Scott Gordon

Scott Gordon
Date of birth	February 6, 1963
place of birth	Brockton , Massachusetts , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1982-1986	Boston College
1986-1987	Fredericton Express
1987-1988	Baltimore Skipjacks
1988-1989	Johnstown Chiefs
1989-1991	Québec Nordiques
1991-1992	Team USA
1992-1993	Nashville Knights
1993-1994	Knoxville Cherokees

Scott M. Gordon (born February 6, 1963 in Brockton , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey goalkeeper and current coach . In the course of his active career he played 23 games for the Québec Nordiques in the National Hockey League , but was mainly used in minor leagues . With the US national team , he took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics. As head coach, he already looked after the New York Islanders (2008–2010) and the Philadelphia Flyers (2018–2019) on an interim basis in the NHL .

Career

After three years of playing ice hockey for Boston College, Gordon began his professional career in 1986 in the American Hockey League , where he played until 1989 for various farm teams in the Québec Nordiques , which he had undrafted under contract. Between 1989 and 1991 he played 23 games in the NHL for the Nordiques. There, however, he could not prevail against the competition. He then went back to the AHL, where he played a total of 150 games.

In 1992 he took part with the US national team at the Winter Olympics in Albertville , but only came there for a short 17-minute assignment.

Gordon coached the Providence Bruins in the AHL from 2003 to 2008 . After he was awarded the Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award for the best coach of the year after the 2007/08 season , the New York Islanders signed him from the NHL in August 2008 . After the start of the 2010/11 season was unsatisfactory and the Isles were ten games in a row without a win, he was released on November 15, 2010. Jack Capuano succeeded the Islanders. At the 2011 World Cup , Gordon stood behind the gang as the head coach of the United States .

In June 2011 he was hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs together with Greg Cronin as assistant coach and replaced the duo Keith Acton and Tim Hunter . He was released after the 2013/14 season.

From July 2015 he was the head coach of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms from the American Hockey League , succeeding Terry Murray .

In September 2016 he was the assistant coach of Team USA at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 behind the gang, but was eliminated with the team in the group stage.

In December 2018, after the sacking of Dave Hakstol , Gordon was promoted to head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers , the NHL partner of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. He looked after the Flyers until the end of the season before Alain Vigneault was introduced as his successor.

Achievements and Awards

• 1986 Hockey East First All-Star Team
• 1989 ECHL First All-Star Team
• 2008 Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victories	Defeats	draw	Shutouts
Regular season	2	23	2	16	0	0
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Scott Gordon at hockeydb.com (English)
• Scott Gordon at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Scott Gordon at hockeygoalies.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Leafs Appoint Two New Assistant Coaches. Toronto Maple Leafs, June 20, 2011, accessed June 20, 2011 .