Glen Hanlon
| Glen Hanlon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
February 20, 1957 Brandon, MB, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Right | ||
| Played for |
Vancouver Canucks St. Louis Blues New York Rangers Detroit Red Wings | ||
| NHL Draft |
40th overall, 1977 Vancouver Canucks | ||
| Playing career | 1977–1991 | ||
Glen A. Hanlon (born February 20, 1957) is a retired Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender and a former head coach of the Washington Capitals of the NHL, Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), and the Belarusian national ice hockey team. He was a goaltender scout for the Vancouver Canucks. He last served as head coach of the Swiss national ice hockey team.
Playing career
Hanlon was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft, in the third round (40th overall pick). He played for the Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings in the NHL, as well as the WCHL, Central Hockey League, AHL and IHL.
In 1978, he won the Central Hockey League's Rookie of the Year.
On October 14, 1979, Hanlon allowed the first career NHL goal scored by Wayne Gretzky, who would eventually become the NHL's all-time scoring leader. Hanlon has been quoted as saying "I created a monster" in reference to allowing Gretzky's first goal.
Coaching career
Hanlon has served as the assistant coach for both the Canucks and Washington Capitals before becoming the head coach of the American Hockey League's Portland Pirates and then the Capitals. After a miserable start to the 2003–04 season, Capitals general manager George McPhee fired head coach Bruce Cassidy and promoted assistant Hanlon to head coaching duties. The Capitals went 15–30–9 under Hanlon to finish the year. Led by 2004 first-round pick Alexander Ovechkin, the Capitals were expected to improve; however the team was still young and compiled a record of 29–41–12. Despite this, Hanlon was guaranteed one more year as coach of the Capitals. In 2005, he was assigned to coach the Belarus hockey team.He led the team to 10th place at the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and to historic high sixth place at the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. He was named "sports man of the year" by major Belarusian sports newspaper "Прессбол" in 2006.[1] The 2006–07 Capitals compiled an 8–5–4 mark by the end of November, though long losing streaks eliminated the Caps' chances of making the post-season, as they finished 28–40–14.
Over the 2007 offseason, McPhee signed many talented players including Michael Nylander, Tom Poti, Viktor Kozlov and young Swedish star Nicklas Bäckström, elevating expectations in Washington. In the season's first week, the Capitals jumped to a 3–0 record but went on to lose 15 of the next 18 games (3–14–1), which lead to Hanlon's dismissal. McPhee stated that Hanlon had lost control of the team, so he elected to replace Hanlon with Bruce Boudreau, the head coach of the AHL's Hershey Bears.[2] Immediately after Hanlon's exit, the Capitals won against the high-flying Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes. The team finished 37–17–7 the rest of the way in 2007–2008, notching their first division title since 2000–2001. Following his dismissal, Hanlon accepted an offer by the Capitals to act as a scout based in the Washington, D.C. area. On February 14, 2008, it was announced that Hanlon will be the head coach of Finnish SM-Liiga team Jokerit.[3]
On March 24, 2010, Glen Hanlon was announced as a new head coach of the Slovak national ice hockey team. He replaced Jan Filc and signed a 4-year contract from April 1, 2010, to the next Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. Slovakia under his conduct has finished in 12th place on World Championship in Germany 2010. This contract ended prematurely on May 18, 2011, after World Championship in Slovakia where he led the Slovak national ice hockey team to the 10th place.
From 2011 to May 2013, Hanlon was assistant coach of the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League[4] before returning to coach in Europe.
On 2013 Glen returned to coach the Belarus national ice hockey team. He replaced Andrei Skabelka. On May 27, 2014, it was announced that Glen Hanlon signed a 2-year contract as new head coach for the Swiss men's national ice hockey team. Hanlon and the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation parted company in October 2015. The parting came by mutual consent due to family reasons.[5]
Career statistics
Regular season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–74 | Brandon Travellers | MJHL | 20 | 1059 | 64 | 1 | 3.63 | ||||
| 1974–75 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WCHL | 43 | 2498 | 176 | 0 | 4.22 | ||||
| 1975–76 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WCHL | 64 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 3523 | 234 | 4 | 3.99 | .891 |
| 1975–76 | New Westminster Bruins | MCUP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 10 | 0 | 3.35 | |
| 1976–77 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WCHL | 65 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 3784 | 194 | 4 | 3.09 | .906 |
| 1977–78 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 200 | 9 | 0 | 2.70 | |
| 1977–78 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 53 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3123 | 160 | 3 | 3.07 | .903 |
| 1978–79 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 31 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1821 | 94 | 3 | 3.10 | |
| 1979–80 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 57 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 3341 | 193 | 0 | 3.47 | |
| 1980–81 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 798 | 59 | 1 | 4.44 | |
| 1980–81 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 239 | 8 | 1 | 2.01 | .895 |
| 1981–82 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 28 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1610 | 106 | 1 | 3.95 | |
| 1981–82 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 6.32 | |
| 1982–83 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 671 | 50 | 0 | 4.47 | .879 |
| 1982–83 | New York Rangers | NHL | 21 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1173 | 67 | 0 | 3.43 | .894 |
| 1983–84 | New York Rangers | NHL | 50 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 2837 | 166 | 1 | 3.51 | .890 |
| 1984–85 | New York Rangers | NHL | 44 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2510 | 175 | 0 | 4.18 | .878 |
| 1985–86 | New York Rangers | NHL | 23 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1170 | 65 | 0 | 3.33 | .893 |
| 1985–86 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 279 | 22 | 0 | 4.73 | .869 |
| 1985–86 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 605 | 33 | 0 | 3.27 | .886 |
| 1986–87 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 36 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1963 | 104 | 1 | 3.18 | .893 |
| 1987–88 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 47 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2623 | 141 | 4 | 3.23 | .891 |
| 1988–89 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 39 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2092 | 124 | 1 | 3.56 | .882 |
| 1989–90 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 45 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2290 | 154 | 1 | 4.03 | .867 |
| 1990–91 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 19 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 862 | 46 | 0 | 3.20 | .895 |
| 1990–91 | San Diego Gulls | IHL | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 603 | 39 | 0 | 3.88 | |
| NHL totals | 477 | 167 | 202 | 61 | 26037 | 1561 | 13 | 3.60 | |||
Post season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WCJHL | 5 | 284 | 29 | 0 | 6.13 | |||
| 1975–76 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WCJHL | 5 | 300 | 33 | 0 | 6.60 | |||
| 1976–77 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WCJHL | 16 | 913 | 53 | 0 | 3.48 | |||
| 1977–78 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | |
| 1979–80 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| 1981–82 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 9 | 0 | 4.95 | |
| 1982–83 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| 1983–84 | New York Rangers | NHL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 308 | 13 | 1 | 2.53 | .922 |
| 1984–85 | New York Rangers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 168 | 14 | 0 | 5.00 | .859 |
| 1985–86 | New York Rangers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 4.80 | .813 |
| 1986–87 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 8 | 5 | 2 | 467 | 13 | 2 | 1.67 | .943 |
| 1987–88 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 8 | 4 | 3 | 431 | 22 | 1 | 3.06 | .871 |
| 1988–89 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 5.38 | .851 |
| NHL totals | 35 | 11 | 15 | 1756 | 92 | 4 | 3.14 | |||
NHL coaching record
| Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Finish | W | L | Result | ||
| WAS | 2003–04 | 54 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 0 | (59) | 5th in Southeast | - | - | Missed playoffs |
| WAS | 2006–07 | 82 | 28 | 40 | - | 14 | 70 | 5th in Southeast | - | - | Missed Playoffs |
| WAS | 2007–08 | 21 | 6 | 14 | - | 1 | (94) | 5th in Southeast | - | - | (fired) |
| Total | 157 | 49 | 84 | 9 | 15 | ||||||
SM-Liiga coaching record
| Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | OTW | L | T | OTL | Pts | Finish | Result | ||||
| Jokerit | 2008–09 | 58 | 28 | 4 | 20 | - | 6 | 98 | 4th in SM-liiga | 1 | 4 | lost in first round to Kärpät |
Awards and achievements
- WCJHL First All-Star Team (1976 & 1977)
- WCJHL Goaltender of the Year (1977)
- CHL Rookie of the Year (1978)
- CHL First All-Star Team (1978)
- “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
References
- ↑ Глен Хэнлон. Человек! (in Russian). Pressball.by. 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
- ↑ "Hanlon fired, washingtonpost.com". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Jokerit.com
- ↑ "Glen Hanlon and food for thought". The Vancouver Sun. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- ↑ "Swiss part with Hanlon". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
Related links
External links
- Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
- Glen Hanlon's biography at Legends of Hockey
- Glen Hanlon's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Glen Hanlon's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
| Preceded by Bruce Cassidy |
Head coach of the Washington Capitals 2003–07 |
Succeeded by Bruce Boudreau |
| Preceded by Doug Shedden |
Head Coach of Jokerit 2008– |
Succeeded by Hannu Aravirta |