Phil Esposito

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Flag of Canada and Italy.svg  Phil Esposito Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1984
Phil Esposito
Date of birth February 20, 1942
place of birth Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1961–1962 St. Catharines Teepees
1962-1964 St. Louis Braves
1964-1967 Chicago Black Hawks
1967-1975 Boston Bruins
1975-1981 New York Rangers

Philip Anthony "Phil" Esposito , OC (born February 20, 1942 in Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario ) is a former Italo - Canadian ice hockey player , coach and official who played 1412 games during his active career between 1963 and 1981 for the Chicago Black Hawks , Boston Bruins and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Esposito is one of the most successful players of the 1970s and one of the best players in the NHL at all. During his 18 seasons in the NHL, he won the Stanley Cup in 1970 and 1972 for the Boston Bruins . He has also received numerous awards, culminating in his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984. After retiring , Esposito served as general manager of the New York Rangers, which he also trained in two short terms, and the Tampa Bay Lightning .

Career

Esposito in 2012

Esposito played with Roger Crozier during his junior years with the St. Catharines Teepees in the Ontario Hockey Association . After his time as a junior, he found it difficult to make the leap into the NHL. He played in the Eastern Professional Hockey League , especially for the St. Louis Braves, and moved with the team to the Central Professional Hockey League .

After strong performances with 80 points in the first 43 games, the Chicago Blackhawks brought him into the NHL during the 1963/64 season . However, there he was unable to build on his previous achievements straight away. Even when he played in a row with Bobby Hull , he lacked the trust of his coach Billy Reay . After four acceptable years in Chicago, he was given to the Boston Bruins .

In Boston he made the breakthrough to one of the great stars of the NHL from the 1967/68 season . After 86 points in his first year, he was the first player to reach the 100 point mark with 126 points the following year. Together with his teammate Bobby Orr , he dominated the league. In the 1969/70 season he led the Bruins back to a Stanley Cup victory after 29 years . He repeated this success in the 1971/72 season .

During the 1975/76 season he was sold to the New York Rangers . He played there until 1981. But he could no longer build on the successes in Boston.

From 1986 to 1998 he was General Manager of New York Rangers. During this time he helped out twice as a trainer. In 1992, he became the first general manager to take over the newly established Tampa Bay Lightning franchise .

Achievements and Awards

International

Records

  • 550 shots on goal in one season (78 games; 1970/71 )
  • 3 majority goals in a playoff game (April 2, 1969; Bruins - Maple Leafs 10-0; together with nine other players )
  • 76 goals in one season for the Boston Bruins (1970/71)
  • 152 points in one season for the Boston Bruins (76 goals and 76 assists; 1970/71)
  • 7 points in a game for the Boston Bruins (December 19, 1974; together with three other players )

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1959/60 Sault Ste. Marie Algoma NOJHA
1960/61 Sarnia Legionnaires OHA-B 32 47 61 108
1961/62 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds EPHL 6th 0 3 3 2 - - - - -
1961/62 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 49 32 39 71 54 6th 1 4th 5 9
1962/63 Syracuse / St. Louis Braves EPHL 71 36 54 90 51 - - - - -
1963/64 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 27 3 2 5 2 4th 0 0 0 0
1963/64 St. Louis Braves CPHL 43 26th 54 80 65 - - - - -
1964/65 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 23 32 55 44 13 3 3 6th 15th
1965/66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 69 27 26th 53 49 6th 1 1 2 2
1966/67 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 69 21st 40 61 40 6th 0 0 0 7th
1967/68 Boston Bruins NHL 74 35 49 84 21st 4th 0 3 3 0
1968/69 Boston Bruins NHL 74 49 77 126 79 10 8th 10 18th 8th
1969/70 Boston Bruins NHL 76 43 56 99 50 14th 13 14th 27 16
1970/71 Boston Bruins NHL 78 76 76 152 71 7th 3 7th 10 6th
1971/72 Boston Bruins NHL 76 66 67 133 76 15th 9 15th 24 24
1972/73 Boston Bruins NHL 78 55 75 130 87 2 0 1 1 2
1973/74 Boston Bruins NHL 78 68 77 145 58 16 9 5 14th 25th
1974/75 Boston Bruins NHL 79 61 66 127 62 3 4th 1 5 0
1975/76 Boston Bruins NHL 12 6th 10 16 8th - - - - -
1975/76 New York Rangers NHL 62 29 38 67 28 - - - - -
1976/77 New York Rangers NHL 80 34 46 80 52 - - - - -
1977/78 New York Rangers NHL 79 38 43 81 53 3 0 1 1 5
1978/79 New York Rangers NHL 80 42 36 78 37 18th 8th 12 20th 20th
1979/80 New York Rangers NHL 80 34 44 78 73 9 3 3 6th 8th
1980/81 New York Rangers NHL 41 7th 13 20th 20th - - - - -
EPHL overall 77 36 57 93 53 - - - - -
NHL overall 1282 717 873 1590 910 130 61 76 137 138

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1972 Canada Summit Series 1st place 8th 7th 6th 13 15th
1976 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 7th 4th 3 7th 0
1977 Canada WM 4th Place 10 7th 3 10 14th
Men overall 25th 18th 12 30th 29

( 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
1986/87 New York Rangers NHL 43 24 19th 0 (48) 4th, Patrick 6th 2 4th Loss in the division semi-finals
1988/89 New York Rangers NHL 2 0 2 0 (0) 3rd, Patrick 4th 0 4th Loss in the division semi-finals
NHL overall 45 24 21st 0 48 0 division title 10 2 8th 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

Commons : Phil Esposito  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ lightning.nhl.com, Bolt from the blue: Enrico Ciccone
personal data
SURNAME Esposito, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Esposito, Philip Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario , Canada