Byron Brad McCrimmon was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach.
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37 Facts About Brad McCrimmon
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Brad McCrimmon turned to coaching following his playing career, serving as an assistant with the New York Islanders before taking over as head coach of the Western Hockey League's Saskatoon Blades for two seasons between 1998 and 2000.
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Brad McCrimmon then returned to the NHL as an assistant, first with the Flames then the Atlanta Thrashers and finally the Red Wings.
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Brad McCrimmon never coached a regular season game however, as he was killed, along with most of the team, after their plane crashed en route to their first game.
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Brad McCrimmon began his junior career at the age of 15 with the Prince Albert Raiders of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League .
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Brad McCrimmon played two seasons with the team, scoring 23 goals and 84 points.
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Brad McCrimmon scored 84 points in 72 games in his first WCHL season and added 13 points in 15 playoff games as the Wheat Kings reached the league championship series, only to lose to the New Westminster Bruins.
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Brad McCrimmon was named the defenceman of the year in 1978 and was named to the league all-star team in both seasons.
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Brad McCrimmon joined the Canadian junior team at the World Junior Championship in each season.
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Brad McCrimmon scored 28 points in 22 games to help Brandon win the President's Cup.
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Brad McCrimmon routinely played a high number of minutes each game; his teammates marvelled at his stamina.
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Flyers' coach Bob McCammon argued that Brad McCrimmon had been "intimidated" by playing with fellow 1979 Bruins pick and all-star, Ray Bourque, and that he could be a better overall defenceman.
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Brad McCrimmon was ruled out of the 1985 Stanley Cup Playoffs in the third game of the league semi-final against the Quebec Nordiques when he suffered a third-degree separation of his left shoulder following a hard hit by Wilf Paiement, an injury that required surgery to repair.
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The Flyers reached the final without Brad McCrimmon, but were defeated by the Edmonton Oilers for the Stanley Cup.
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Brad McCrimmon appeared in all 80 games for the Flyers and set career highs of 13 goals, 43 assists, 56 points and his plus-minus rating of +83 was second only to defensive partner Mark Howe.
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Brad McCrimmon was named recipient of the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the Flyers' top defenceman.
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Brad McCrimmon immediately returned to the team and appeared in 72 of the Flyers' 80 games, recording 22 points and finishing fourth in the league at +45.
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Brad McCrimmon scored the game-winning goal in Game 3 but the Flyers lost the series, but not before they took the Oilers to seven games, the first time since 1971 a full seven game series had been played.
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Brad McCrimmon scored 42 points for the Flames, won the NHL Plus-Minus Award with a league-leading +48 and was named a second team All-Star.
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Brad McCrimmon appeared in all 22 playoff games for the Flames as the team defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.
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Brad McCrimmon appeared in 37 games that season, scoring one goal and adding five assists.
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Brad McCrimmon was paired with some of the best defencemen of his generation.
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Brad McCrimmon was known as a stay at home defenceman who focused on limiting the opposition's chances.
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Brad McCrimmon played a physical game, often in the "dirty" areas of the ice – battling opponents in the corners and in front of the net.
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Brad McCrimmon left the team after two years to become head coach of the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League in 1999.
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Brad McCrimmon returned to the NHL in 2004 as an assistant for the Atlanta Thrashers.
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Brad McCrimmon had been offered the Thrashers head coaching position after Waddell's dismissal, but turned it down after the team failed to guarantee he would retain the position beyond the end of the season.
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Brad McCrimmon hoped that coaching the Russian club would help him land an NHL head coaching position in the future.
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Brad McCrimmon never coached a game for Lokomotiv, as he was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash en route to their first game of the season.
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Brad McCrimmon was born in Dodsland, Saskatchewan, but grew up on the family farm near the village of Plenty.
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Brad McCrimmon often returned to his hometown during his playing days, spending his summers training on the family farm.
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Brad McCrimmon brought the Stanley Cup back to Plenty in 1989 after winning it with the Flames, fulfilling a promise McCrimmon made to his grandfather as a youth.
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Brad McCrimmon's father Byron was a long time senior player and coach for the Rosetown Red Wings in Saskatchewan.
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The younger Brad McCrimmon played for teams in both Plenty and Rosetown at the same time, often appearing on teams one level above his age.
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Brad McCrimmon had two children with his wife Maureen: daughter Carlin and son Liam.
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