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Canada Al Arbour

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Highlights
1-time NHL Coach of the Year (Jack Adams Award) 1
4-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion 4

Arbour returned as coach for the New York Islanders for one game in the 2007-08 season. On the request of Islanders head coach Ted Nolan, Arbour coached the team on November 3, 2007, giving him him a total of 1,500 games coached with the Islanders. On that night, he registered his 740th NHL win as a coach. Arbour, at age 75, also became the oldest man to ever coach in the NHL.

Granddaughter: Jaclyn Arbour

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Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
1970-71 St. Louis Blues NHL Head Coach Replaced by Scotty Bowman midseason
1971-72 St. Louis Blues NHL Head Coach Replaced Bill McCreary midseason
1972-73 St. Louis Blues NHL Head Coach Replaced by Jean-Guy Talbot midseason
1973-74 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1974-75 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1975-76 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1976-77 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1977-78 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1978-79 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1979-80 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1980-81 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1981-82 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1982-83 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1983-84 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1984-85 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1985-86 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1986-87 New York Islanders NHL Dir. of Player Development
1987-88 New York Islanders NHL Dir. of Player Development
1988-89 New York Islanders NHL Dir. of Player Development
New York Islanders NHL Head Coach Replaced Terry Simpson midseason
1989-90 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1990-91 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1991-92 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1992-93 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach
1993-94 New York Islanders NHL Head Coach

Al Arbour Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1949-50 Detroit Hettche IHL 33* 14* 8* 22* 10* -* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 4 -
Windsor Spitfires OHA-Jr. 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -
1950-51 Windsor Spitfires OHA-Jr. 31* 5* 4* 9* 27* -* |
1951-52 Windsor Spitfires OHA-Jr. 55* 7* 12* 19* 86* -* |
1952-53 Windsor Spitfires OHA-Jr. 56* 5* 7* 12* 92* -* |
Washington Lions EAHL 4* 0* 2* 2* 0* -* |
Edmonton Flyers WHL-Sr. 8* 0* 1* 1* 2* -* | Playoffs 15 0 5 5 10 -
1953-54 Detroit Red Wings NHL 36* 0* 1* 1* 18* -* |
Sherbrooke Saints QHL 19* 1* 3* 4* 24* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 2 -
1954-55 Edmonton Flyers WHL-Sr. 41* 3* 9* 12* 39* -* |
Québec Aces QHL 20* 4* 5* 9* 55* -* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 2 -
1955-56 Detroit Red Wings NHL 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 0 -
Edmonton Flyers WHL-Sr. 70* 5* 14* 19* 109* -* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 4 -
1956-57 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44* 1* 6* 7* 38* -* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 6 -
Edmonton Flyers WHL-Sr. 24* 2* 3* 5* 24* -* |
1957-58 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69* 1* 6* 7* 104* -* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 4 -
1958-59 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70* 2* 10* 12* 86* -* | Playoffs 6 1 2 3 26 -
1959-60 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 57* 1* 5* 6* 66* -* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 4 -
1960-61 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 53* 3* 2* 5* 40* -* | Playoffs 7 0 0 0 2 -
1961-62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 52* 1* 5* 6* 68* -* | Playoffs 8 0 0 0 6 -
1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 4* 1* 0* 1* 4* -* |
Rochester Americans AHL 63* 6* 21* 27* 97* -* | Playoffs 2 0 2 2 2 -
1963-64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 6* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -
Rochester Americans AHL 60* 3* 19* 22* 62* -* | Playoffs 2 1 0 1 0 -
1964-65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 2 -
Rochester Americans AHL 71* 1* 16* 17* 88* -* | Playoffs 10 0 1 1 16 -
1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 4* 0* 1* 1* 2* -* |
Rochester Americans AHL 59* 2* 11* 13* 86* -* | Playoffs 12 0 2 2 8 -
1966-67 Rochester Americans AHL 71* 3* 19* 22* 48* -* | Playoffs 13 0 1 1 16 -
1967-68 St. Louis Blues “C” NHL 74* 1* 10* 11* 50* -6* | Playoffs 14 0 3 3 10 -
1968-69 St. Louis Blues “C” NHL 67* 1* 6* 7* 50* 20* | Playoffs 12 0 0 0 10 -
1969-70 St. Louis Blues “C” NHL 68* 0* 3* 3* 85* 7* | Playoffs 14 0 1 1 16 -
1970-71 St. Louis Blues “C” NHL 22* 0* 2* 2* 6* 6* | Playoffs 6 0 0 0 6 -
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