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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Lorne Henning
Selected in
second round
No. 17 overall by New York Islanders
Born February 22, 1952
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
New Westminster (WCHL)
Birthplace: Melfort, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown:
Estevan, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
North Battleford | SJHL |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1968-69 |
Estevan | WCHL | 60 |
27 | 27 |
54 | 20 | | 1969-70 |
Estevan | WCHL |
60 | 40 |
52 | 92 |
33 | | 1970-71 |
Estevan | WCHL |
66 | 64 |
66 | 130 |
41 | | 1971-72 |
New Westminster | WCHL |
60 | 51 |
63 | 114 |
29 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL All-Star Second Team: 1970-71 (Estevan)
New Westminster Captain: 1971-72
Miscellaneous: Missed part
of 1971-72 season with hepatitis. ... Was a standout baseball player in high
school. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 14,
1972 (Boston at N.Y. Islanders)
Numbers: 10 (N.Y. Islanders)
Stanley Cup:
1980, 1981, 1982 (asst. coach), 1983 (asst. coach)
Playing Status: Retired 1981 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1981 |
N.Y. Islanders | 544 |
73 | 111 | 184 |
102 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1975-1981 |
N.Y. Islanders | 81 |
7 | 7 | 14 |
8 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
N.Y. Islanders Good Guy Award: 1978-79
NHL Records: Most
short-handed goals in single playoff year (3 in 1980, record shared with five
others)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1984 (NYI) (as assistant coach),
2003 (Anaheim) (as assistant coach)
N.Y. Islanders Records: Most short-handed goals (18), most
playoff short-handed goals (5, tie)
1972-73: Played on first New York Islanders team.
Coaching
Career: Named N.Y. Islanders player-assistant coach in November 1980 and
remained in that role through end of 1980-81 season. ... Named N.Y. Islanders
assistant coach prior to 1981-82 season and remained in that position through
1983-84 season. ... Served as N.Y. Islanders head coach for first three games of 1982-83
season, while Al Arbour was attending his father's funeral. ... Named
Minnesota head coach in June 1985 and remained in that position until March
31, 1987. ... Named N.Y. Islanders assistant coach on Aug. 4, 1989, and
remained in that position through April 5, 1994. ... Named N.Y. Islanders
interim head coach on April 6, 1994, and remained in that position through
1993-94 season. ... Named N.Y. Islanders head coach on June 20, 1994, and
remained in that position until April 10, 1995. ... Named Chicago assistant
coach on Aug. 7, 1995, and remained in that position through 1997-98 season.
... Named N.Y. Islanders associate coach prior to 1998-99 season and remained
in that position through March 3, 2001. ... Named N.Y. Islanders interim head
coach on March 4, 2001, and remained in that position through end of 2000-01
season. ... Named Anaheim assistant coach on July 11, 2002, and remained in
that position through 2002-03 season.
Miscellaneous: Missed final weeks of 1973-74 season after having
appendix removed. ... Became first Islanders player to score on a penalty shot
when he achieved feat by beating Jim Rutherford at Detroit on Feb. 1, 1975.
... Known for his great skill at killing penalties and scoring short-handed
goals. ... Teamed with Ed Westfall to form league's most efficient
penalty-killing duo in both 1974-75 and 1975-76. ... Set N.Y. Islanders record
(since broken) with six short-handed goals in 1976-77. ... Served as N.Y.
Islanders' representative to NHLPA from 1977 to 1979. ... Assisted on Bob Nystrom's overtime goal that won first Stanley Cup for N.Y. Islanders on May
24, 1980. ... Finished third in voting for NHL Coach of Year honors in
1985-86. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Haven (AHL); Fort Worth
(CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Calgary)
Coaching Career:
Served as Springfield (AHL) head coach in 1984-85
Miscellaneous: Played in only 12
career minor-league games. ... Was shortstop and pitcher on Islanders'
off-season softball team. ... Rode trotters at Roosevelt Raceway as a hobby
during playing days.
Personal: Father of college hockey player and
N.Y. Islanders 1999 draft pick Brett Henning. |
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SNAPSHOT '72 | | Total Selected: |
152 | | Forwards: |
88 | | Defense: |
47 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
121 | | College Players: |
25 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
11 | | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
67 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
11 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
1 |
| Picks Traded: |
24 |
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