Butch Goring | |||
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![]() Goring with the New York Islanders in the 1980s | |||
Born | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | October 22, 1949||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | Los Angeles Kings New York Islanders Boston Bruins | ||
National team | ![]() | ||
NHL Draft | 51st overall, 1969 Los Angeles Kings | ||
Playing career | 1969–1987 |
Robert Thomas "Butch" Goring [1] (born October 22, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins. A four-time Stanley Cup winner with the Islanders, he has been cited as a key figure of the Islanders dynasty. [2]
Since retiring as a player he has served as head coach of both the Bruins and Islanders. He currently serves as the Islanders' television color commentator on MSG Network and select games for TNT alongside lead team and #2 TNT play-by-play announcer Brendan Burke. [3] In addition, ice-level reporter Darren Pang join the pair for select games. [4] [5]
After finishing his junior career with the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL), Goring was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the fifth round (51st overall) of the 1969 NHL Entry Draft. He played parts of two seasons for the Kings in 1970 and 1971, bouncing back and forth between Los Angeles and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Springfield Kings. He had a very successful season in Springfield in 1971, leading the league in playoff goals, assists and points in helping his team (along with future Hall of Fame goaltender and future Islanders' teammate Billy Smith) win the Calder Cup championship.
The next season Goring was promoted for good to the NHL, and starred for nine seasons for the Los Angeles Kings, developing into one of the most complete players in the league. In the 1975–76 playoff quarterfinal series against the Boston Bruins, Goring scored the overtime game-winning goal in game 2 and game 6. He won both the Bill Masterton Trophy and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1978, becoming the first player to win both trophies the same year. [6] Prior to the 1978–79 season he was offered a five-year, $1-million contract by the World Hockey Association's Edmonton Oilers; [1] Goring re-signed with the Kings after they countered with an offer of $1.25-million over the same term. [7] [8]
In the 1980 season, Goring was traded in March to the New York Islanders in exchange for Billy Harris and Dave Lewis, and was widely regarded as being the "final piece of the puzzle". [9] [10] That season, he scored 19 points in 21 playoff games to help the Islanders to the first of four consecutive Stanley Cups. The next season (1980–81), he improved upon his previous playoff run, scoring 10 goals and 10 assists in 20 playoff games, and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff most valuable player, as the Islanders won their second Cup. [6] Goring played 78 games and did not receive a single penalty, but did not win the Lady Byng Trophy that year. [11]
Goring's final NHL season was 1984-85. After his release by the Islanders, he played effectively for half a season with the Boston Bruins, before retiring and becoming the Bruins' head coach for a season and a half. [12] [13] After he was fired as the Bruins' coach in 1986-87, [14] he played briefly for the Nova Scotia Oilers of the AHL before retiring for good. [15] [16]
Goring retired having played 1107 games, with 375 goals and 513 assists for 888 points. He recorded only 102 penalty minutes, the lowest total in NHL history for a player appearing in more than a thousand games. He was a very effective penalty-killer throughout his career as he finished in the top ten for short-handed goals nine seasons in his career amassing a career total of 40 short-handed goals, the fifth most of all-time.
Goring was most recognizable on the ice for the Sven Tumba-endorsed Spaps brand helmet that he had worn since childhood and continued to wear throughout his entire professional career. [17] He also developed a reputation for perhaps the poorest fashion sense in the league. In the 1970s, on a road trip with the Kings, a burglar broke into his hotel room and stole everything that belonged to his roommate but left all of Goring's clothes hanging in the closet untouched. [1] [17] [18]
Former Islanders' teammate Mike Bossy stated on a 2010 episode of Off the Record with Michael Landsberg that Goring is quite likely the originator of the NHL's tradition of growing a beard in the Stanley Cup playoffs, commonly called a "playoff beard". [19] Other former Islanders, including Dave Lewis and Clark Gillies, point to the tradition starting in the mid-1970s, before Goring's time with the team, [20] although Goring certainly participated in the tradition once he joined the Islanders. [21]
Goring's No. 91 was retired by the Islanders on February 29, 2020, ahead of a game against the Boston Bruins. [22]
Team | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1965–66 | Winnipeg Rangers | MJHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1966–67 | Winnipeg Rangers | MJHL | 51 | 35 | 31 | 66 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
1967–68 | Hull Nationals | Que-Sr. | 40 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1967–68 | Winnipeg Jets | MJHL | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
1967–68 | St. Boniface Mohawks | AC | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||
1968–69 | Winnipeg Jets | WCHL | 39 | 42 | 33 | 75 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1968–69 | Dauphin Kings | MC | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | ||
1968–69 | Regina Pats | MC | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
1969–70 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 59 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1969–70 | Springfield Kings | AHL | 19 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1970–71 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1970–71 | Springfield Kings | AHL | 40 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 0 | ||
1971–72 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 74 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1972–73 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 67 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1973–74 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 70 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1974–75 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 60 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1975–76 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 80 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
1976–77 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 78 | 30 | 55 | 85 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
1977–78 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 80 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1978–79 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 80 | 36 | 51 | 87 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1979–80 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 69 | 20 | 48 | 68 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1979–80 | New York Islanders | NHL | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | ||
1980–81 | New York Islanders | NHL | 78 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | ||
1981–82 | New York Islanders | NHL | 67 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | ||
1982–83 | New York Islanders | NHL | 75 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | ||
1983–84 | New York Islanders | NHL | 71 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
1984–85 | New York Islanders | NHL | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1984–85 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 39 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1986–87 | Nova Scotia Oilers | AHL | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 1,107 | 375 | 513 | 888 | 102 | 134 | 38 | 50 | 88 | 32 |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1981 | Canada | CC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Goring served two stints as an NHL head coach. He coached the Bruins in the 1985–86 season and the early part of the following campaign [14] ; he also coached the New York Islanders in the 1999–2000 season [23] [24] [25] and most of the following season – he was fired by the Islanders on March 4, 2001. [26] He also served as the head coach for several minor league teams, including the Capital District Islanders, Las Vegas Thunder, Denver Grizzlies, [23] Utah Grizzlies, and Anchorage Aces, winning two championships. In 2002–2003 he took over the Krefeld Penguins of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and led them to their first championship since 1952. In 2004–2005, he was the coach of the DEG Metro Stars hockey team in Germany.
Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||||
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G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Finish | W | L | Win% | Result | ||
BOS | 1985–86 | 80 | 37 | 31 | 12 | — | 86 | 3rd in Adams | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lost in Division Semifinals |
BOS | 1986–87 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | (11) | (fired) | — | — | — | — |
NYI | 1999–2000 | 82 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 58 | 5th in Atlantic | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
NYI | 2000–01 | 65 | 17 | 40 | 5 | 3 | (52) | (fired) | — | — | — | — |
Total | 240 | 83 | 126 | 27 | 4 | 193 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 playoff appearance |
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