Warren Strelow

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United StatesUnited States  Warren Strelow Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 22, 1934
place of birth St. Paul , Minnesota , USA
date of death April 11, 2007
Place of death Worcester , Massachusetts , USA
position goalkeeper
Career stations
1954-1955 St. Paul Saints
1959-1960 Minneapolis Millers
Des Moines Ice Hawks

Warren Strelow (born January 22, 1934 in St. Paul , Minnesota , † April 11, 2007 in Worcester , Massachusetts ) was an American ice hockey goalkeeper and goalkeeper coach . During his career he worked for the Washington Capitals , New Jersey Devils and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League , as well as for the US national ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and 2002 in Salt Lake City .

Career

Strelow first played as an active in the 1959/60 season for the Minneapolis Millers and Des-Moines Ice Hawks in the Central Hockey League . However, he decided to start a coaching career early on.

The American started his coaching career at the Concordia Academy in his birthplace St. Paul as coach of the American football , ice hockey and baseball selection teams . There followed two seasons at the Breck School as ice hockey head coach. Then Strelow went to Mahtomedi High School, where he in turn supervised the ice hockey and baseball selection team. He also taught social studies and English there for 18 years. From 1974 to 1983 Strelow worked as a goalkeeping coach at the University of Minnesota , which won three NCAA Division I National Championships during this time and came second twice. During his time at the University of Minnesota, he scouted young players for eight years. First four years for teams in the World Hockey Association and then four years for the Central Scouting Department of the National Hockey League .

Through his many years of work as a goalkeeping coach, Strelow was accepted into the coaching staff of the US national ice hockey team for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and eventually won the gold medal as a member of the team. Jim Craig , goalkeeper of the national team and coached by Strelow, was one of the key players in the surprising victory against the favored Soviet team , the so-called Miracle on Ice , and the subsequent win of the gold medal.

For the 1983/84 season , the American began an engagement with the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League and became the first full-time goalkeeping coach in the history of the league. Strelow worked for the capital city until 1989. After a year break he worked for three years, from 1990 to 1993 with the New Jersey Devils , where he coached Martin Brodeur , among others . From 1997 on, Strelow coached the goalkeepers of the San Jose Sharks . Even a kidney transplant in 2004 and a minor stroke in 2007 did not stop him from continuing his work, and even expanding it to include the San Jose Sharks farm team , the Worcester Sharks .

In January 2001, for the first time after 1980, he was named goalkeeping coach for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City by the US Ice Hockey Association USA Hockey . There the team won the silver medal.

Strelow died on April 11, 2007 in Worcester , Massachusetts . On the same day, the San Jose Sharks started the playoffs of the 2006/07 season . In his honor, the players wore a patch with the initials WAS on their jerseys during the playoff games .

Achievements and Awards

Well-known goalkeepers trained by Strelow

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ findarticles.com, The goalie guru: not even a kidney transplant can slow down Warren Strelow, the godfather of goaltending coaches
  2. ↑ usahockey.com, Warren Strelow Named Goaltending Coach Of 2002 US Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team ( Memento from April 14, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Boston.com, Warren Strelow, 73; helped in 'Miracle on Ice'
  4. ↑ sharks.nhl.com, Sharks Goaltending Coach Warren Strelow Passes Away At 73

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personal data
SURNAME Strelow, Warren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Paul , Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2007
Place of death Worcester , Massachusetts