Greg Gilbert

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CanadaCanada  Greg Gilbert Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 22, 1962
place of birth Mississauga , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1980 , 4th round, 80th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1979-1982 Toronto Marlboros
1982-1989 New York Islanders
1989-1993 Chicago Blackhawks
1993-1995 New York Rangers
1995-1996 St. Louis Blues

Gregory Scott Gilbert (born January 22, 1962 in Mississauga , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach , who worked for the New York Islanders , Chicago Blackhawks , New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues has played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Greg Gilbert began his career as a hockey player with the Toronto Marlboros , for which he was active from 1979 to 1982 in the junior league Ontario Hockey Association and its successor Ontario Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1980 in the fourth round as a total of 80th player by the New York Islanders , for whom he made his debut in the National Hockey League towards the end of the 1981/82 season and with which the winger on Won the prestigious Stanley Cup straight away . He was able to repeat this success with his team in the following season . During his time with the Islanders, the Canadian also played a few games for their farm teams Indianapolis Checkers from the Central Hockey League and Springfield Indians from the American Hockey League . At the Islanders, he was always one of the leading players.

Shortly before the trade deadline , Gilbert was given on March 7, 1989 in exchange for a five-round vote by the New York Islanders for the NHL Entry Draft 1989 to the Chicago Blackhawks . In the following three seasons, the Canadian was also able to convince with good performances in Chicago. Before the 1993/94 season , Gilbert was hired as a free agent by the New York Rangers , with whom he also won the Stanley Cup at the end of the season. He himself contributed to this success with 19 points, five of which were goals, in a total of 99 games. After the 1994/95 season had started late due to a lockout , he was selected in January 1995 in the NHL Waiver Draft by the St. Louis Blues , for which he played for a year and a half until he retired at the age of 34.

CanadaCanada  Greg Gilbert
Coaching stations
1996-2000 Worcester IceCats
2000-2002 Calgary Flames
2003-2006 Mississauga IceDogs
2006-2009 Toronto Marlies
2009-2010 Adirondack Phantoms
since 2011 Saginaw Spirit

From 1996 to 2000 Gilbert was the head coach of the Worcester IceCats from the American Hockey League. In the 1996/97 season he received the Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award for best coach in the league. The 2000/01 season he began as an assistant to Don Hay at the NHL team Calgary Flames , before he replaced Hay in the course of the season after his dismissal on the position of head coach. After a false start at the beginning of the 2002/03 season , Gilbert himself was replaced by Al MacNeil . From 2003 to 2006 he coached the OHL team in his hometown, the Mississauga IceDogs , before taking care of the Canadian team at the 2006 U18 World Junior Championship . He then worked for three years as the head coach of the Toronto Marlies from the AHL. For the 2009/10 season he moved within the AHL to the Adirondack Phantoms , was there after a disastrous start to the season with only three points in 13 games early in the 2010/11 season and replaced by John Paddock . In the course of the 2011/12 season he returned as head coach of the Saginaw Spirit in the OHL junior league.

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 15th 837 150 228 378 576
Playoffs 13 133 17th 33 50 162

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personal data
SURNAME Gilbert, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gilbert, Gregory Scott (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Mississauga , Ontario , Canada