Orland Kurtenbach

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CanadaCanada  Orland Kurtenbach Ice hockey player
Orland Kurtenbach
Date of birth September 7, 1936
place of birth Cudworth , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 83 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1953-1957 Prince Albert Mintos
1957-1958 Vancouver Canucks
1958-1959 Buffalo bison
1959-1961 Vancouver Canucks
Springfield Indians
1961 New York Rangers
1961–1962 Boston Bruins
Providence Reds
1962-1963 San Francisco Seals
1963-1965 Boston Bruins
1965-1966 Toronto Maple Leafs
1966-1970 New York Rangers
1970-1974 Vancouver Canucks

Orland John Kurtenbach (born September 7, 1936 in Cudworth , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach . The Center denied 1961-1974, among others, more than 600 appearances for the New York Rangers , Boston Bruins , Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League . His career is linked in particular to the Canucks, for whom he was already on the ice in the Western Hockey League , which he led as the first NHL captain and which he supervised after his active career as head coach.

Career

As a player

Beginnings

Orland Kurtenbach spent his junior career with the Prince Albert Mintos in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League , which at that time was the highest junior league in its home province. He ran for the team between 1953 and 1957, taking part in the Memorial Cup on loan with the Flin Flon Bombers in 1956 and 1957 and winning the trophy in 1957. At the same time, he gained his first professional experience in the Saskatoon Quakers jersey in the Western Hockey League (WHL). For the 1957/58 season, the attacker moved permanently to the WHL and ran for the first time for the Vancouver Canucks , for which he recorded 54 scorer points in 52 games and was therefore named Rookie of the Year in the Coast Division . The following year he spent in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Buffalo Bisons , but then returned to the Vancouver Canucks , along with other AHL appearances for the Springfield Indians . With the team from the Pacific Northwest, the Canadian then won the WHL playoffs of 1960 for the Lester Patrick Cup . In addition, he had already played his first ten games for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL) in February and March 1961 .

NHL

In June 1961 Kurtenbach was committed to the NHL Intra-League Draft by the Boston Bruins , but they mainly used it in their AHL farm team , the Providence Reds . After a year in Boston, he returned to the WHL when he and Eddie Panagabko were given to the San Francisco Seals , while the Bruins received Larry McNabb and a financial return. With the Seals, the center won his second Lester Patrick Cup in the 1962/63 season, while he recorded 87 points in 70 games and was then committed again for financial consideration by the Boston Bruins. In the second attempt he established himself in their NHL line-up and was primarily used in a series of attacks with Dean Prentice and Andy Hebenton . Together with Hebenton and Pat Stapleton , the Bruins finally sent him to the Toronto Maple Leafs in June 1965 , which in return transferred Ron Stewart to Boston.

After a season in Toronto, Kurtenbach returned in June 1966 via the Intra-League Draft to the New York Rangers, where he appeared again as a regular scorer in the following four years and only briefly with the Buffalo Bisons and the Omaha Knights from the Central Hockey League was used. When the Vancouver Canucks joined the NHL for the 1970/71 season, they used the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft to sign the center forward one more time. At the Canucks, he promptly took over the office of team captain and achieved his career best in the NHL with 61 points in the 1971/72 season. In the same year he was honored for his social commitment with the Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award . After the 1973/74 season, Kurtenbach announced the end of his active career, in which he had played a total of 659 NHL games and recorded 338 points scorer. There were also over 200 WHL games, where he ended his career in this league with a point average of over 1.0.

As a trainer

CanadaCanada  Orland Kurtenbach
Coaching stations
1974-1975 Seattle totems
1975-1976 Tulsa Oilers
1976-1988 Vancouver Canucks
1982-1983 Springfield Indians

Immediately after his active career, Kurtenbach began his coaching career for the 1974/75 season with the Seattle Totems in the CHL. After a year he moved within the league to the Tulsa Oilers , as their head coach he received the 1976 Jake Milford Trophy as coach of the year at the CHL. He held this position until December 1976 when he returned to the Vancouver Canucks, where he succeeded the dismissed Phil Maloney . Kurtenbach looked after the Canucks for one and a half seasons, where he missed the playoffs with the team and was replaced by Harry Neale after the 1977/78 season . This was followed by a longer hiatus before he took over the Springfield Indians from the AHL in the 1982/83 season, but only worked there for one year. As a result, he coached the Richmond Sockeyes from a regional junior league in British Columbia twice between 1986 and 1990 before he finally retired from ice hockey.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1953/54 Prince Albert Mintos SJHL 47 29 40 69 48 15th 11 10 21st 14th
1954/55 Prince Albert Mintos SJHL 48 30th 41 71 57 10 8th 7th 15th 0
1954/55 Saskatoon Quakers WHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - - -
1955/56 Prince Albert Mintos SJHL 43 41 38 79 66 12 5 12 17th 13
1956 Flin Flon Bombers Memorial Cup 5 1 3 4th 2
1955/56 Saskatoon Quakers WHL 3 0 0 0 4th 2 0 0 0 0
1956/57 Prince Albert Mintos SJHL 50 48 54 102 115 13 5 11 16 13
1957 Flin Flon Bombers Memorial Cup 5 1 3 4th 2
1957/58 Vancouver Canucks WHL 52 15th 39 54 58 8th 3 3 6th 8th
1958/59 Buffalo bison AHL 70 9 14th 23 73 7th 0 0 0 0
1959/60 Springfield Indians AHL 14th 0 6th 6th 17th - - - - - -
1959/60 Vancouver Canucks WHL 42 11 27 38 51 11 1 5 6th 11
1960/61 Vancouver Canucks WHL 55 20th 27 47 31 - - - - - -
1960/61 New York Rangers NHL 11 0 6th 6th -2 2 - - - - - -
1961/62 Providence Reds AHL 64 31 33 64 51 3 1 1 2 5
1961/62 Boston Bruins NHL 8th 0 0 0 -4 6th - - - - - -
1962/63 San Francisco Seals WHL 70 30th 57 87 94 17th 4th 13 17th 51
1963/64 Boston Bruins NHL 70 12 25th 37 ± 0 91 - - - - - -
1964/65 Boston Bruins NHL 64 6th 20th 26th -23 91 - - - - - -
1965/66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 9 6th 15th +6 54 4th 0 0 0 ± 0 20th
1966/67 New York Rangers NHL 60 11 25th 36 ± 0 58 3 0 2 2 -3 0
1967/68 New York Rangers NHL 73 15th 20th 35 +4 82 6th 1 0 1 -4 26th
1968/69 Omaha Knights CHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - - -
1968/69 New York Rangers NHL 2 0 0 0 ± 0 2 - - - - - -
1969/70 Buffalo bison AHL 6th 1 5 6th 2 - - - - - -
1969/70 New York Rangers NHL 53 4th 10 14th +4 47 6th 1 2 3 -2 24
1970/71 Vancouver Canucks NHL 52 21st 32 53 -3 84 - - - - - -
1971/72 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 24 37 61 -1 48 - - - - - -
1972/73 Vancouver Canucks NHL 47 9 19th 28 -14 38 - - - - - -
1973/74 Vancouver Canucks NHL 52 8th 13 21st -30 30th - - - - - -
SJHL overall 188 148 173 321 286 50 29 40 69 40
AHL total 154 41 58 99 143 10 1 1 2 5
WHL overall 223 76 150 226 238 38 8th 21st 29 70
NHL overall 640 119 213 332 -63 633 19th 2 4th 6th –9 70

( 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
1976/77 Vancouver Canucks NHL 45 16 19th 10 42 4th, Smythe - - - not qualified
1977/78 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 20th 43 17th 57 3rd, Smythe - - - not qualified
NHL overall 125 36 62 27 99 0 division title - - - 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 Kurtenbach, Orland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kurtenbach, Orland John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Cudworth , Saskatchewan , Canada