Lorne Henning

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CanadaCanada  Lorne Henning Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 22, 1952
place of birth Melfort , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1972 , 2nd round, 17th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1968-1971 Estevan Bruins
1971-1972 New Westminster Bruins
1972-1981 New York Islanders

Lorne Edward Henning (born February 22, 1952 in Melfort , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach as well as current - functional . The center played over 600 games for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League between 1972 and 1981 and won the Stanley Cup twice with the team . He then looked after the Minnesota North Stars and the Islanders as head coach and was employed as an assistant coach for other NHL teams. He later held various positions for the Vancouver Canucks before taking over as sports director at Genève-Servette HC in 2016 .

Career

As a player

Lorne Henning began his junior career in his home country Saskatchewan with the Estevan Bruins from the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), the region's highest junior division. In the 1970/71 season, the center scored 130 points in 66 games and was therefore elected to the Second All-Star Team and awarded the Brad Hornung Trophy as the fairest player in the league. After being with the Bruins for New Westminster was changed, who chose him New York Islanders in the NHL Amateur Draft in 1972 to 17th position.

Apart from a few appearances with the New Haven Nighthawks in the American Hockey League and the Fort Worth Wings in the Central Hockey League , Henning promptly established himself in the National Hockey League (NHL). With the Islanders he took on defensive tasks in the course of the following seasons, for example he was regularly used in the underpowered game . The attacker achieved his best offensive statistic with 33 points from 73 games in the 1978/79 season, before winning the first Stanley Cup in franchise history with the team in the 1980 playoffs . He repeated this success with the Islanders the following year, with the Canadian already temporarily working as an assistant coach and only completing ten games in the entire season. After the season 1980/81 Henning ended his active career, in which he had played a total of 624 games in the NHL and recorded 198 points scorer.

As a trainer

CanadaCanada  Lorne Henning
Coaching stations
1980-1984 New York Islanders (assistant coach)
1984-1985 Springfield Indians
1985-1987 Minnesota North Stars
1989-1994 New York Islanders (assistant coach)
1994-1995 New York Islanders
1995-1998 Chicago Blackhawks (assistant coach)
1999-2001 New York Islanders (assistant coach)
2002-2004 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (assistant coach)

Immediately after the end of his active career, Henning continued to work as assistant coach for the team and won two more Stanley Cups in this role, so that he was represented at all four consecutive championships in the Isles dynasty . In 1984 he took over the position of head coach of the Springfield Indians from the AHL, New York's new farm team , before returning to the NHL after a year and was named the new head coach of the Minnesota North Stars . He led the North Stars into the playoffs in his first year, but missed them in his second season and was sacked two games before the end of the regular season. After a brief hiatus, the Canadian returned to the Islanders as an assistant in 1989 and took over the position of head coach there after another five years. The 1994/95 season , which was shortened by the lockout , ended the team under his leadership in last place in the division, so that he was replaced by Mike Milbury after one season .

Henning then took over as assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks for three years , before returning to the Islanders for the last time in 1999 when he was hired as an assistant to Butch Goring and replaced him on an interim basis after his dismissal at the end of the 2000/01 season. After two more years as an assistant coach at the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the subsequent lockout of the 2004/05 season , Henning withdrew from the coaching business and gradually switched to management.

As a functionary

After a year as a scout with the Vancouver Canucks , Henning was appointed Director of Player Personnel for the 2006/07 season , before becoming Assistant General Manager in 2008. In this role he reached the 2011 Stanley Cup final with the Canucks , but lost to the Boston Bruins . After the season 2014/15 ended his time in Vancouver so that it in 2016 as the new sporting director at the Geneva-Servette HC of the Swiss National League A was introduced. From then on he managed the sporting fortunes of the club together with Chris McSorley and Mike Gillis .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1981 Stanley Cup win with the New York Islanders
  • 1982 Stanley Cup win with the New York Islanders (as assistant coach)
  • 1983 Stanley Cup win with the New York Islanders (as assistant coach)

Career statistics

Player statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1968/69 Estevan Bruins WCHL 60 27 27 54 20th 10 3 3 6th 0
1969/70 Estevan Bruins WCHL 60 40 52 92 33 5 1 1 2 0
1970/71 Estevan Bruins WCHL 66 64 66 130 41 7th 5 10 15th 7th
1971/72 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 60 51 63 114 29 5 3 1 4th 7th
1972/73 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 4th 0 2 2 2 - - - - - -
1972/73 New York Islanders NHL 63 7th 19th 26th -27 14th - - - - - -
1973/74 Fort Worth Wings CHL 8th 4th 6th 10 4th - - - - - -
1973/74 New York Islanders NHL 60 12 15th 27 –7 6th - - - - - -
1974/75 New York Islanders NHL 60 5 6th 11 +7 6th 17th 0 2 2 -1 0
1975/76 New York Islanders NHL 80 7th 10 17th +6 16 13 2 0 2 ± 0 2
1976/77 New York Islanders NHL 80 13 18th 31 +21 10 12 0 1 1 +1 0
1977/78 New York Islanders NHL 79 12 15th 27 +10 6th 7th 0 0 0 ± 0 4th
1978/79 New York Islanders NHL 73 13 20th 33 +17 14th 10 2 0 2 ± 0 0
1979/80 New York Islanders NHL 39 3 6th 9 -10 6th 21st 3 4th 7th +5 2
1980/81 New York Islanders NHL 9 1 2 3 +4 24 1 0 0 0 +2 0
WCHL overall 246 182 208 390 123 27 12 15th 27 14th
NHL overall 543 73 111 184 +21 102 81 7th 7th 14th +7 8th

( 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 Pt Pt% Place (division) Sp S. N result
1985/86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 38 33 9 85 .531 2. ( Norris ) 5 2 3 Conference quarterfinals
1986/87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 30th 39 9 69 .442 dismiss
1994/95 New York Islanders NHL 48 15th 28 5 35 .365 7. ( Atlantic ) not qualified
2000/01 New York Islanders NHL 17th 4th 11 2 10 .294 5. (Atlantic) not qualified
NHL overall 223 87 111 25th 199 .446 0 division title 5 2 3 0 Stanley Cups

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Le Genève-Servette Hockey Club renforce son Conseil d'Administration et affirme ses ambitions. gshc.ch, June 14, 2016, accessed on May 29, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Henning, Lorne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henning, Lorne Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Melfort , Saskatchewan , Canada