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Scott Gordon | |||
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Born |
Brockton, MA, USA | February 6, 1963||
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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5][6] He was succeeded by the teams AHL affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers head coach Jack Capuano.[5]
Coaching record
NHL
Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 |
References
- ^ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.12, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
- ^ "Brunette Becomes First ECHL Alum To Play In 1000 NHL Games". ECHL.com. 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- ^ TSN.ca. "Islanders name Scott Gordon as new head coach". Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ NHL.com. "USA Hockey names Gordon assistant coach".
- ^ a b Kimelman, Adam (November 15, 2010). "Struggling Islanders dismiss Gordon as coach". NHL.com.
- ^ "Jack Capuano Named Interim Head Coach of the Islanders". NewYorkIslanders.com. November 15, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
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- 1963 births
- American Hockey League head coaches
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- Atlanta Knights players
- Baltimore Skipjacks players
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- Fredericton Express players
- Halifax Citadels players
- Ice hockey coaches
- Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Johnstown Chiefs players
- Knoxville Cherokees players
- Living people
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- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- People from Brockton, Massachusetts
- Providence Bruins coaches
- Quebec Nordiques players
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