Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Herb Brooks

Herb Brooks (August 5, 1937 - August 11, 2003) born in St. Paul, Minnesota, made a career of hockey, first playing college hockey for the Minnesota Gophers. He later became coach; best known for coaching the U.S. hockey team to win the 1980 winter Olympics gold medal.

Coaching statistics

Note: GC = Games coached, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OL = Overtime loss, Pts = Points, Pct = Winning percentage

Season Team League GC W L T OL Pts Pct
1972–73 Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA 34 15 16 3 33 0.485
1973–74 Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA 34 17 12 5 39 0.574
1974–75 Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA 42 31 10 1 63 0.750
1975-76 Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA 38 23 14 1 47 0.618
1976–77 Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA 42 17 22 3 37 0.440
1977–78 Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA 38 22 14 2 46 0.605
1978–79 Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA 44 32 11 1 65 0.739
1980 USA Olympic Men's Team IIHF Olympic Gold Medal Team
1980–81 HC Davos Swiss-A 28 11 16 1 23 0.411
1981–82 New York Rangers NHL 80 39 27 14 92 0.575
1982–83 New York Rangers NHL 80 35 35 10 80 0.500
1983–84 New York Rangers NHL 80 42 29 9 93 0.581
1984–85 New York Rangers NHL 45 15 22 8 38 0.422
1986–87 St. Cloud State Huskies NCAA 36 25 10 1 51 0.708
1987–88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 19 48 13 51 0.319
1991–92 Utica Devils AHL 80 34 40 6 74 0.463
1992–93 New Jersey Devils NHL 84 40 37 7 87 0.518
1998 France Olympic Men's Team IIHF 11th-place finish
1999–2000 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 58 29 24 5 0 63 0.543
2002 USA Olympic Men's Team IIHF Olympic Silver Medal Team

NCAA career totals
308 182 109 17 381 0.619

NHL career totals
507 219 222 66 0 504 0.497

(from Wikipedia)



Outside Xcel Energy Center, home of Minnesota Wild hockey.

6 comments:

  1. la statue est très réussie, il y a de la joie, de l'envie dans cette sculpture, un superbe hommage et un palmares de rêve.
    the statue is very successful, there is joy, envy in this sculpture, a beautiful tribute and a list of dreams.

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  2. Wow! What a happy statue! Remember how exciting that Olympic hockey win was?

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  3. Well I didn't know you were a big hockey fan. Love the statue. It's so lively he must have been a great guy.
    V

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  4. Now I am worried about you Rob. I hope you did not remember all those stats. If so please get some professional help ;-)

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  5. Looks like they just won a match

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