Kevin McCarthy (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Kevin McCarthy Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 14, 1957
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1977 , 1st lap, 17th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1973-1977 Winnipeg Clubs / Monarchs
1977-1988 Philadelphia Flyers
1978-1984 Vancouver Canucks
1984-1985 Pittsburgh Penguins
1985-1988 Philadelphia Flyers
Hershey Bears

Kevin McCarthy (born July 14, 1957 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . In his professional career, which lasted from 1977 to 1988, the defender completed over 500 games for the Philadelphia Flyers , Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League . As assistant coach, he last looked after the Nashville Predators from May 2014 to January 2020 , after winning the Stanley Cup in 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes .

Career

As a player

Kevin McCarthy was born in Winnipeg and played there in his youth for the Winnipeg Clubs / Monarchs in the Western Canada Hockey League . Meanwhile, he won the silver medal with the Canadian youth team at the Junior World Championships in 1975 . In addition, he was honored with the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy as the best defensive player in the league in 1976 and was appointed to the First All-Star Team in 1976 and 1977 . As a result, he chose the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL Amateur Draft in 1977 to 17th position in which he beginning of the 1977-78 season in the National Hockey League aground (NHL). McCarthy could not establish himself in Philadelphia, however, so that in December 1978 he and Drew Callander were handed over to the Vancouver Canucks , which in return Dennis Ververgaert was transferred to the Flyers. Due to a hip operation, the defender only came to Vancouver for the rest of the season.

Nevertheless, at the beginning of the following season 1979/80 he took over the captaincy of the Canucks, which he held for three years before it was taken over by Stan Smyl in 1982 . McCarthy spent four full seasons in Vancouver and established himself as an offensive defender, so he scored at least 40 points scorer with a top score of 55 points in the 1980/81 season, in which he also took part in the NHL All-Star Game . In January 1984 the Canucks transferred him to the Pittsburgh Penguins and received a third-round vote for the 1984 NHL Entry Draft . The Canadian was active in Pittsburgh for a year and a half without being able to build on his previous achievements.

As a free agent , McCarthy returned to the Philadelphia Flyers in July 1985, for which, however, he came only to six NHL missions over the following years. Instead, he mainly played for their farm team , the Hershey Bears , in the American Hockey League and was appointed to the First All-Star Team in 1986 . His career ended by winning the AHL playoffs for the Calder Cup with the Bears in the 1987/88 season. In total, he had come to 537 missions in his active career in the NHL and had recorded 67 goals at 258 points.

As a trainer

Already in the season 1987/88 McCarthy acted, parallel to his activity as a player, as assistant coach of the Hershey Bears in the AHL. He held the position full-time the following season before being promoted to head coach of the Bears a year later. In 1990 he returned as a scout to the Philadelphia Flyers and worked for them until 1992 when he took over the position of assistant coach with the Hartford Whalers in the NHL. He oversaw the Whalers for three seasons, followed by two further engagements as AHL head coach, from 1995 to 1997 with the Springfield Falcons and from 1997 to 1999 with the Beast of New Haven . Eventually McCarthy returned to the NHL in 1999 when he was hired as an assistant coach with the Carolina Hurricanes .

In Carolina in 2003 he met Peter Laviolette , who was introduced as the new head coach and with whom he was to work from now on. Together they won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2006 and formed the coaching staff for their subsequent engagements, namely until 2010 in Carolina, from 2010 to 2013 with the Philadelphia Flyers and from May 2014 to January 2020 with the Nashville Predators .

Achievements and Awards

As a player
As a trainer

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1973/74 Winnipeg clubs WCHL 66 5 22nd 27 65 - - - - - -
1974/75 Winnipeg clubs WCHL 66 20th 61 81 102 - - - - - -
1975/76 Winnipeg clubs WCHL 72 33 88 121 160 6th 2 9 11 8th
1976/77 Winnipeg Monarchs WCHL 72 22nd 105 127 110 7th 0 4th 4th 27
1977/78 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 62 2 15th 17th +29 32 10 0 1 1 +2 8th
1978/79 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 22nd 1 2 3 +2 21st - - - - - -
1978/79 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1 0 0 0 -2 0 - - - - - -
1979/80 Vancouver Canucks NHL 79 15th 30th 45 -5 70 4th 1 0 1 -1 0
1980/81 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 16 37 53 –11 85 3 0 1 1 -2 0
1981/82 Vancouver Canucks NHL 71 6th 39 45 +12 84 - - - - - -
1982/83 Vancouver Canucks NHL 74 12 28 40 -1 88 4th 1 1 2 +1 12
1983/84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 47 2 14th 16 -8th 61 - - - - - -
1983/84 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 31 4th 16 20th -32 52 - - - - - -
1984/85 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 64 9 10 19th -20 30th - - - - - -
1985/86 Hershey Bears AHL 64 15th 40 55 157 17th 1 10 11 12
1985/86 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 4th 0 0 0 ± 0 4th - - - - - -
1986/87 Hershey Bears AHL 74 6th 44 50 86 5 0 4th 4th 4th
1986/87 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 0 0 0 -1 0 - - - - - -
1987/88 Hershey Bears AHL 61 9 30th 39 83 12 2 6th 8th 17th
WCHL overall 276 80 276 356 437 13 2 13 15th 35
AHL total 199 30th 114 144 326 34 3 20th 23 33
NHL overall 537 67 191 258 -37 527 21st 2 3 5 ± 0 20th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1975 Canada U20 World Cup Silver medal 5 1 4th 5 6th
Juniors overall 5 1 4th 5 6th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME McCarthy, Kevin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada