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1979–80 Canada Men's National Ice Hockey Team
The 1979–80 Canada men's national ice hockey team represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid in the United States. This was the first men's ice hockey team to compete for Canada at the Olympics since the 1968 Winter Olympics held at Grenoble, France. Canada's team placed sixth in the tournament to finish out of the medals. History Canada returned to ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics after missing both the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics due to a dispute with the IIHF over the use of professional athletes at world championships. 1980 Winter Olympics roster *Head coaches: Lorne Davis, Clare Drake, Tom Watt * Glenn Anderson * Warren Anderson * Dan D'Alvise * Ken Berry * Ron Davidson * John Devaney *Bob Dupuis * Joe Grant * Randy Gregg (C) * Dave Hindmarch * Paul MacLean * Kevin Maxwell * James Nill *Terry O'Malley * Paul Pageau * Brad Pirie *Kevin Primeau * Don Spring *Tim Watters * Stelio Zupancich See also * Canada men's national ice hockey team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected as the host city for the 1980 Winter Games at the 75th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Vienna, Austria in 1974. This marked the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Winter Games, after 1932. The only other candidate city to bid for the 1980 games, Vancouver-Garibaldi withdrew before the final vote. Some venues from the 1932 Games were renovated for use in the 1980 Games, and events were held at the Olympic Center, Whiteface Mountain, Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, the Olympic Ski Jumps, the Cascade Cross Country Ski Center, and the Lake Placid High School Speed Skating Oval. The Games were a success in terms of sport, but the organization was criticized because of numerous transport problems. The 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Berry (ice Hockey)
Kenneth Edward Berry (born June 21, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Early life Berry was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. As a youth, he and teammate Glenn Anderson played in the 1972 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Burnaby. He played major junior hockey with the New Westminster Bruins, winning the Memorial Cup in 1978. He next played with the University of Denver Pioneers, where he was selected to the All-WCHA Second Team in 1980–81. Career Berry played major professional hockey with the NHL's Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks, tallying 8 goals and 10 assists for 18 points in 55 games. He later played in West Germany/Germany, mostly in the second tier 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga, with ESV Bayreuth and EC Hedos München. Berry twice represented Canada in hockey at the Olympics, at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid and the 1988 Winter Olympics held in Calgary. At the 1980 Tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Primeau
Kevin Primeau (born January 3, 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks. He also played seven games in the World Hockey Association with the Edmonton Oilers. Primeau also represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics where he scored 4 goals and 1 assist in 6 games. He is later served as the head coach of the Swiss team HC La Chaux-de-Fonds. He also was the head coach of the Hungarian team Alba Volán Székesfehérvár, and the Hungarian national team. In university, he played for the University of Alberta Golden Bears from 1974–75 to 1977–78; the Golden Bears won the national CIAU University Cup championship in 1975 and 1978, with Primeau winning the Major W.J. "Danny" McLeod Award in 1978, as Most Valuable Player of the national championship tournament. Family Kevin's son Josh plays professionally in the Swiss League with HC Sierre, and his other son Ben was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Pirie
J. Bradley Pirie (born October 21, 1955) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played with Team Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Early life Pirie was born in Guelph. He played with the University of Guelph Gryphons, where he was an all-star and later inducted into the University of Guelph Sports Hall of Fame. Next, he played for the Peterborough Petes and represented Canada at the 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Career Pirie represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ... held in Lake Placid, where he scored one goal and two assists in six games. After earning a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Guelph, he joined his father's company, Pirie-McKie & Associates. Personal life Pirie resi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pageau
Paul Pageau (born October 1, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in one National Hockey League game for the Los Angeles Kings during the 1980–81 NHL season. As a youth, Pageau played in the 1972 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Gatineau. He played his Quebec Junior hockey with the Quebec Remparts and the Shawinigan Cataractes. After the NHL he spent 6 years in the minor leagues. Pageau represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, where he was the goalie in 4 games, a win versus Poland and a shutout against Japan, and two losses in decisive games against USSR and Finland. As of 2019 he was Vice President Ontario at Slush Puppie Canada Inc. based in Stoney Creek, Ontario. See also *List of players who played only one game in the NHL This is a list of ice hockey players who have played only one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1917–18 to the present. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry O'Malley
Terrence M. "Terry" O'Malley (born October 21, 1940 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player, currently serving as an assistant coach to the Regina Cougars women's ice hockey team of the University of Regina, a position he has held since 2006. He is an Olympian who represented Canada at three Winter Olympics (1964, 1968 and 1980), winning a bronze medal in 1968. A long-time coach for a variety of Notre Dame Hounds' bantam and midget hockey teams at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998. Career O'Malley played high school and junior ice hockey at Toronto's St. Michael's College, winning a Memorial Cup Championship in 1961 under the coaching of Father David Bauer. After the team's Memorial Cup run, Father Bauer became the head coach of the University of British Columbia men's ice hockey team, the UBC Thunderbirds. For the 1962–1963 season, O'Malley, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nill
James Edward Nill (born April 11, 1958) is a Canadian former ice hockey player and the current general manager of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nill played in the NHL throughout the 1980s with the St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets, and Detroit Red Wings, retiring in 1990. Prior to making his NHL debut Nill also played for Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He worked as a scout for the Ottawa Senators before joining the Red Wings in an executive role in 1994, staying with the team before moving to take up the general manager role with Dallas in 2013. Playing career Junior Born in Hanna, Alberta, Nill played one season for the Drumheller Falcons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) in 1975, after which he played three seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the WCHL. He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the third round, 89th overall, in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft. International The next season, Nill p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Maxwell (ice Hockey)
Kevin Preston Maxwell (born March 30, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 49 games in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Rockies, Minnesota North Stars, and New Jersey Devils. Later Maxwell scouted for the Dallas Stars, New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers. Early life Maxwell was born in Edmonton. He played junior hockey with the Penticton Vees and in college with the North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey team. Career Maxwell represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid. In six games he scored 5 assists with 4 penalty minutes. His NHL career spanned three seasons and 66 games, scoring six goals and 15 assists, with 61 penalty minutes. During the 1981 Stanley Cup playoffs and the North Stars finals run, he played 16 games and contributed three goals, four assists, and dogged defensive play. As of 2022, he is the general manager of the Springfield Thunderbirds The Springfield Thunderbirds are a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul MacLean (ice Hockey)
Paul A. MacLean (born March 9, 1958) is a French-born Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) and formerly head coach of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, winning the 2013 Jack Adams Award as the NHL's Coach of the Year. He also served as an assistant coach for the Anaheim Ducks until his departure from the team on June 1, 2017. He played 11 seasons in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings and the original Winnipeg Jets. Playing career Born in Grostenquin, France, while his father was serving with the Canadian Armed Forces, MacLean moved to Canada at the age of two and grew up in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. As a youth, he played in the 1971 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Borden. Once, during a QMJHL game in which he was playing for the Hull Olympiques, a deal was made to send MacLean to the Quebec Remparts, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hindmarch
David Hindmarch (born October 15, 1958) is a Canadian former National Hockey League player for the Calgary Flames. Hindmarch represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, where he scored three goals and four assists in six games. Son of Bob Hindmarch, a University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds multi-sport athlete and later professor and athletic director at UBC, David Hindmarch played with the University of Alberta Golden Bears The Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas are the sports teams that represent the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Alberta athletics teams have won a total of 93 national championships, including 79 U Sports sanctioned sports, making ... hockey team from 1976–77 to 1978–79. The Golden Bears won the national CIAU University Cup championship in 1978 and 1979, with Hindmarch winning the Major W.J. "Danny" McLeod Award in 1979, as Most Valuable Player of the national championship tournament. He played 99 NH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Gregg (ice Hockey)
Randall John Gregg (born February 19, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who spent 10 seasons in the National Hockey League, and is a family physician in Edmonton. He is best known for his time with the Edmonton Oilers, where he spent most of his career and won five Stanley Cups, in 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990. Playing career Gregg attended the University of Alberta to work toward a medical degree, and playing hockey was a secondary priority. However, he became one of the top players in Canadian university hockey, leading the Golden Bears to two Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union (CIAU) championships, and was CIAU Player of the Year in 1979. He received a contract offer from the New York Rangers but rejected it to spend the year with David Bauer (ice hockey), Father David Bauer and the 1979–80 Canada men's national ice hockey team, Canadian national team, and captained Canada's entry at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Grant (ice Hockey)
Donald Norman Joseph Grant (January 23, 1957 – January 5, 2011) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played with Team Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics. A member of the 1977-78 Varsity Blues OUAA championship team, Grant came to the University of Toronto in 1977 after successful junior hockey careers with the Buffalo Tondas, St. Catharines Black Hawks and the Kitchener Rangers. Grant was named an OUAA first team all-star defenceman in his second year of intercollegiate competition. Grant was selected to the national hockey team in 1979 and went on to represent Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics, where he scored one assist and two penalty minutes in six games. Before returning to finish his degree at the University of Toronto, he played one year for Modo in the Swedish Elite League and was a player-coach for one year in Tokyo. He arrived back in Toronto in 1982-83 and led the Blues to a first-place regular-season finish and OUAA silver medal. Grant then took to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
