Brian Sutter

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Brian Sutter 1979.jpg

| caption = Sutter with the St. Louis Blues in 1979

| image_size =

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 180

| played_for = St. Louis Blues

| league = NHL

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|7}}

| birth_place = Viking, Alberta, Canada

| career_start = 1976

| career_end = 1988

| draft = 20th overall

| draft_year = 1976

| draft_team = St. Louis Blues

| wha_draft = 36th overall

| wha_draft_year = 1976

| wha_draft_team = Edmonton Oilers

}}

Brian Louis Allen Sutter (born October 7, 1956) is a Canadian former ice hockey forward and former head coach in the National Hockey League (NHL). Brian is the second oldest of the famous Sutter brothers and the oldest of the six that played in the NHL. He is also the only one to have his number retired by an NHL team.

Career

=Player=

Sutter was drafted by the St. Louis Blues during the 2nd round (20th overall) in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Blues until 1988, when a nagging back injury forced him into retirement. In 12 years with the Blues, he played in three NHL All-Star Games – 1982, 1983, and 1985. For the last nine years of his career, he was the Blues' captain. His jersey, #11, was retired by the St. Louis Blues on December 30, 1988.

File:Mikemilburyfacingoff.jpg (pictured left) and Charlie Simmer (pictured center) of the Boston Bruins at the Boston Garden on March 21, 1985.]]

=Coaching=

Immediately after retiring, he was named the Blues' head coach (1988–1992). In 1991, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's best coach. All told, he spent the first 16 years of his adult life at ice level with the Blues.

Sutter subsequently held head coaching positions with the Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, and Chicago Blackhawks (2001–2004). On June 21, 2005, the Blackhawks hired Dale Tallon as their new general manager; Tallon and the rebuilding Blackhawks decided not to renew Sutter's contract.

During the 2006–07 season, Sutter coached the Bentley Generals of the Chinook Hockey League, leading the team to its first berth in the Allan Cup, Canada's senior men's hockey championship.

Sutter was named the head coach of the Western Hockey League's Red Deer Rebels on July 12, 2007, replacing his younger brother Brent, who left the Rebels to become the head coach of the NHL's New Jersey Devils. On March 24, 2008, the Rebels announced that Brian Sutter had resigned as head coach of the team, citing personal reasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/nhlnews/story.html?id=1c76570f-48a9-4cf2-99bf-42956c4adf40 |title=Brian Sutter resigns as junior coach |date=March 24, 2008 |access-date=2009-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724081733/http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/nhlnews/story.html?id=1c76570f-48a9-4cf2-99bf-42956c4adf40 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}

Sutter returned as head coach of the Generals for the 2008–09 season, leading them to its first Allan Cup title in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Calgary/2009/04/06/9023256-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718000906/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Calgary/2009/04/06/9023256-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |title=Another Sutter in Calgary? |date=April 6, 2009 |access-date=2009-04-06}} In August 2012, Sutter left the Generals to become the new head coach of the Innisfail Eagles, also of the Chinook Hockey League.{{cite news|url=http://www.innisfailprovince.ca/article/20120821/INN0801/308219959/0/INN|title=Innisfail Eagles net Brian Sutter as coach|date=21 August 2013|publisher=Innisfail Province|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630181921/http://www.innisfailprovince.ca/article/20120821/INN0801/308219959/0/INN|archive-date=June 30, 2013|url-status=dead}} He stepped down as head coach of Innisfail in 2022.https://www.thealbertan.com/innisfail-news/brian-sutter-steps-down-as-innisfail-eagles-coach-5857512

Personal life

Sutter and his wife Judy have two children, a son Shaun and a daughter, Abigail.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1972–73	Red Deer Rustlers	AJHL	51	27	40	67	54	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1973–74	Red Deer Rustlers	AJHL	59	42	54	96	139	—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	Lethbridge Broncos	WCHL	53	34	47	81	134	6	0	1	1	39
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1975–76	Lethbridge Broncos	WCHL	72	36	56	92	233	7	3	4	7	45
1976–77	Kansas City Blues	CHL	38	15	23	38	47	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1976–77	St. Louis Blues	NHL	35	4	10	14	82	4	0	1	1	14
1977–78	St. Louis Blues	NHL	79	9	13	22	123	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1978–79	St. Louis Blues	NHL	77	41	39	80	165	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	St. Louis Blues	NHL	71	23	35	58	156	3	0	0	0	4
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1980–81	St. Louis Blues	NHL	78	35	34	69	232	11	6	3	9	77
1981–82	St. Louis Blues	NHL	74	39	36	75	239	10	8	6	14	49
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1982–83	St. Louis Blues	NHL	79	46	30	76	254	4	2	1	3	10
1983–84	St. Louis Blues	NHL	76	32	51	83	162	11	1	5	6	22
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1984–85	St. Louis Blues	NHL	77	37	37	74	121	3	2	1	3	2
1985–86	St. Louis Blues	NHL	44	19	23	42	87	9	1	2	3	22
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 1986–87	St. Louis Blues	NHL	14	3	3	6	18	—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	St. Louis Blues	NHL	76	15	22	37	147	10	0	3	3	49
style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 779 ! 303 ! 333 ! 636 ! 1,786 ! 65 ! 21 ! 21 ! 42 ! 249

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1975

| Canada

| WJC

| 5

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 2

Coaching statistics

rowspan="2"\|Team	rowspan="2"\|Year	colspan="7"\|Regular season	colspan="1"\|Post-season
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Division rank	Result
style="background:#fdd;" !STL	1988–89 \|80	33	35	12\|
\|78	2nd in Norris	Won in first round (4-1 vs. MIN) Lost in second round (1-4 vs. CHI)
style="background:#fdd;" !STL	1989–90 \|80	37	34	9\|
\|83	2nd in Norris	Won in first round (4-1 vs. TOR) Lost in second round (3-4 vs. CHI)
style="background:#fdd;" !STL	1990–91 \|80	47	22	11\|
\|105	2nd in Norris	Won in first round (4-3 vs. DET) Lost in second round (2-4 vs. MIN)
style="background:#fdd;" !STL	1991–92 \|80	36	33	11\|
\|83	3rd in Norris	Lost in first round (2-4 vs. CHI)
style="background:#fdd;" !BOS	1992–93 \|84	51	26	7\|
\|109	1st in Adams	Lost in first round (0-4 vs. BUF)
style="background:#fdd;" !BOS	1993–94 \|84	42	29	13\|
\|97	2nd in Adams	Won in first round (4-3 vs. MTL) Lost in second round (2-4 vs. NJ)
style="background:#fdd;" !BOS	1994–95 \|48	27	18	3\|
\|57	3rd in Adams	Lost in first round (1-4 vs. NJ)
CGY\|\|1997–98 \|82\|\|26\|\|41\|\|15\|
\|67	5th in Pacific	Missed playoffs
CGY\|\|1998–99 \|82\|\|30\|\|40\|\|12\|
\|72	3rd in Northwest	Missed playoffs
CGY\|\|1999–2000 \|82\|\|31\|\|36\|\|10\|\|5\|\|77\|\|4th in Northwest\|\|Missed playoffs
style="background:#fdd;" !CHI	2001–02 \|82	41	27	13	1	96	3rd in Central	Lost in first round (1-4 vs. STL)
CHI\|\|2002–03 \|82\|\|30\|\|33\|\|13\|\|6\|\|79\|\|3rd in Central\|\|Missed playoffs
CHI\|\|2003–04 \|82\|\|20\|\|43\|\|11\|\|8\|\|59\|\|5th in Central\|\|Missed playoffs
colspan="2"\|Total \|\|1,028\|\|451\|\|417\|\|140\|\|20\|\|1,062\|\|1 Division Title\|\|28-40 (.411)