Doug Risebrough

Doug Risebrough
Date of birth	January 29, 1954
place of birth	Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Draft
WHA Secret Amateur Draft	1974 , 1st round, 10th position Cleveland Crusaders
NHL Amateur Draft	1974 , 1st lap, 7th position Montréal Canadiens
Career stations
1971-1973	Guelph CMC's
1973-1974	Kitchener Rangers
1974-1982	Montréal Canadiens
1982-1987	Calgary Flames

Douglas John Risebrough (* 29. January 1954 in Kitchener , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , - coach and -funktionär, who during his playing career for the Montreal Canadiens and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger played .

Career

Doug Risebrough began his career in 1972 with the Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League and was active for the team for a year. He then went on ice for the Kitchener Rangers from 1973 to 1974 . Risebrough was selected in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round in seventh position and in the 1974 WHA Secret Amateur Draft by the Cleveland Crusaders in the first round in tenth position. The Canadian decided to play in the National Hockey League for the Montréal Canadiens. In eight years with the Canadiens, he was always one of the best players on the team and won four Stanley Cups (1976-1979) with the Habs . In 1982 he went to the Calgary Flames and became a key player on the team.

In 1987 he ended his career and began working as an ice hockey coach. Between 1987 and 1989 he worked as an assistant coach with the Calgary Flames and was promoted to head coach of the Flames in 1990 after Terry Crisp was fired . He held this office for almost two years and was then replaced by his compatriot Guy Charron . He had qualified in the 1990/91 season with the Flames for the play-offs, but had failed in seven games in the first round at the Edmonton Oilers . In the following year, the play-offs were missed. He then took over the office of General Manager of the Flames and held it until the 1995/96 season and was replaced by Al Coates . From 2000 to 2009 he worked as GM with the Minnesota Wild , but his contract was not renewed after nine years.

Achievements and Awards

• 1976 Stanley Cup win with the Montréal Canadiens
• 1977 Stanley Cup win with the Montréal Canadiens
• 1978 Stanley Cup win with the Montréal Canadiens
• 1979 Stanley Cup win with the Montréal Canadiens

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	13	740	185	286	471	1542
Playoffs	12	124	21st	37	58	238

Web links

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