Glen Gulutzan

Glen Gulutzan
Born	August 12, 1971 The Pas, MB, CAN
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	IHL Utah Grizzlies Las Vegas Thunder WCHL Fresno Falcons Mestis Sport
Playing career	1996–2003

Glen Gulutzan (born August 12, 1971) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks

Playing career

Gulutzan played junior hockey with the Moose Jaw Warriors, Brandon Wheat Kings and Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League from 1986–92. Gulutzan signed with the West Coast Hockey League's Fresno Falcons in 1996. During the 1996–97 campaign, Gulutzan saw short call ups with the Utah Grizzlies and the Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League, while scoring 30 goals and 80 assists in 60 games with Fresno.

Following the 1996–97 season, Gulutzan left North America to play for Finnish side Sport in Mestis, second highest hockey league in Finland. Following his short 35-game stint in Finland, Gulutzan returned to Fresno in 1998. Gulutzan would spend his final five years of professional hockey play with Fresno, being named the team's player-assistant in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons and winning the Bruce Taylor Cup as the WCHL playoff champions in 2002.

Coaching career

Gulutzan was head coach and general manager of the ECHL's Las Vegas Wranglers from 2003 to 2009, leading the team to two division championships, one Brabham Cup and an appearance in the Kelly Cup Finals. During the 2005–06 season, Gulutzan was awarded the John Brophy Trophy as the league's best coach and in 2008,^[1] Gulutzan's Wranglers became the first team in the ECHL's 20-year history to have three-consecutive 100 point seasons. Gulutzan had been named the head coach of the National Conference All-Star team three straight years, from 2006–08, tying the ECHL record for most All-Star Game appearances by a coach.^[2]

In 2011, Gulutzan became the front runner for the Dallas Stars' head coaching vacancy following the team's dismissal of head coach Marc Crawford at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season^[3][4][5] and was named the head coach on June 16, 2011.^[6] He was relieved of his duties on May 14, 2013.^[7]

On July 3, 2013 it was announced that Gulutzan would be an assistant coach for the Vancouver Canucks.

Career statistics

Playing career

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1986–87	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL		1	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL		6	1	0	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL		36	6	19	25	24		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL		72	24	50	74	21		10	6	9	15	22
1991–92	Saskatoon Blades	WHL		71	19	54	73	49		18	3	14	17	16
1992–93	University of Saskatchewan Huskies	CWUAA		28	8	28	36	18		-	-	-	-	-
1993–94	University of Saskatchewan Huskies	CWUAA		27	16	12	28	12		-	-	-	-	-
1996–97	Fresno Falcons	WCHL		60	30	80	110	52		5	0	9	9	8
1996–97	Utah Grizzlies	IHL		3	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Sport	FIN		35	5	19	24	42		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Fresno Falcons	WCHL		50	32	34	66	50		7	4	3	7	4
1999–00	Fresno Falcons	WCHL		70	22	60	82	29		5	1	2	3	6
2000–01	Fresno Falcons	WCHL		63	18	48	66	40		5	1	0	1	6
2001–02	Fresno Falcons	WCHL		53	25	22	47	49		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Fresno Falcons	WCHL		52	13	41	54	73		13	5	10	15	10

Coaching career

NHL coaching stats

Team	Year	Regular season						Post season
		G	W	L	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
DAL	2011-12	82	42	35	5	89	4th in Pacific	Missed Playoffs
DAL	2012-13	48	22	22	4	48	5th in Pacific	Missed Playoffs
Total		130	64	57	9	.527

Minor league coaching stats

Team	Year	Regular season						Post season
		G	W	L	T	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win %	Result
Las Vegas Wranglers
	2003–04	72	43	22	7	93	2nd in Pacific	2	3	.400	Lost in Division Semifinals
	2004–05	72	31	33	8	70	7th in West	–	–	–	Missed playoffs
	2005–06	72	53	13	6	112	2nd in West	6	7	.462	Lost in Division Finals
	2006–07	72	46	12	14	106	1st in Pacific	6	4	.600	Lost in Conference Semifinals
	2007–08	72	47	13	12	106	1st in Pacific	14	7	.667	Lost in Kelly Cup Finals
	2008–09	73	34	31	6	76	2nd in Pacific	8	10	.444	Lost in Conference Finals
Texas Stars	2009–10	80	46	27	7	99	2nd in West	14	10	.583	Lost in Calder Cup Finals
	2010–11	80	41	29	10	92	4th in West	2	4	.333	Lost in West Division Finals
Total		593	341	180	70	.634		52	45	.536

References

1. Dewey, Todd. "Front Office – Hockey Operations". Las Vegas Wranglers. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
2. Fisher, Josh (January 2, 2008). "Gulutzan Ties ECHL Record – Heading To Third Straight All Star Game". Las Vegas Wranglers. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
3. Stepneski, Mark (May 18, 2011). "Dallas Stars coaching search in "early stages"". ESPN Dallas. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
4. Heika, Mike (June 7, 2011). "Joe Nieuwendyk expects Stars' next budget to be higher than last year's". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
5. Heika, Mike. "Dallas Stars choose Glen Gulutzan to be their head coach". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
6. "Stars promote minor-leaguer Glen Gulutzan from AHL farm team to head coach". The Hockey News. June 17, 2011.
7. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=670677

External links

• Glen Gulutzan's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database