Larry Robinson

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CanadaCanada  Larry Robinson Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1995
Larry Robinson
Date of birth June 2, 1951
place of birth Winchester , Ontario , Canada
size 196 cm
Weight 102 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1971 , 2nd lap, 20th position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1969-1970 Brockville Braves
1970-1971 Kitchener Rangers
1971-1973 Nova Scotia Voyageurs
1973-1989 Canadiens de Montréal
1989-1992 Los Angeles Kings

Larry Clark Robinson (* 2. June 1951 in Winchester , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and current - trainer , who during his playing career from 1970 to 1992, among other things for the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League played . In the service of the Canadiens de Montréal, where Robinson spent most of his career, Robinson won the Stanley Cup six times as a player between 1973 and 1986 . He has also received numerous individual awards, including the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1978 and induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995. In his subsequent coaching career, he won the Stanley Cup three more times with the New Jersey Devils . He has since been employed as an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils.

Career

Player career

Up until the 1960s, many players like Eddie Shore , Gordie Howe or Bobby Hull played in the National Hockey League who had grown up on a farm in the country. When Larry Robinson's career began in the 1970s, it was rather the exception. Shortly after he was able to run, his parents put him on ice skates, but it wasn't until he was eight that he joined a school team. As is customary in the country, he married young and by the time he played in the Junior League in Kitchener he was already a father. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1971 he was drafted 20th in the second round by the Canadiens de Montréal , the same year in which the Canadiens brought Guy Lafleur in first overall position . The Canadiens were reigning Stanley Cup winners and had an excellent defense. You had to be a star to earn a place on this team and Robinson, who was both physically and technically strong, was made a star in the American Hockey League at the Nova Scotia Voyageurs by his coach Al MacNeil .

With the Canadiens, he formed along with Guy Lapointe and Serge Savard , the "Big Three" and his spectacular body check in the finals in 1976 against Philadelphia's warhorse Gary Dornhoefer is considered crucial moment in which the Canadiens around tore the helm and this year the Stanley Cup brought . For Robinson it was the second title win after 1973 and in the following years 1977 , 1978 and 1979 he was again allowed to hold the cup in his hands. Larry had an incredible presence on the ice and he was respected a lot. It is usually enough if he intervenes in an argument to calm the mind. After his sixth cup win in 1986, he moved to the Los Angeles Kings . In Team Canada he played in the Canada Cup in 1976 , 1981 and 1987 .

Coaching career

After retiring, he was assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils for two years . From 1995 to 1999 he returned to the Los Angeles Kings as a coach for three years . The next station was again with the Devils where he was again assistant coach, but at the end of the season the team took over and won the 2000 Stanley Cup . In 2002 he ended his coaching career there, but came back in the summer of 2005 and replaced the sick Pat Burns . On December 19, 2005, he resigned because he himself noticed that he was getting health problems from the stress, but was still active as an assistant coach for the Devils. In summer 2012 he left New Jersey to work as assistant coach and director of player development at the San Jose Sharks . As assistant coach to Todd McLellan , he was dismissed together with him after the 2014/15 season, but remained in the position of Director of Player Development . He has been a consultant for the St. Louis Blues since summer 2018 .

In 1995 he was honored with the admission to the Hockey Hall of Fame and on November 19, 2007, the Canadiens de Montréal hung his jersey number 19 as a banner on the ceiling of the Bell Center , which is therefore no longer given to any player in the franchise .

Achievements and Awards

As a player

International

  • 1981 World Championship All-Star Team
  • 1984 gold medal at the Canada Cup

As a trainer

  • 1995 Stanley Cup win with the New Jersey Devils (as assistant coach)
  • 2000 Stanley Cup win with the New Jersey Devils
  • 2003 Stanley Cup win with the New Jersey Devils (as assistant coach)

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1969/70 Brockville Braves CJHL 40 22nd 29 51 74 - - - - -
1969/70 Ottawa M&W Rangers CJHL - - - - - 5 2 1 3 2
1970/71 Kitchener Rangers OHA Jr. 61 12 39 51 65 4th 1 2 3 5
1971/72 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 74 10 14th 24 54 15th 2 10 12 31
1972/73 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 38 6th 33 39 33 - - - - -
1972/73 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 36 2 4th 6th 20th 11 1 4th 5 9
1973/74 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 78 6th 20th 26th 66 6th 0 1 1 26th
1974/75 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 80 14th 47 61 76 11 0 4th 4th 27
1975/76 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 80 10 30th 40 59 13 3 3 6th 10
1976/77 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 77 19th 66 85 45 14th 2 10 12 12
1977/78 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 80 13 52 65 39 15th 4th 17th 21st 6th
1978/79 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 67 16 45 61 33 16 6th 9 15th 8th
1979/80 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 72 14th 61 75 39 10 0 4th 4th 2
1980/81 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 65 12 38 50 37 3 0 1 1 2
1981/82 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 71 12 47 59 41 5 0 1 1 8th
1982/83 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 71 14th 49 63 33 3 0 0 0 2
1983/84 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 74 9 34 43 39 15th 0 5 5 22nd
1984/85 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 76 13 34 47 44 12 3 8th 11 8th
1985/86 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 78 19th 63 82 39 20th 0 13 13 22nd
1986/87 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 70 13 37 50 44 17th 3 17th 20th 6th
1987/88 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 53 6th 34 40 30th 11 1 4th 5 4th
1988/89 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 74 4th 26th 30th 22nd 21st 2 8th 10 12
1989/90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 64 7th 32 39 34 10 2 3 5 10
1990/91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 62 1 22nd 23 16 12 1 4th 5 15th
1991/92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 56 3 10 13 37 2 0 0 0 0
AHL total 112 16 47 63 87 15th 2 10 12 31
NHL overall 1384 207 751 958 793 227 28 116 144 211

International

Represented Canada to:

Represented the National Hockey League at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1976 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 7th 0 0 0 0
1979 NHL All-Stars Challenge Cup - 3 1 0 1 0
1981 Canada WM 4th Place 6th 1 1 2 2
1981 Canada Canada Cup 2nd place 7th 0 1 1 2
1984 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 8th 1 2 3 2
Men overall 31 3 4th 7th 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 )

NHL coaching statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U OTN Pt space Sp S. N result
1995/96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 24 40 18th - 66 6th, Pacific - - - not qualified
1996/97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 28 43 11 - 67 6th, Pacific - - - not qualified
1997/98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 38 33 11 - 87 2nd, Pacific 4th 0 4th Conference quarterfinals lost
1998/99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 32 45 5 - 69 5th, Pacific - - - not qualified
1999/00 New Jersey Devils NHL 8th 4th 4th 0 0 (8th) 2nd, Atlantic 23 16 7th Victory in the Stanley Cup final
2000/01 New Jersey Devils NHL 82 48 19th 12 3 111 1st, Atlantic 25th 15th 10 Defeat in the Stanley Cup final
2001/02 New Jersey Devils NHL 51 21st 20th 7th 3 (52) 3rd, Atlantic Dismissed during the season
2005/06 New Jersey Devils NHL 32 14th 13 0 5 (33) 1st, Atlantic Resignation during the season
NHL overall 501 209 217 64 11 493 1 division title 52 31 21st 1 Stanley Cup

( 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 )

Web links

Commons : Larry Robinson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ESPN : Six-time Stanley Cup champ Robinson has No. 19 retired by Habs
personal data
SURNAME Robinson, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robinson, Larry Clark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Winchester , Ontario