Nick Beverley

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CanadaCanada  Nick Beverley Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 21, 1947
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1963-1967 Oshawa Generals
1967-1973 Boston Bruins
Oklahoma City Blazers
1973-1974 Pittsburgh Penguins
1974-1976 New York Rangers
1976-1988 Minnesota North Stars
1978 Los Angeles Kings
1978-1980 Colorado Rockies

Nicholas Gerald "Nick" Beverley (born April 21, 1947 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and - functional and current - scout . The defender completed over 500 games for a total of six teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) during his active career between 1967 and 1980 , but was also regularly used in minor leagues . He then worked as general manager of the Los Angeles Kings and as interim head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. Since 2005 he has acted as a scout for the Nashville Predators .

Career

As a player

Nick Beverley played in his youth for the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey Association , the highest junior league in his home province. With the team he won the playoffs for the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1966 and then also reached the final of the Memorial Cup , but lost to the Edmonton Oil Kings . Without being considered in an NHL amateur draft , the Boston Bruins took him under contract, for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) in March 1967 . In the course of the following four years, however, the defender was almost exclusively used by farm teams of the Bruins, with the Oklahoma City Blazers in the Central (Professional) Hockey League (C [P] HL) and with the Hershey Bears and Boston Braves in the American Hockey League (AHL). For the 1972/73 season he finally established himself in the squad of the Bruins, but was given to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Darryl Edestrand after his first full NHL season in October 1973 . The Canadian was also only active for one season in Pittsburgh, before he was transferred to the New York Rangers in May 1974 , while Vic Hadfield moved to the Penguins in return.

The Rangers should be the team for which he played his most NHL appearances, so he completed over 130 games in the jersey of the Broadway Blueshirts in the next two years . Then Beverley was given in November 1976 together with Bill Fairbairn to the Minnesota North Stars , while Bill Goldsworthy moved to New York. With the North Stars he took over the position of team captain from Bill Hogaboam for the 1977/78 season and in the same year recorded his career best in the NHL with 21 points from 57 games. Nevertheless, his time in Minnesota ended again after less than two years when he was signed by the Los Angeles Kings via the waiver in September 1978 . After almost two months and seven games with the team that he was later to oversee as general manager, the Kings sent him to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for a four-round vote in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft . The Rockies should represent the sixth and last NHL team of the Canadian, so he was selected in the NHL Expansion Draft 1979 by the Hartford Whalers , but his contract expired in the summer, so he could return to Colorado as a free agent . As a result, he played his last NHL season in the 1979/80 season and then declared his career over. Over three years later, he played two more competitive games for the New Haven Nighthawks in the AHL, when he looked after the team as head coach and stepped in as a replacement at short notice. In total, Beverley had completed 509 NHL games and recorded 113 points scorer.

As a trainer and functionary

Immediately after the end of his active career, Beverley began his career as a coach with the Houston Apollos from the CHL, before he returned ready after a year in the NHL and was hired as an assistant to head coach Parker MacDonald at the Los Angeles Kings. For the Kings, the Canadian was to be active in various roles for over ten years, so he trained their farm team from New Haven from 1982 to 1985 and then worked as a scout for three years . In 1988 he moved to management as Director of Player Personnel , where he was promoted to assistant to General Manager Rogatien Vachon in 1990 , whose position he finally took over in 1992. With him as general manager, the Kings reached the final of the Stanley Cup in the 1993 playoffs , but were subject to the Canadiens de Montréal .

For the 1994/95 season Beverley moved to the management of the Toronto Maple Leafs and thus returned to his hometown. There, too, he acted as Director of Player Personnel and Director of Professional Scouting , while in the 1995/96 season, after the dismissal of Pat Burns in early March 1996, he also held the interim position of head coach. After six years with the Maple Leafs, the Canadian spent three more seasons as assistant to General Manager Mike Smith with the Chicago Blackhawks . After the 2004/05 season, which was canceled by the lockout , he was finally hired by the Nashville Predators as a scout, for which he has been working ever since.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1963/64 Oshawa Generals OHA 3 0 1 1 4th 6th 0 0 0 0
1964/65 Oshawa Generals OHA 56 0 10 10 42 6th 0 1 1 19th
1965/66 Oshawa Generals OHA 47 0 10 10 41 17th 1 4th 5 18th
1966 Oshawa Generals Memorial Cup 14th 2 5 7th 6th
1966/67 Oshawa Generals OHA 48 8th 14th 22nd 57 - - - - - -
1966/67 Boston Bruins NHL 2 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1967/68 Oklahoma City Blazers CPHL 70 8th 20th 28 60 4th 0 0 0 17th
1968/69 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 62 3 22nd 25th 32 12 0 4th 4th 4th
1969/70 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 58 6th 24 30th 26th - - - - - -
1969/70 Boston Bruins NHL 2 0 0 0 ± 0 2 - - - - - -
1970/71 Hershey Bears AHL 70 3 23 26th 46 4th 0 0 0 2
1971/72 Boston Braves AHL 73 9 31 40 36 9 0 5 5 2
1971/72 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1972/73 Boston Bruins NHL 76 1 10 11 +7 26th 4th 0 0 0 -1 0
1973/74 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 -1 0 - - - - - -
1973/74 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 67 2 14th 16 -15 21st - - - - - -
1974/75 New York Rangers NHL 67 3 15th 18th +13 19th 3 0 1 1 +2 0
1975/76 New York Rangers NHL 63 1 8th 9 –9 46 - - - - - -
1976/77 New York Rangers NHL 9 0 0 0 ± 0 2 - - - - - -
1976/77 Minnesota North Stars NHL 52 2 17th 19th ± 0 6th - - - - - -
1977/78 Minnesota North Stars NHL 57 7th 14th 21st -1 18th - - - - - -
1978/79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 7th 0 3 3 +2 0 - - - - - -
1978/79 Colorado Rockies NHL 52 2 4th 6th -16 6th - - - - - -
1979/80 Fort Worth Texans CHL 12 0 6th 6th 4th - - - - - -
1980-1983 active as a trainer
1983/84 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - - -
OHA total 154 8th 35 43 144 29 1 5 6th 37
AHL total 145 12 55 67 82 13 0 5 5 4th
C (P) HL total 202 17th 72 89 122 18th 8th 8th 16 2
NHL overall 502 18th 94 112 -24 156 7th 0 1 1 +1 0

( 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 space Sp S. N result
1995/96 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 17th 9 6th 2 (20) 3rd, Central 6th 2 4th Conference quarterfinals lost
NHL overall 17th 9 6th 2 20th 0 division title 6th 2 4th 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Beverley, Nick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beverley, Nicholas Gerald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach, official and scout
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada