. On August 4, 2010, he was hired as an assistant coach with the Boston Bruins . He held this position until the end of the 2015/16 season, before moving to the Vancouver Canucks a little later in the same role . At Canucks, he took on an advisory role before the 2018/19 season.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	13	964	139	264	403	263
Playoffs	12	105	14th	27	41	42

Awards

• 1975 William Hanley Trophy
• 1984 Frank J. Selke Trophy
• 1987 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Records

• 964 NHL consecutive games, from October 8, 1975 to October 10, 1987.
• 560 NHL consecutive games for the Montréal Canadiens , from October 8, 1975 to April 4, 1982.

Web links

• Doug Jarvis at hockeydb.com (English)
• Doug Jarvis at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tsn.ca, Bruins hire Doug Jarvis as assistant coach