Harry James Sinden (born September 14, 1932 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) was the long-time general manager, coach, and president for the Boston Bruins NHL hockey team, and was the coach of the Team Canada during the 1972 Summit Series. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Kingston Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Boston Bruins are a professional Ice hockey team based in Boston Massachusetts. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America History From 1920 until 1963 the Senior Amateur Club teams representing Canada were usually the most recent Allan Cup champions The Summit Series was the first competition between full-strength Soviet and Canadian national Ice hockey teams an eight-game series held in He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builders category. The Hockey Hall of Fame ( Temple de la renommée du hockey in French) is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Playing career
Sinden played defence for the Toronto Marlboro bantams before moving up to the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association for junior hockey. The Oshawa Generals are a Junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level Ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. He played in Oshawa from 1949 to 1953 and then played six seasons in the OHA senior division with the Whitby Dunlops. Original Dunlops The original Whitby Dunlops were founded from the remnants of the former Oshawa Generals team of 1952–53 Sinden was team captain when the Dunlops won the Allan Cup in 1957. The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded to the national senior amateur men’s Ice hockey champions of Canada. The Dunlops with Sinden then went on to win the 1958 World Hockey Championship for Canada in Oslo, Norway. The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. Sinden also won a silver medal as a member of the Canadian national men's hockey team at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. History From 1920 until 1963 the Senior Amateur Club teams representing Canada were usually the most recent Allan Cup champions The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated between February The Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley California, is one of the largest and most high-concept ski areas in the United States, and was The core of the team was the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, with Sinden one of four players from the Dunlops added to the lineup to strengthen the team for the Olympics.
Near the end of the season, the Montreal Canadiens placed Sinden on their negotiation list, but the two did not reach an agreement. The Montreal Canadiens (Les Canadiens de Montréal are a professional Ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sinden played some games with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in the Eastern Professional Hockey League and met Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Boston Bruins. The Hull-Ottawa Canadiens were a team in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA Senior "A" league for 3 seasons from 1956-59 For information about the EPHL beginning play in 2008 please see Eastern Professional Hockey League (2008 The Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL was a Joseph Lynn Patrick ( February 3, 1912 in Victoria, British Columbia - January 26, 1980) was a Canadian professional The Boston Bruins are a professional Ice hockey team based in Boston Massachusetts. Patrick signed Sinden as player-assistant coach for the Kingston Frontenacs, the Bruins' EPHL affiliate, starting in 1960–61. The Kingston Frontenacs of the Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL were a minor professional team affiliated with the NHL's Boston Bruins. Sinden was named a first-team all-star for the 1961–62 season and league MVP for 1962–63. After the league folded, the team became the Minneapolis Bruins of the Central Hockey League for the 1963–64 season, with Sinden as player-coach. The Minneapolis Bruins were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League from 1963 to 1965 The Central Hockey League was a minor professional Ice hockey league that operated in the United States from 1963 to 1984 After two seasons, the team moved again, becoming the Oklahoma City Blazers, where Sinden finished his playing career in the 1965–66 season after six seasons with the franchise. The Oklahoma City Blazers are a professional Ice hockey team that plays in the Northwest Division of the Central Hockey League. In his final season, he coached the team to the league championship.
Coaching in the NHL
In May 1966, Sinden moved to the NHL as the head coach of the Boston Bruins. At 33, he was the youngest coach in the league at the time, coaching the youngest team. In his first season—with a team that included rookie Bobby Orr—the Bruins finished out of the playoffs with the worst record in the league. Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr OC (born March 20 1948 in Parry Sound, Ontario) is a retired Canadian Ice hockey defenseman By his second year, aided by the acquisition of Phil Esposito from the Chicago Black Hawks, the team posted a winning record, and in Sinden's third season, the Bruins finished with 100 points, just behind the Montreal Canadiens for top spot in the NHL. Philip Anthony "Espo" Esposito, OC (born February 20, 1942 is a retired professional hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National The Montreal Canadiens (Les Canadiens de Montréal are a professional Ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In his fourth season, 1969–70, he coached the Bruins to the their first Stanley Cup in 29 years. The 1969–70 NHL season was the 53rd season of the National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup (La Coupe Stanley is an Ice hockey club championship Trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL playoffs champion
Retirement and Summit Series
Despite his success with the team, Sinden had a rocky relationship with Bruins management during the championship season, which led to the 37 year-old Sinden announcing his retirement just days after winning the Cup. The club placed him on its voluntary retired list, preventing him from taking a job with another team for one year. Sinden accepted a job with Stirling Homex Corp. , a home construction company in Rochester, New York. Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. In October 1970, Sports Illustrated published a story by Sinden where he said he left the Bruins because they had refused mid-season to give him a raise for the following year. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner.
Sinden was offered the job as first head coach of the New York Islanders at the beginning of 1972, but turned it down. The New York Islanders are a professional Ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. He also rejected offers from the Toronto Maple Leafs and the St. Louis Blues. "Leafs" and "Maple Leafs" redirect here For the former American Hockey League team see St The St Louis Blues are a professional Ice hockey team based in St In June 1972, after two years away from hockey, he was named head coach and manager of the Canadian team for the eight-game Summit Series. The Summit Series was the first competition between full-strength Soviet and Canadian national Ice hockey teams an eight-game series held in After a slow start, he led the Canadians to a come-from-behind win, capped by Paul Henderson's series-winning goal with 34 seconds remaining in the final game. This article is about the Canadian ice hockey player For others with the same name see Paul Henderson (disambiguation. Esposito, reunited with Sinden, was the leading scorer in the series.
Sinden maintained a tape recorded diary throughout the series, which was turned into a book, Hockey Showdown, published in 1972.
Returns to the Bruins
Within days after the Summit Series, Sinden signed a five-year deal with the Bruins to become the team's general manager, succeeding Milt Schmidt, who was made executive director. Milton Conrad Schmidt (born March 5, 1918) is a former professional Ice hockey center, coach and general manager mostly for the Boston Sinden would spend just over 28 years as general manager of the Bruins, almost surpassing the 30-year tenure (1924–54) of the team's founding manager, Art Ross. Arthur Howey Ross ( January 13, 1886 – August 5, 1964 was a Canadian Ice hockey executive and defenceman in He added the title of club president in 1989, and remained as the chief executive of the club until the summer of 2006, when he retired to a consulting role.
As GM, Sinden presided over the team's long years of consistent success, setting the North American major professional record for most consecutive seasons in the playoffs with 30, which including making the finals four times (1977, 1978, 1988, 1990) and a regular season first place finish (1990).
Recently, Sinden was the subject of controversies ranging from video replays to salary arbitration, and was under frequent fire from Bruins' fans. In the 1996–97 season, the NHL fined him 5,000 USD for verbal abuse towards video replay official Ian Sandercock after a goal was disallowed in the second period during a game between the Bruins and the Ottawa Senators. The 1996–97 NHL season was the 80th Regular season of the National Hockey League. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The Ottawa Senators (Les Sénateurs d'Ottawa are a professional Ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Sinden also refused a salary arbitration award, letting Dmitri Khristich, a 29-goal scorer, leave the team with no compensation. Dmitri Khristich (Дмитро Христич Dmytro Khrystych) (born July 23, 1969) in Kiev, Soviet Union, now Ukraine Sinden had been highly critical of Khristich's performance in the playoffs and was angered when an arbitrator awarded him a salary of $2. 8 million.
Currently, Sinden is a "senior adviser" to the Bruins, as well as a member of the selection committee for the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hockey Hall of Fame ( Temple de la renommée du hockey in French) is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Trivia
- Sinden is the godfather of Canadian rock musician Gordon Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip. Gordon Downie (born February 6, 1964) is a Canadian Rock musician and writer The Tragically Hip is a Canadian rock band from Kingston Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and occasional acoustic
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