Glen Hanlon

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Glen Hanlon
Glen Hanlon, Laura Ruoholan.jpg
Glen Hanlon in 2008
Born (1957-02-20) February 20, 1957 (age 66)
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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
WHA Draft 30th overall, 1977
Houston Aeros
Playing career 1977–1991

Glen A. Hanlon (born February 20, 1957) is a Canadian ice hockey coach, executive and former goaltender.

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Hanlon played in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings. He is also former head coach of the Washington Capitals of the NHL, Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), the Slovakia national ice hockey team, the Belarusian national ice hockey team and the Swiss national ice hockey team. He was also a goaltender scout for the Vancouver Canucks.

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 2000–01. 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 would 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 four-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 the 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.

In 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 two-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]

On May 19, 2016, Hanlon was named general manager of Western Hockey League's Vancouver Giants, the organization he had worked for as an assistant coach earlier in his career. [6] He left the organization after the 2017–18 season. [7]

On June 18, 2018, Hanlon was named the coach of the Hungarian team, DVTK Jegesmedvék. [8]

On May 8, 2020, Hanlon became the head coach of the Krefeld Pinguine in Germany. [9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1973–74 Brandon Travellers MJHL 20———10596413.63.898————————
1974–75 Brandon TravellersMJHL3—————33.00.922————————
1974–75 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 43———249817604.22.8925——2842906.13—
1975–76 Brandon Wheat KingsWCHL6431254352323443.99.8915——3003306.60—
1975–76 New Westminster Bruins MC —————————4211791003.35—
1976–77 Brandon Wheat KingsWCHL654977378419443.09.90616——9135303.48.904
1977–78 Vancouver Canucks NHL 4121198902.73.904————————
1977–78 Tulsa Oilers CHL 5325233312316033.07.903211120502.50—
1978–79 Vancouver CanucksNHL311213518199433.10.898————————
1979–80 Vancouver CanucksNHL57172910333119303.48.88320060303.00.889
1980–81 Vancouver CanucksNHL175807975914.44.856————————
1980–81 Dallas Black Hawks CHL4310239812.01.895————————
1981–82 Vancouver CanucksNHL288145160410613.96.862————————
1981–82 St. Louis Blues NHL201076806.33.805302109904.97.845
1982–83 St. Louis BluesNHL143816715004.47.879————————
1982–83 New York Rangers NHL21910111676703.45.89410160505.00.894
1983–84 New York RangersNHL5028144282816613.52.8905233081312.53.922
1984–85 New York RangersNHL4414207250617504.19.8783031671405.02.859
1985–86 New York RangersNHL23512111646503.35.89330074604.89.813
1985–86 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 53202792204.73.869————————
1985–86 Adirondack Red Wings AHL105416053303.27.886————————
1986–87 Detroit Red Wings NHL3611165195310413.20.8938524641321.68.943
1987–88 Detroit Red WingsNHL4722175261714143.23.8918434312213.07.871
1988–89 Detroit Red WingsNHL3913148209212413.56.88220178705.35.851
1989–90 Detroit Red WingsNHL4515185229015414.03.867————————
1990–91 Detroit Red WingsNHL194638624603.20.895————————
1990–91 San Diego Gulls IHL 114606033903.88—————————
NHL totals4761672026125,9751561133.61.88435111517519243.15.894

NHL coaching record

TeamYear Regular season Post season
GWLTOTLPtsFinishWLResult
WAS 2003–04 54153090(59)5th in Southeast——Missed playoffs
WAS 2005–06 822941—12705th in Southeast——Missed playoffs
WAS 2006–07 822840—14705th in Southeast——Missed playoffs
WAS 2007–08 21614—1(94)5th in Southeast——(fired)
Total21978125927

SM-Liiga coaching record

TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWOTWLTOTLPtsFinishWLResult
Jokerit 2008–095828420—6984th in SM-liiga 14lost in first round to Kärpät

Awards and achievements

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References

  1. ↑ Глен Хэнлон. Человек! (in Russian). Pressball.by. December 29, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Hanlon fired, washingtonpost.com". The Washington Post.
  3. ↑ Jokerit.com
  4. ↑ "Glen Hanlon and food for thought". The Vancouver Sun. November 9, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Swiss part with Hanlon". www.iihf.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Giants Name Glen Hanlon GM – Vancouver Giants". vancouvergiants.com. May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Glen Hanlon out as general manager of the Vancouver Giants". The Vancouver Sun . May 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Glen Hanlon a DVTK Jegesmedvék vezetőedzője". DVTK.eu . June 18, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Glen Hanlon wird Cheftrainer der Krefeld Pinguine". krefeld-pinguine.de (in German). May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
Preceded by Head coach of the Washington Capitals
2003–07		Succeeded by
Preceded by Head coach of Jokerit
2008–09		Succeeded by
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