20 Facts About Bob Hartley

1.

Robert "Bob" Hartley was born on September 7,1960 and is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach.

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2.

Bob Hartley has additionally coached the Latvia men's national ice hockey team.

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3.

Bob Hartley never played a game in the NHL, instead beginning his coaching career with a junior A team in his hometown of Hawkesbury.

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4.

When Martin was appointed assistant coach of the parent Quebec Nordiques, Bob Hartley was promoted to head coach and guided the Aces to two division titles during the team's three-year history.

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5.

Bob Hartley's tenure with the Bears was a success as he guided the team to four consecutive playoff appearances and a Calder Cup title in 1997.

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6.

Bob Hartley was hired as the team's second head coach since the relocation to Denver on June 2,1998.

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7.

Bob Hartley brought the Stanley Cup to his hometown of Hawkesbury, bringing the trophy to the PPG Industries plant he worked at.

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8.

At the start of the playoffs, Bob Hartley became the first head coach since Billy Reay to guide his teams to four consecutive conference final appearances.

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9.

Bob Hartley became the only coach in team history to record 40 or more wins during his first four seasons as head coach.

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10.

Under Bob Hartley's guidance, rising star Ilya Kovalchuk became a tri-winner of the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy.

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11.

On October 17,2007, Bob Hartley was fired and was temporarily replaced by Don Waddell, the general manager at the time.

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12.

Bob Hartley was under fire because the team had yet to register a point in six regular season games, was 30th and 27th in the NHL in goals for and against, respectively.

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13.

On March 14,2011, Bob Hartley signed a two-year contract to coach the ZSC Lions, replacing former Sweden national team head coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson.

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14.

Bob Hartley then used his escape clause to return to the NHL and was replaced as Lions head coach by Marc Crawford, the man he had replaced as Avalanche head coach in 1998.

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15.

On May 31,2012, Bob Hartley returned to the NHL as head coach of the Calgary Flames.

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16.

On June 24,2015, Bob Hartley won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year.

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17.

Bob Hartley was the first coach in Flames franchise history to win the award.

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18.

On December 20,2016, the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation announced that Bob Hartley agreed to become the head coach of Latvia national team.

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19.

Bob Hartley signed a contract with Avangard for a period of two years.

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20.

Bob Hartley brought the team to the final of the Gagarin Cup, in which the club from Omsk lost in four matches to CSKA Moscow.

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