Larry Hillman

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Larry Hillman
Date of birth February 5, 1937
place of birth Kirkland Lake , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 82 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1952-1953 Windsor Spitfires
1953-1955 Hamilton Tiger Cubs
1955-1957 Detroit Red Wings
1957-1959 Boston Bruins
1959-1960 Providence Reds
1960-1968 Toronto Maple Leafs
1968 Minnesota North Stars
1968-1969 Canadiens de Montréal
1969-1971 Philadelphia Flyers
1971 Los Angeles Kings
1971-1973 Buffalo Sabers
1973-1975 Cleveland Crusaders
1975-1976 Winnipeg Jets

Lawrence Morley "Larry" Hillman (born February 5, 1937 in Kirkland Lake , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and official who played 865 games for the Detroit Red Wings , among other things, in the course of his active career between 1952 and 1976 Boston Bruins , Toronto Maple Leafs , Minnesota North Stars , Montreal Canadiens , Philadelphia Flyers , Los Angeles Kings and Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League and 209 more for the Cleveland Crusaders and Winnipeg Jets in the World Hockey Association on the position of the defender denied Has. Hillman is one of the few players that both the Stanley Cup NHL and the Avco World Trophy and the WHA the Calder Cup of the American Hockey League won in their careers. After retiring, he worked briefly as a trainer and general manager in the WHA for the Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Cowboys .

Career

Larry Hillman began his career as a hockey player in the Ontario Hockey Association, where he was active from 1952 to 1955 for the Windsor Spitfires and the Hamilton Tiger Cubs . During the 1954/55 season he made his debut for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League , for which he played in six regular season games and three playoff games and with which he immediately won the prestigious Stanley Cup . In the following season, the defender moved with his team in the Stanley Cup final, but where they lost to the Canadiens de Montréal . After he ran up in the 1956/57 season mainly for Detroit's farm team , the Edmonton Flyers from the Western Hockey League , he left the Michigan team and joined their league rivals Boston Bruins , for whom he spent the following three seasons in the NHL and with which he again failed in the 1957/58 season in the Stanley Cup final at Montréal.

In the summer of 1960 Hillman was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs , with whom he won the Stanley Cup four times over the next eight years. He also played regularly for their farm teams from the American Hockey League , the Springfield Indians and the Rochester Americans , where he won the Calder Cup three times with Rochester . During the 1968/69 season, the Canadian was initially on the ice for the Oakland Seals and finally the Montréal Canadiens. With the latter he won the Stanley Cup for the sixth and last time in his career. In the following years, the left-shooter played for the Philadelphia Flyers , Los Angeles Kings and Buffalo Sabers in the NHL, before moving to the competing World Hockey Association in 1973 , where he first spent two seasons for the Cleveland Crusaders and then for a year for the Winnipeg Jets ran up, where he won the Avco World Trophy with the Jets in the 1975/76 season . After this success, he ended his active career.

Even after his career as a player, Hillman remained loyal to the Winnipeg Jets after serving as general manager of the Calgary Cowboys for a year . For the 1977/78 season he took over as head coach and led her again to win the Avco World Trophy. In the course of the following season he retired from ice hockey. During the Heroes of Hockey Game held in Toronto in 2000 , the former defender for the Toronto Heroes of Hockey participated.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1952/53 Windsor Spitfires OHA Jr. 56 2 4th 6th 39 - - - - -
1953/54 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA Jr. 58 6th 14th 20th 99 7th 0 2 2 10
1954/55 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA Jr. 49 5 20th 25th 106 3 0 1 1 9
1954/55 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6th 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0
1955/56 Detroit Red Wings NHL 47 0 3 3 53 10 0 1 1 6th
1955/56 Buffalo bison AHL 15th 1 3 4th 21st - - - - -
1956/57 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 1 2 3 4th - - - - -
1956/57 Edmonton Flyers WHL 46 4th 2 6th 87 8th 0 4th 4th 2
1957/58 Boston Bruins NHL 70 3 19th 22nd 60 11 0 2 2 6th
1958/59 Boston Bruins NHL 55 3 10 13 19th 7th 0 1 1 0
1959/60 Boston Bruins NHL 2 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1959/60 Providence Reds AHL 70 12 31 43 159 5 0 1 1 4th
1960/61 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 62 3 10 13 59 5 0 0 0 0
1961/62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 5 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
1961/62 Rochester Americans AHL 26th 1 14th 15th 16 - - - - -
1962/63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 5 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1962/63 Springfield Indians AHL 65 5 23 28 56 - - - - -
1963/64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 33 0 4th 4th 31 11 0 0 0 2
1963/64 Rochester Americans AHL 32 1 18th 19th 48 - - - - -
1964/65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1964/65 Rochester Americans AHL 71 9 43 52 98 10 3 5 8th 31
1965/66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 48 3 25th 28 34 4th 1 1 2 6th
1965/66 Rochester Americans AHL 22nd 2 20th 22nd 34 - - - - -
1966/67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 55 4th 19th 23 40 12 1 2 3 6th
1966/67 Rochester Americans AHL 12 1 12 13 16 - - - - -
1967/68 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 55 3 17th 20th 13 - - - - -
1967/68 Rochester Americans AHL 6th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1968/69 Minnesota North Stars NHL 12 1 5 6th 0 - - - - -
1968/69 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 25th 0 5 5 17th 1 0 0 0 0
1969/70 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 76 5 26th 31 73 - - - - -
1970/71 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 73 3 13 16 39 4th 0 2 2 2
1971/72 Los Angeles Kings NHL 22nd 1 2 3 11 - - - - -
1971/72 Buffalo Sabers NHL 43 1 11 12 58 - - - - -
1972/73 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 5 24 29 56 6th 0 0 0 8th
1973/74 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 44 5 21st 26th 37 - - - - -
1974/75 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 77 0 16 16 83 5 1 3 4th 8th
1975/76 Winnipeg Jets WHA 71 1 12 13 62 12 0 2 2 32
OHA Jr. total 163 13 38 51 244 10 0 3 3 19th
AHL total 319 32 165 197 448 15th 3 6th 9 35
NHL overall 791 36 196 232 579 74 2 9 11 30th
WHA total 192 6th 49 55 182 17th 1 5 6th 32

( 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 )

WHA coach statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U Pt space Sp S. N result
1977/78 Winnipeg Jets WHA 80 50 28 2 102 1., WHA 9 8th 1 Victory in the playoff final
1978/79 Winnipeg Jets WHA 61 28 27 6th (62) 3rd, WHA Dismissed during the season
WHA total 141 78 55 8th 164 0 division title 9 8th 1 1 Avco World Trophy

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

family

His older brother Floyd and younger brother Wayne are also former NHL players. Hillman's nephew Brian Savage also played in the NHL for a long time.

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personal data
SURNAME Hillman, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hillman, Lawrance; Hillman, Lawrence Morley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirkland Lake , Ontario , Canada