Scott Gordon (ice hockey)

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Scott Gordon
Born	(1963-02-06) February 6, 1963 Brockton, MA, USA
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Played for	Fredericton Express (AHL) Baltimore Skipjacks (AHL) Halifax Citadels (AHL) Johnstown Chiefs (ECHL) Quebec Nordiques (NHL) New Haven Nighthawks (AHL) Nashville Knights (ECHL) Atlanta Knights (IHL) Knoxville Cherokees (ECHL)
National team	United States
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1986–1994

Scott Gordon (born February 6, 1963 in Brockton, Massachusetts), is an American born professional hockey coach and former professional hockey goaltender. He is a former head coach of the American Hockey League's Providence Bruins and the National Hockey League's New York Islanders.

College

Gordon played three years at Boston College and made hockey history on March 16, 1985. Gordon and Chris Terreri (playing with Providence College) both placed water bottles on the top of their nets. This would be the first time ever that goalies would place water bottles on the top of nets in a hockey game.

Professional career

After Boston College, Gordon moved on to an eight year career in professional hockey. Gordon started his career as a goaltender for the Fredericton Express, the AHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens. The following season, he played for the Baltimore Skipjacks, going 7-18-3.

He signed with the Johnstown Chiefs of the newly formed ECHL for the 1988-89 ECHL season. Assistant Coach Steve Carlson, forward J-F Nault and defenseman Bob Kennedy also followed Gordon to Johnstown. Gordon had a brief callup to the Quebec Nordiques AHL affiliate, where he would play two games with the Halifax Citadels. Gordon returned to Johnstown and led the Chiefs with 18 wins. The Chiefs would reach the Riley Cup final, where they played the Carolina Thunderbirds but lost the series four games to three.

Gordon played for the Halifax during the 1989-90 AHL season. On January 30, 1990, Gordon was recalled by the Citadelles' parent club, the NHL's Quebec Nordiques. This would mark the first time that a player who had previously played in the ECHL skated in the NHL. He played 23 NHL games for the Quebec Nordiques between 1990 and 1991, and would spend three more years in the AHL and ECHL before retiring as a player in 1994.

Coaching

After retiring, he became an assistant coach for the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League and went on to become head coach of the Roanoke Express of the ECHL. In 2000, he was named assistant coach of the Providence Bruins under Bill Armstrong, and served for Mike Sullivan in the same capacity. In April 2003, he was named interim head coach of the club when Sullivan was promoted to Boston as an assistant, and named full-time head coach in the fall of 2003.

Gordon, along with his assistant coach Rob Murray, was named to coach the 2008 PlanetUSA AHL All Star team on January 28, 2008 as a result of the Bruins owning the best record in the American Hockey League at the mid-season break. At season's end, Gordon was awarded the 2008 Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award, presented to coach of the year in the American Hockey League.

On August 12, 2008, Scott Gordon was named head coach of the New York Islanders.

On Wednesday, April 8, 2009, Scott Gordon was named assistant coach to Ron Wilson for the 2009 U.S. Men's National Hockey Team by the team's general manager Brian Burke. The team competed in the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship, April 24-May 10, in Berne and Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland.

On November 15, 2010, Scott Gordon was fired as head coach of the New York Islanders, and given a new position of special advisor to General Manager Garth Snow. He was succeeded by the teams AHL affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers head coach Jack Capuano.

Coaching record

NHL

Team	Year	Regular Season						Post Season
		G	W	L	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
NYI	2008–09	82	26	47	9	61	5th in Atlantic	Missed playoffs
NYI	2009–10	82	34	37	11	79	5th in Atlantic	Missed playoffs
NYI	2010–11	17	4	10	3	11	fired	-
NHL Totals		181	64	94	23	151	–	–

Minor leagues

Team	Year	Regular Season							Post Season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
ROA	1998–99	70	38	22	10	–	86	1st in Northeast	Lost in Kelly Cup Finals
ECHL Totals		70	38	22	10	–	86	0 Division Titles	1 Playoff Appearance
PRO	2002–03	9	3	3	2	1	104	1st in North	Lost in First Round
PRO	2003–04	80	36	29	11	4	87	4th in Atlantic	Lost in Qualifying
PRO	2004–05	80	40	30	7	3	90	4th in Atlantic	Lost in Third Round
PRO	2005–06	80	43	31	–	6	92	4th in Atlantic	Lost in First Round
PRO	2006–07	80	44	30	–	6	94	3rd in Atlantic	Lost in Second Round
PRO	2007–08	80	55	18	–	7	117	1st in Atlantic	Lost in Second Round
AHL Totals		409	221	141	20	27	584	2 Division Titles	5 Playoff Appearances

External links

• Scott Gordon career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database