Glen Sather
Architect of the Oilers dynasty and longtime Rangers executive.
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He played ten full NHL seasons and one WHA season, totaling 739 regular-season games.[1] Sather later became president and general manager of the New York Rangers in 2000.[1] During the 1980s, the Edmonton Oilers won four Stanley Cup championships under Glen Sather's coaching.[2]
Life and work
In his first game as player-coach, he scored a goal 1:11 into a 5–4 win over the Winnipeg Jets.[1] The Oilers won their fifth Stanley Cup in 1989–90 against the Boston Bruins.[3] With only 18 games left in the 1976-77 season of the World Hockey Association, Sather was appointed as the Oilers' player-coach.[1] Following that season, Sather ended his playing career but continued as head coach.[1]
When the Oilers entered the NHL for the 1979–80 campaign, Sather remained in his head coaching role.[1] Sather was instrumental in bringing skilled players to the team, notably Wayne Gretzky.[2] Gretzky considers Sather and his father Walter to be his two most significant mentors.[2] On July 1, 2015, Sather left his general manager position with the Rangers, and he gave up his president role on April 4, 2019.[4]
What the cited sources add
The same source recounts that after a Game 6 penalty by Glenn Anderson, Gretzky told Sather "It’s done," and Anderson was the best player in Game 7.[5] A hockey goalie database quotes Sather saying he would not let Curtis Joseph finish the season unsigned.[6] That database also states Joseph signed a four-year, $24 million contract with Toronto as a free agent on July 15, 1998.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Glen Sather" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Glen Sather biography", Hockey Hall of Fame (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glen Sather" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lillhannus, "Wayne Gretzky's 3 brilliant words to coach Glen Sather in response to Mark Messier's raging attack on teammate", The Hockey Beast, 2023-04-04; C, "6 bizarre Wayne Gretzky facts you didn't know until now", The Hockey Spotlight, 2023-09-30; Klavon, "Why Wayne Gretzky is the Greatest Athlete Ever", Bleacher Report, January 4, 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glen Sather" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Glen "Slats" Sather—Foundation of the Dynasty", Edmonton Oilers Historical Society (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Glen Sather" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kreda, "Glen Sather Steps Down as Rangers' General Manager", The New York Times, July 1, 2015; "Glen Sather to Transition from Role as Team President to Senior Advisor", NHL.com, April 4, 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Lillhannus, "Wayne Gretzky's 3 brilliant words to coach Glen Sather in response to Mark Messier's raging attack on teammate", The Hockey Beast, 2023-04-04. facts only, no text reused. thehockeybeast.com
- "Curtis Joseph", Hockeygoalies.org. facts only, no text reused. hockeygoalies.org
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Career statistics and honours
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1961–62 | Edmonton Oil Kings | CAHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62 | Edmonton Oil Kings | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| 1962–63 | Edmonton Oil Kings | CAHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1962–63 | Edmonton Oil Kings | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 26 |
| 1963–64 | Edmonton Oil Kings | CAHL | 40 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963–64 | Edmonton Oil Kings | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 30 |
| 1964–65 | Memphis Wings | CPHL | 69 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1965–66 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CPHL | 64 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 76 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 1966–67 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CPHL | 57 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 147 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| Boston Bruins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 65 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968–69 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 76 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 67 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1969–70 | NHL | 76 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 114 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
| 1970–71 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 46 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1970–71 | New York Rangers | NHL | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 1971–72 | New York Rangers | NHL | 76 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 1972–73 | New York Rangers | NHL | 77 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1973–74 | New York Rangers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973–74 | NHL | 69 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1974–75 | NHL | 63 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1975–76 | NHL | 72 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1976–77 | Edmonton Oilers | WHA | 81 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 658 | 80 | 113 | 193 | 724 | 72 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 86 | ||
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Glen Sather (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Glen Sather (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
- Word definitions: the , each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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