Greg Gilbert
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}
{{For|the British musician|Delays}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image=
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| played_for = New York Islanders
Chicago Blackhawks
New York Rangers
St. Louis Blues
| league = NHL
| position = Left Wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 195
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|1|22}}
| birth_place = Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 80th overall
| draft_year = 1980
| draft_team = New York Islanders
| career_start = 1981
| career_end = 1996
}}
Gregory Scott Gilbert (born January 22, 1962) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Gilbert played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Islanders, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues between 1981 and 1996 before retiring to become a coach. Gilbert was the head coach of the Calgary Flames from 2001 to 2003. As a player he won the Stanley Cup three times, with the Islanders in 1982, and 1983, and with the Rangers in 1994.
Playing career
Gilbert was born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario. As a youth, Gilbert played in the 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Mississauga.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-11|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}
During his sixteen-season NHL career, Gilbert played for the New York Islanders, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues. He is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, winning it with the Islanders in 1982 and 1983, and with the Rangers in 1994. To date, Gilbert is the only player in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup with both New York City-area franchises.[https://burlingtoneagles.com/Articles/4964/Introducing_NLT_Service_Provider_Former_NHL_Player_Greg_Gilbert/ Introducing NLT Service Provider, Former NHL Player Greg Gilbert]
Coaching career
After his retirement from playing in 1996, Gilbert became the head coach for the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League (AHL), a position he held until the end of the 1999–00 season. He then joined the Calgary Flames' coaching staff as an assistant for the 2000–01 season, but later took over as head coach when Don Hay was fired in March 2001.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/news/2001/0314/1154933.html |title=Flames make change to Gilbert |website=ESPN |date=2001-03-14}} Gilbert was also fired by the Flames in December 2002 after starting the 2002–03 season with a 6–13–3–3 record and losing 11 of the previous 12 games.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-04-sp-nhlnotes4-story.html |title=Gilbert Fired By Flames |newspaper=LA Times |date=2002-12-04}}
In 2003, he became the head coach of the Mississauga IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), where he coach for three seasons before joining the Toronto Maple Leafs' coaching staff as the head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies in 2006. On June 5, 2009, Gilbert was relieved of his coaching duties as his contract was not renewed by the Maple Leafs.{{cite news|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=280993|title=MAPLE LEAFS FIRE MARLIES HEAD COACH GILBERT|agency=Canadian Press|date=June 5, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2009|work=TSN.ca}} In Gilbert's third and final season with the Marlies, the team went 39–29–5–7 in the regular season, and then went on to lose in six games to the Manitoba Moose in the North Division semifinal.
On July 28, 2009, Gilbert was named the head coach of the Adirondack Phantoms, taking over for John Paddock. The Phantoms' 2–10–1 record to start to the 2010–11 AHL season resulted in Gilbert being fired on November 8, 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20101109_Phantoms_coach_Gilbert_takes_fall_after_2-10-1_start.html|title=Phantoms coach Gilbert takes fall after 2-10-1 start|date=November 9, 2010 }}
On December 10, 2011, Gilbert was named the head coach of the OHL's Saginaw Spirit, taking over for Todd Watson.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/spirit/index.ssf/2011/12/todd_watson_fired_as_saginaw_s.html|title=Todd Watson fired as Saginaw Spirit head coach and General Manager, replaced by Greg Gilbert|date=December 11, 2011}} On February 16, 2016, Gilbert was fired from Saginaw after an eight-game losing streak.{{Cite web |date=2016-02-16 |title=Coach Greg Gilbert fired by Saginaw Spirit; Mantha hired as interim replacement|url=http://mihockey.com/2016/02/coach-greg-gilbert-fired-by-saginaw-spirit/|access-date=2020-09-27|website=MiHockey|language=en-US}} He had an overall record with the Spirit of 134–134–26 in the regular season and 7–18 in the playoffs. He then joined The Sports Network as an NHL analyst.
In 2020, he returned to coaching as the head coach of the Saint John Sea Dogs in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2020–21 season.{{Cite web |url=https://sjseadogs.com/article/sea-dogs-name-greg-gilbert-head-coach |title=Sea Dogs name Greg Gilbert Head Coach |website=Saint John Sea Dogs |date=2020-06-19}} He did not return to Saint John for the 2021–22 season.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sea-dogs-hire-nb-native-head-coach-1.6129344 |title=Saint John Sea Dogs hire New Brunswick native as next head coach |website=CBC.ca |date=2021-08-04}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1978–79
| Mississauga Reps AAA | GTHL | 34 | 31 | 20 | 51 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1978–79 | OPJHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979–80
| OMJHL | 68 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 35
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1980–81 | Toronto Marlboros | OHL | 64 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 73
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 1981–82
| Toronto Marlboros | OHL | 65 | 41 | 67 | 108 | 119
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 23 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1981–82 | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1982–83
| New York Islanders | NHL | 45 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 30
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1982–83 | CHL | 24 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 23
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84
| New York Islanders | NHL | 79 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 59
| 21 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 39 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984–85 | New York Islanders | NHL | 58 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86
| New York Islanders | NHL | 60 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 82
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86 | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87
| New York Islanders | NHL | 51 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987–88 | New York Islanders | NHL | 76 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 46
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1988–89
| New York Islanders | NHL | 55 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 45
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15
| 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |
| 1989–90
| Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 70 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 54
| 19 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 34 | |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 72 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 58
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1991–92
| Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 50 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 35
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992–93 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 77 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 57
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993–94
| NHL | 76 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29
| 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95 | NHL | 46 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 11
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1995–96
| St. Louis Blues | NHL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 837 !! 150 !! 228 !! 378 !! 576 ! 133 !! 17 !! 33 !! 50 !! 162 |
Coaching record
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| rowspan="2"|Team | rowspan="2"|Year | colspan="7"|Regular season | colspan="1"|Post season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Division rank | Result |
| Calgary Flames
| 2000–01 | 14 || 4 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 10 | 4th in Northwest || Missed playoffs | |||||||
| Calgary Flames
| 2001–02 | 82 || 32 || 35 || 12 || 3 || 79 | 4th in Northwest || Missed playoffs | |||||||
| Calgary Flames
| 2002–03 | 25 || 6 || 13 || 3 || 3 || 18 | 5th in Northwest || Fired | |||||||
| colspan="2"| NHL totals
| 121 || 42 || 56 || 17 || 6 |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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{{succession box | before = Don Hay | title = Head coach of the Calgary Flames | years = 2001–02 | after = Al MacNeil }}
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