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:

Olivier said...

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.

Laurie Allee said...

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

Virginia said...

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

Unknown said...

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

Ken Mac said...

this is one happy statue/man!

Mo said...

Looks like they just won a match