Ted Harris

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CanadaCanada  Ted Harris Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 18, 1936
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 83 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1953-1956 Winnipeg Monarchs
1956-1958 Philadelphia Ramblers
1958-1959 Victoria Cougars
1959-1963 Springfield Indians
1963-1964 Cleveland Barons
1964-1970 Canadiens de Montréal
1970-1973 Minnesota North Stars
1973-1974 Detroit Red Wings
1974 St. Louis Blues
1974-1975 Philadelphia Flyers

Edward Alexander "Ted" Harris (born July 18, 1936 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 888 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , Minnesota North Stars , during his active career between 1953 and 1975 . Detroit Red Wings , St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers have played in the National Hockey League on the position of fullback . With the Canadiens and Flyers he won the Stanley Cup five times. As a result of his retirement, he worked between 1975 and 1977 as the head coach for his ex-team Minnesota North Stars.

Career

Harris spent his junior years with the Winnipeg Monarchs in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League , where he played between 1953 and 1956. At the age of 20, the defender then switched to the professional field and was initially active for two years for the Philadelphia Ramblers in the Eastern Hockey League and then one year until 1959 for the Victoria Cougars in the Western Hockey League .

For the 1959/60 season Harris pulled it through a loan deal to the Springfield Indians in the American Hockey League . With the Indians, the Canadian won the Calder Cup just as often in the following three seasons . After the fourth year he left the team and moved within the league to the Cleveland Barons . The reason was that the Indians had transferred him to the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League and they initially used him at Barons. A total of eleven players were involved in the transfer. At the end of the 1963/64 season he won his fourth Calder Cup with Cleveland. He also received the Eddie Shore Award as the best defensive player in the league and was appointed to the AHL's First All-Star Team . For the following game year he finally made the jump into the NHL squad of the Canadiens, to which he belonged without reservation until the end of the 1969/70 season . In the six-year period, the defender won the Stanley Cup four times with the French Canadians and took part in three NHL All-Star Games . He was also a member of the NHL Second All-Star Team in 1969 .

In June 1970 Harris finally had to leave the Canadiens after he was selected in the Intra-League Draft by the Minnesota North Stars . There, the experienced defensive player was named team captain straight away . He held this post until November 1973, when he was transferred to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Gary Bergman . During his only 41 games with the Red Wings until mid-February 1974, he also acted temporarily as team captain. Through a six-player transfer business, Harris ended the 1973/74 season with the St. Louis Blues . These then sold it to the Philadelphia Flyers in September 1974 . There Harris spent his last season in the NHL, which he crowned by winning his fifth Stanley Cup. After the 1974/75 season , he ended his active career at the age of 38.

As a result, Harris returned to the Minnesota North Stars, who commit him to the 1975/76 season as head coach. For the next two years he looked after the North Stars with moderate success. After a bad start to the 1977/78 season , the Canadian was dismissed during the season. Another attempt in the season 1978/79 to gain a foothold with the Springfield Indians as head coach also failed with the early release.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Player statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1953/54 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL 36 4th 5 9 94 5 1 1 2 10
1954/55 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL 32 2 15th 17th 137 17th 1 3 4th 57
1955/56 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL 20th 6th 23 29 78 4th 0 0 0 21st
1956/57 Springfield Indians AHL 2 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
1956/57 Philadelphia Ramblers EHL 61 11 33 44 103 13 2 2 4th 31
1957/58 Philadelphia Ramblers EHL 62 10 19th 29 82 - - - - -
1958/59 Springfield Indians AHL 9 0 2 2 11 - - - - -
1958/59 Victoria Cougars WHL 58 4th 12 16 82 3 0 0 0 4th
1959/60 Springfield Indians AHL 63 4th 13 17th 100 10 0 2 2 16
1960/61 Springfield Indians AHL 69 4th 22nd 26th 76 8th 0 1 1 18th
1961/62 Springfield Indians AHL 70 2 29 31 142 11 3 3 6th 14th
1962/63 Springfield Indians AHL 72 8th 30th 38 172 - - - - -
1963/64 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 4th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1963/64 Cleveland Barons AHL 67 6th 23 29 109 9 0 5 5 20th
1964/65 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 68 1 14th 15th 107 13 0 5 5 45
1965/66 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 53 0 13 13 87 10 0 0 0 38
1966/67 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 65 2 16 18th 86 10 0 1 1 19th
1967/68 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 67 5 16 21st 78 13 0 4th 4th 22nd
1968/69 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 76 7th 18th 25th 102 14th 1 2 3 34
1969/70 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 74 3 17th 20th 116 - - - - -
1970/71 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 2 13 15th 130 12 0 4th 4th 36
1971/72 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 2 15th 17th 77 7th 0 1 1 17th
1972/73 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 7th 23 30th 83 5 0 1 1 15th
1973/74 Minnesota North Stars NHL 12 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
1973/74 Detroit Red Wings NHL 41 0 11 11 66 - - - - -
1973/74 St. Louis Blues NHL 24 0 4th 4th 16 - - - - -
1974/75 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 70 1 6th 7th 48 16 0 4th 4th 4th
MJHL total 88 12 43 55 309 26th 2 4th 6th 88
EHL total 123 21st 52 73 185 13 2 2 4th 31
AHL total 352 24 119 143 614 38 3 11 14th 68
NHL overall 788 30th 168 198 1000 100 1 22nd 23 230

( 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 )

Coach statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U Pt space Sp S. N result
1975/76 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 20th 53 7th 47 4. ( Smythe ) - - - not qualified
1976/77 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 23 39 18th 64 2. (Smythe) 2 0 2 Preliminary round
1977/78 Minnesota North Stars NHL 19th 5 12 2 12 - - - - dismiss
1978/79 Springfield Indians AHL - - - - dismiss
NHL overall 179 48 104 27 123 0 division title 2 0 2 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 Harris, Ted
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harris, Edward Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba