Rich Preston

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Preston as assistant coach for the Calgary Flames (2007)

Preston as assistant coach for the Calgary Flames (2007)
Date of birth May 22, 1952
place of birth Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1969-1970 Regina Pats
1970-1974 University of Denver
1974-1988 Houston Eros
1978-1979 Winnipeg Jets
1979-1984 Chicago Black Hawks
1984-1986 New Jersey Devils
1986-1987 Chicago Blackhawks

Richard John "Rich" Preston (born May 22, 1952 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . During his professional career from 1974 to 1987, the right winger completed over 600 games for the Chicago Blackhawks and New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League . Previously he was active for the Houston Eros and the Winnipeg Jets in the World Hockey Association and won the Avco World Trophy with the latter in 1979 . Most recently, Preston was an assistant coach at the Anaheim Ducks from the NHL from 2015 to 2019 .

Career

As a player

Rich Preston was born in Regina and played there in his youth for the Regina Pats in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). In 1970 he left his home country and attended the University of Denver for four years , where he played for their ice hockey team, the Pioneers , in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In June 1973, the right winger was then selected in the Professional Player Draft of the World Hockey Association (WHA) by the Houston Eros , for whom he subsequently became one of the top performers, so he came in with 79 points in the 1976/77 season 80 games. After four years in Houston, however, the Eros gave him in July 1978 in exchange for financial compensation to the Winnipeg Jets , with which the Canadian promptly won the Avco World Trophy the following year , where he was honored as a WHA Playoff MVP .

After these successes, Preston moved to the 1979/80 season in the National Hockey League (NHL) by joining the Chicago Black Hawks as a free agent . The attacker also established himself as a regular scorer in Chicago, until he was handed over to the New Jersey Devils after five seasons in June 1984, including Don Dietrich and a second-round vote in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft . The Devils in return sent Bob MacMillan and a five-round vote for the same draft to Chicago.

After two years in New Jersey, Preston returned as a free agent to the Chicago Blackhawks, for which he completed another season and then ended his active career.

As a trainer

After a brief hiatus, Preston returned to the Blackhawks for the 1991/92 season and worked as an assistant coach for these four years. After two years as the head coach of his former junior team, the Regina Pats from the Western Hockey League , the Calgary Flames hired him as an assistant coach in 1997 . Preston held this position until 2000 and from 2002 to 2009; in the two seasons in between he was in charge of the San Jose Sharks . The Canadian then returned to the WHL, where he served as head coach and general manager of the Lethbridge Hurricanes from 2009 to 2013 . Another two-year hiatus followed, after which the Anaheim Ducks hired him as an assistant coach in October 2015 . He worked there until the 2018/19 season.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1969/70 Regina Pats SJHL 36 15th 15th 30th 4th - - - - - -
1970/71 University of Denver NCAA 17th 0 1 1 0
1971/72 University of Denver NCAA 33 3 11 14th 8th - - - - - -
1972/73 University of Denver NCAA 39 23 25th 48 24 - - - - - -
1973/74 University of Denver NCAA 38 20th 25th 45 36 - - - - - -
1974/75 Houston Eros WHA 78 20th 21st 41 +25 10 13 1 6th 7th 6th
1975/76 Houston Eros WHA 77 22nd 33 55 +30 33 17th 4th 6th 10 -1 8th
1976/77 Houston Eros WHA 80 38 41 79 +37 54 11 3 5 8th +6 10
1977/78 Houston Eros WHA 73 25th 25th 50 +3 52 - - - - - -
1978/79 Winnipeg Jets WHA 80 28 32 60 -5 88 10 8th 5 13 +3 15th
1979/80 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 31 30th 61 +16 70 7th 0 3 3 -1 2
1980/81 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 47 7th 14th 21st -15 24 3 0 1 1 ± 0 0
1981/82 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 75 15th 28 43 ± 0 30th 15th 2 4th 6th +4 21st
1982/83 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 79 25th 28 53 +14 64 13 2 7th 9 +4 25th
1983/84 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 75 10 18th 28 -21 50 5 0 1 1 ± 0 4th
1984/85 New Jersey Devils NHL 75 12 15th 27 -24 26th - - - - - -
1985/86 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 19th 22nd 41 +3 65 - - - - - -
1986/87 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 73 8th 9 17th -8th 19th 4th 0 2 2 +2 4th
NCAA overall 127 46 62 108 78 - - - - - -
WHA total 388 133 152 285 +90 237 51 16 22nd 38 39
NHL overall 580 127 164 291 -35 348 47 4th 18th 22nd +9 56

( 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 )

Personal

Preston is married and has three sons.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anaheim Ducks hire veteran coach Rich Preston as assistant to Bruce Boudreau. nhl.com, October 6, 2015, accessed on August 13, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Preston, Rich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Preston, Richard John (full name); Preston, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada