Glen Sather

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Glen Sather
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1997 (Builder)
Glen Sather, 2006 NHL Awards.jpg
Sather at the 2006 NHL Awards
Born (1943-09-02) September 2, 1943 (age 81)
High River, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Boston Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins
New York Rangers
St. Louis Blues
Montreal Canadiens
Minnesota North Stars
Edmonton Oilers
Coached for Edmonton Oilers
New York Rangers
Playing career 1966–1976
Coaching career 1976–2004

Glen Cameron Sather (born September 2, 1943) is a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive. He is the current senior advisor and alternate governor of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the Rangers' general manager until stepping down on July 1, 2015, and then served as their president until April 4, 2019. He stepped down from his advisory role with the Rangers on June 26, 2024.

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He is known for coaching the Edmonton Oilers to four Stanley Cup victories during the 1980s. He played a key role in attracting talented players, including Wayne Gretzky, who helped make the Oilers a hockey dynasty at that time. Gretzky, who became "the most dominant player in the history of the game," [1] [2] [3] credits Sather, along with Walter Gretzky, his father, as his most important mentors.

Outside the NHL, Sather was instrumental in building Canadian national teams for the 1984 Canada Cup (tournament champions), the 1994 Ice Hockey World Championship (gold Medal winners) and 1996 World Cup of Hockey (finalists). Before coaching, Sather was a professional ice hockey left winger in the WHA and NHL, playing for several teams over 10 years.

Sather was born in High River, Alberta but grew up in Wainwright, Alberta. Sather resides in Rye, New York during the season and Palm Springs, California in the off-season, but also has a home in Banff, Alberta. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997. His nickname is "Slats".

Background and early career

Sather played three junior seasons starting in 1961 with the Edmonton Oil Kings. His professional career started in 1964 with the CPHL Memphis Wings and Oklahoma City Blazers, joining the Bruins at the end of the 1966–67 season and playing in 5 games.

Professional playing career

Sather played 10 full seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and another with the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association (WHA). [4] He played 739 regular season games as a pro, scoring 99–146–245 and earning 801 minutes in penalties. In the playoffs, he added 77 games played and scored 2–6–8 with 88PIM. His career as a player ended after the 1976–77 WHA season.

Post-playing career

Edmonton Oilers

Sather was named player-coach of the Oilers with 18 games remaining in the 1976-77 World Hockey Association season. In his first game as player-coach, the Oilers defeated the Winnipeg Jets 5–4, with Sather himself scoring a goal 1:11 into the game. He retired as a player after that season, but remained as head coach and was the face of the organization for the next quarter-century. Sather stayed on as head coach when the Oilers joined the NHL in 1979–80. [4]

In 1978, then-Oilers owner Peter Pocklington came to Sather and asked him whether he should take advantage of an opportunity to acquire Wayne Gretzky. Sather replied, "Whatever you have to do, get him." This was considered a risky proposition in 1978, as many scouts and hockey pundits, notably Howie Meeker, considered Gretzky too small, and unlikely to ever make it in the pro ranks. Upon acquiring Gretzky, Sather allowed him to live with his family.

In 1979, the Edmonton Oilers were absorbed into the NHL. After taking them to the first round of the playoffs in their inaugural season, Sather was promoted to president and general manager, and named Bryan Watson as head coach. On the advice of Barry Fraser, his chief scout, Sather selected Paul Coffey in the first round, Jari Kurri in the fourth, and Andy Moog in the seventh. After a 4–9–5 record to start the 1980–81 season, Sather stepped back behind the bench and demoted Watson to an assistant (Watson retired after the season). While his record was only 25–26–11 the rest of the way, the young Oilers caught fire late in the season and swept the heavily favoured Montreal Canadiens in the opening round of the playoffs. It was a signal of what was to come. Again on the advice of Fraser, Sather selected Grant Fuhr in the first round and Steve Smith in the sixth round of the 1981 draft. The 1981–82 season saw the Oilers charge out of the gate as never before. They scored an NHL-record 417 goals, paced by Gretzky's 92 goals and 212 points. They rocketed to second place in the league behind only the New York Islanders but were upended in the first round by the upstart Los Angeles Kings.

This was the start of a tremendous run for the Oilers, who made it to the 1983 Finals (losing to the Islanders) and then winning the Stanley Cup in five of the next seven seasons. The team made the playoffs with Sather as the sole head coach from 1979–80 until 1984–85. In 1985, Sather named top assistant John Muckler as associate head coach and began splitting most coaching duties with Muckler. Sather won the Jack Adams Trophy in 1985–86 as the NHL's coach of the year. In the 1988 offseason, Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. The Oilers finished the season third in the Smythe Division and then were eliminated by Gretzky's Kings in the first round of the playoffs in seven games. Afterward, Sather relinquished his title of head coach to Muckler but remained general manager of the Oilers.

For the 1989–90 season, the Oilers returned to the Finals where they again faced the Boston Bruins, winning in five games for their fifth Stanley Cup. [5]

While the Oilers remained competitive during the first half of the 1990s, it was obvious they were no longer the powerhouse they had once been (they last won the division title in 1986–87). This was mainly because key players such as Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, and Esa Tikkanen left to seek higher salaries elsewhere (caused in part by the Gretzky trade in 1988). [6] It has been argued that the high turnover came about from Pocklington's cost-cutting moves in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [7] [8]

The Oilers' decline was precipitated by poor scouting and drafting in the 1980s. [8] This was largely overlooked during their glory years since their stellar records resulted in them drafting fairly late and Sather was fairly adept at making trades to fill in the pieces. However, the lack of depth in the minor-league system finally caught up with them when the last veterans from the dynasty years left town. This left the Oilers so bereft of talent that Sather was forced to rush many prospects to Edmonton before they had sufficient time to develop. While the Oilers dropped to third in the Smythe Division in 1991 and 1992, they had enough heft to make it to the Conference Finals both years. The bottom fell out in 1993 when the Oilers missed the playoffs for the first time in their NHL history. Of the 17 players that Sather chose in the first round from 1982 to 2000, only Jeff Beukeboom in 1983 and Jason Arnott in 1993 turned out to be successful for the Oilers. This deficiency was particularly crucial as the Oilers' precarious financial situation in the 1990s kept them from paying their top players enough to keep them in Edmonton, and also locked them out of the market for top free agents. [9] The Oilers returned to the playoffs in 1997 and would not miss the postseason again under Sather's management. In 1997 and 1998, they managed first-round upsets of the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche, respectively, backstopped by goaltender Curtis Joseph.

The heavily-leveraged Pocklington was finally forced to sell the team in 1998, which nearly resulted in the franchise being moved to Houston, Texas by Rockets owner Leslie Alexander. However, a local consortium stepped in and made a successful bid to keep the Oilers in Edmonton. Sather agreed to remain general manager but was unable to retain Joseph who signed as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs for 1998–99, [8] [10] and the Oilers were eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs by the Stars from 1999 to 2001. Sather left the Oilers organization in 2000 and was succeeded as general manager by outgoing head coach Kevin Lowe. However, the deficiencies in player development under Sather hampered the Oilers for several years to come. Since 1991–92, they have only finished with 90 or more points eight times.

New York Rangers

In 2000, Sather joined the Rangers to become their president and general manager. [4] He hired Bryan Trottier as head coach in 2002. The former Islanders' great, hated by the Rangers' fans, was fired 54 games into the 2002–03 season. Sather took over as head coach and remained as head coach into the 2003–04 season, eventually relinquishing the job to assistant coach Tom Renney; his record as Rangers coach was 33–39–11–7 over 90 games. That pushed his NHL career win total to 497, 19th all-time.

Some good, young players were also drafted during his tenure as the Rangers general manager, such as Henrik Lundqvist, Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Callahan, Marc Staal, Derek Stepan, Chris Kreider, and Carl Hagelin. The team greatly improved after the lockout under Renney, making the Stanley Cup playoffs four consecutive years. After the Rangers lost in the second round of the 2007 and 2008 playoffs and were struggling to make the playoffs in 2009, Sather fired Renney and replaced him with John Tortorella. The Rangers made the playoffs as the seventh seed but ultimately lost in the first round to the Washington Capitals in seven games. The Rangers failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2010, resulting in some fans holding a rally asking the team to relieve Sather of his position as general manager. [11] The Rangers later advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2014 with Tortorella's replacement, Alain Vigneault. He stepped down as the general manager on July 1, 2015, [12] and resigned from his position as president on April 4, 2019, announcing his decision to take on the roles of senior advisor and alternate governor. [13]

Head coaching record

TeamYearRegular seasonPostseason
GWLTOTLPtsFinishWLWin %Result
EDM 1976–77 18972—(20)4th in West 14.200Lost in Quarterfinals (HOU)
EDM 1977–78 8038393—795th in West14.200Lost in Quarterfinals (NEW)
EDM 1978–79 8048302—981st in West67.462Lost in Finals (WPG)
EDM 1979–80 80283913—694th in Smythe 03.000Lost in Preliminary Round (PHI)
EDM 1980–81 62252611—743rd in Smythe54.556Lost in Quarterfinals (NYI)
EDM 1981–82 80481715—1111st in Smythe23.400Lost in Division Semifinals (LAK)
EDM 1982–83 80472112—1061st in Smythe115.688Lost in Stanley Cup Finals (NYI)
EDM 1983–84 8057185—1191st in Smythe154.789Won Stanley Cup (NYI)
EDM 1984–85 80492011—1091st in Smythe153.833Won Stanley Cup (PHI)
EDM 1985–86 8056177—1191st in Smythe64.600Lost in Division Finals (CGY)
EDM 1986–87 8050246—1061st in Smythe165.762Won Stanley Cup (PHI)
EDM 1987–88 80442511—992nd in Smythe162.889Won Stanley Cup (BOS)
EDM 1988–89 8038348—843rd in Smythe34.429Lost in Division Semifinals (LAK)
EDM 1993–94 60222711—(55)6th in Pacific ———Missed playoffs
EDM total8424642681100  9752.65113 playoff appearances
4 Stanley Cups
NYR 2002–03 28111043(29)4th in Atlantic ———Missed playoffs
NYR 2003–04 62222974(55)4th in Atlantic———Missed playoffs
NYR total903339117  ———0 playoff appearances
Total1,0625833761267  9752.65113 playoff appearances
4 Stanley Cups

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1961–62 Edmonton Oil Kings CAHL ——————————
1961–62 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup —————19551014
1962–63Edmonton Oil KingsCAHL——————————
1962–63 Edmonton Oil KingsM-Cup—————209132226
1963–64Edmonton Oil KingsCAHL403134653010000
1963–64 Edmonton Oil KingsM-Cup—————198172530
1964–65 Memphis Wings CPHL 6919294898—————
1965–66 Oklahoma City Blazers CPHL6413122576944814
1966–67 Oklahoma City BlazersCPHL571419331471126824
1966–67 Boston Bruins NHL 50000—————
1967–68 Boston BruinsNHL65812203430000
1968–69 Boston BruinsNHL7641115671000018
1969–70 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL761214261141002217
1970–71 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL46831196—————
1970–71 New York Rangers NHL31202521301118
1971–72 New York RangersNHL765914771601122
1972–73 New York RangersNHL771115266490007
1973–74 New York RangersNHL20000—————
1973–74 St. Louis Blues NHL6915294482—————
1974–75 Montreal Canadiens NHL636101644111124
1975–76 Minnesota North Stars NHL729101994—————
1976–77 Edmonton Oilers WHA 811934537751122
NHL totals658801131937247215686

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