Larry Pleau
 Larry Pleau 
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| Date of birth | June 29, 1947 |
| place of birth | Boston , Massachusetts , USA |
| size | 185 cm |
| Weight | 84 kg |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| 1963-1964 | Montreal NDG Monarchs |
| 1964-1967 | Montréal Junior Canadiens |
| 1967-1968 | Team USA |
| 1968-1969 | Jersey Devils |
| 1969-1972 | Montréal Canadiens |
| 1972-1979 | New England Whalers |
Lawrence Winslow "Larry" Pleau (born June 29, 1947 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player (center) and coach, who from 1969 to 1979 for the Montréal Canadiens in the National Hockey League and the New England Whalers played in the World Hockey Association . Most recently he was General Manager of the St. Louis Blues .
Career
He spent his junior years with the Montréal Junior Canadiens in the OHA . In 1967/68 he and the American team prepared for the 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble . In this tournament he reached sixth place with his team and had six points scorer.
It followed a year with the Jersey Devils in the WHL before he was in the squad of the Montréal Canadiens from the 1969/70 season. Most of the time he played on the farm team with the Montreal Voyageurs in the American Hockey League . After three years in Montreal, he returned to his hometown of Boston. In the newly formed World Hockey Association he played for the New England Whalers . He remained loyal to the team throughout the seven years that the WHA had existed. In the first WHA season he won the WHA championship, the Avco World Trophy, with the Whalers .
After his active career, he was first assistant coach and later head coach of the Hartford Whalers , which now played in the NHL. For many years he held various positions with the Whalers. In addition to the coaching job, he was also general manager and trainer for the farm team, the Binghamton Whalers .
After 17 years with the Whalers, he joined the New York Rangers as Vice President , before accepting the job of General Manager for the St. Louis Blues in 1997. For the 2010/11 season he was replaced by Doug Armstrong .
In 2000 he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame .
Achievements and Awards
- 1973 Avco World Trophy win with the New England Whalers
- 1987 Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
- 2002 Lester Patrick Trophy
statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| NHL Regular Season | 3 | 97 | 9 | 15th | 24 | 22nd |
| NHL playoffs | 1 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WHA regular season | 7th | 468 | 157 | 215 | 372 | 180 |
| WHA playoffs | 7th | 66 | 29 | 22nd | 51 | 42 |
Web links
- Larry Pleau at hockeydb.com (English)
- Larry Pleau at legendsofhockey.net (English)
Head coach: Don Blackburn (1979–1981) | Larry Pleau (1981-1982) | Larry Kish (1982-1983) | Larry Pleau (1983) | John Cunniff (1983) | Jack Evans (1983-1988) | Larry Pleau (1988-1989) | Rick Ley (1989-1991) | Jim Roberts (1991-1992) | Paul Holmgren (1992-1993) | Pierre McGuire (1993-1994) | Paul Holmgren (1994-1995) | Paul Maurice (1995-1997)
General Manager: Jack Kelley (1979–1981) | Larry Pleau (1981-1983) | Emile Francis (1983-1989) | Eddie Johnston (1989-1992) | Brian Burke (1992-1993) | Paul Holmgren (1993-1994) | Jim Rutherford (1994-1997)
Head Coach: Lynn Patrick (1967) | Scotty Bowman (1967-1970) | Al Arbor (1970-1971) | Scotty Bowman (1971) | Sid Abel (1971) | Bill McCreary (1971) | Al Arbor (1971-1972) | Jean-Guy Talbot (1972–1974) | Lou Angotti (1974) | Lynn Patrick (1974) | Garry Young (1974-1975) | Lynn Patrick (1975-1976) | Leo Boivin (1976) | Emile Francis (1976-1977) | Leo Boivin (1977–1978) | Barclay Plager (1978–1979) | Red Berenson (1979-1982) | Emile Francis (1982) | Barclay Plager (1982-1983) | Jacques Demers (1983–1986) | Jacques Martin (1986–1988) | Brian Sutter (1988-1992) | Bob Plager (1992) | Bob Berry (1992-1994) | Mike Keenan (1994-1996) | Jim Roberts (1996-1997) | Joel Quenneville (1997-2004) | Mike Kitchen (2004-2006) | Andy Murray (2006-2010) | Davis Payne (2010-2011) | Ken Hitchcock (2011-2017) | Mike Yeo (2017-2018) | Craig Berube (since 2018)
General Manager: Lynn Patrick (1967–1968) | Scotty Bowman (1968-1971) | Lynn Patrick (1971–1972) | Sid Abel (1972–1973) | Charles Catto (1973–1974) | Garry Ehman (1974-1975) | Dennis Ball (1975–1976) | Emile Francis (1976-1983) | Ron Caron (1983-1994) | Mike Keenan (1994-1996) | Ron Caron (1996-1997) | Larry Pleau (1997-2010) | Doug Armstrong (since 2010)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pleau, Larry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pleau, Lawrence Winslow (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player, coach and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston , Massachusetts |