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Marc Crawford
Selected in fourth round
No.
70 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born February
13, 1961
 | Position: Left Wing
Height:
5-11 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Cornwall (QMJHL)
Birthplace:
Belleville, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Belleville, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1978-79 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
70 | 28 |
41 | 69 |
206 | | 1979-80 |
Cornwall | QMJHL |
54 | 27 |
36 | 63 |
127 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1980 (Cornwall)
Cornwall Captain: 1979-80
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 15 prospect for the 1980 NHL draft. ... Missed part of 1979-80 season with
broken jaw. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 6, 1981 (Colorado at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 28, 18 (Vancouver)
Stanley Cup:
1996 (as head coach).
Status: Retired July 20, 1989 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1981-1987 |
Vancouver | 176 |
19 | 31 |
50 | 229 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1982-1986 |
Vancouver | 20 |
1 | 2 |
3 | 44 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Jack Adams Award:
1995 (Quebec)
Sporting News Coach of
Year: 1995 (Quebec)
All-Star Game: 1996, 1997, 1998 (Colorado) (as assistant coach), 2003
(Vancouver) (as head coach), 2004 (as assistant coach)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1982 (Vancouver)
Vancouver Records:
Most points in a single season as head coach (104 in 2002-03)
Vancouver Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1983 (25)
1996-97: Coached Colorado to Presidents' Trophy (best regular-season
record) at 49-24-9 (107 points).
Coaching Career: Named Quebec head coach on July 6, 1994, relocated
with team to Colorado on June 21, 1995, and remained in that position until
May 27, 1998. ... Named Vancouver head coach on Jan. 24, 1999, and remained in
that position until April 25, 2006. ... Named Los Angeles head coach on May
22, 2006, and remained in that position through 2006-07 season.
Broadcasting Career: Named Hockey Night in Canada studio analyst
prior to 1998-99 season and remained in position until Jan. 24, 1999.
Miscellaneous: Led Vancouver in goals during 1982 preseason. ... Suspended
three games by NHL during 1986-87 season for being first player to leave the
bench to join brawl during Vancouver's Feb. 3, 1987, game at Calgary. ...
Became first rookie NHL coach to win Jack Adams Award when he achieved feat in
1995. ... Became third-youngest coach in NHL history to win Stanley Cup when
he achieved feat in 1996 at age 35 years, 4 months. ... Set Colorado
single-season coaching records (since broken) for points (107) and wins (49)
in one season in 1996-97. ... Got into shouting match with Detroit coach
Scotty Bowman during Game 4 of Western Conference finals on May 22, 1997. The
two confronted each other at the edges of their benches during third period of
a 6-0 Detroit win and nearly came to blows.
Crawford Leaves Colorado:
Two years after leading the Colorado Avalanche to their first Stanley Cup,
Crawford resigned as Colorado coach on May 27, 1998,
after rejecting a one-year contract extension from general manager Pierre
Lacroix. Although Colorado had been eliminated in the first round of the 1998
playoffs, Crawford felt he was deserving of
a more lucrative and long-term contract extension. Since he still had one year on his
contract, Crawford remained property of the Avalanche, who would be entitled
to compensation if he went to another team. Crawford's agent, Harry Radomski,
disputed the Avs' claim by saying Crawford had been fired, but Colorado
prevailed upon the NHL to rule in favor of compensation in June 1998. When
Crawford signed with Vancouver in January 1999, the Canucks were forced to
give Colorado $200,000 and a 1999 second-round pick (later traded). |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Cornwall (QMJHL); Dallas (CHL);
Fredericton (AHL); Milwaukee (IHL)
Olympics: 1998 (fourth place) (as
head coach)
World Cup of Hockey: 1996 (second place) (as assistant
coach)
World Junior Championships: 1981
(seventh place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1981
(Cornwall)
AHL Pieri Award (Coach of
Year): 1992-93 (St. John's)
Memorial Cup All-Star First Team:
1981 (Cornwall)
QMJHL All-Star Third Team: 1980-81
(Cornwall)
Cornwall
Captain: 1980-81
Memorial Cup Assists Leader: 1981 (Cornwall) (7 assists)
QMJHL
Playoffs Goals Leader: 1981 (Cornwall) (20 goals)
1993-94:
Coached AHL regular-season champion (St. John's).
Coaching Career: Named Fredericton (AHL) player-associate coach in
October 1987 and remained in that position through 1987-88 season. ...
Named Milwaukee (IHL) player-assistant coach prior to 1988-89 season and
remained in that position until July 20, 1989. ... Named Cornwall (OHL)
head coach on July 20, 1989, and remained in that position until July 25,
1991. ... Named St. John's (AHL) head coach on July 25, 1991, and remained in
position until July 6, 1994.
Management Career: Named Cornwall (OHL)
general manager on Jan. 3, 1991, and remained in that position until July
25, 1991.
Miscellaneous: Worked at Roger
Neilson's hockey school in Port Hope, Ontario, during summer of 1984. ...
Suspended by AHL for two games during 1987-88 season for spitting at
Springfield coach Gord Lane during a bench-clearing brawl in Fredericton's
Nov. 20, 1987, game at Springfield. ... Coached St. John's to 1992 Calder Cup finals during his first season as a pro
hockey coach. ... Named Team Canada coach for 1998 Olympics on July 15,
1997.
Personal: Full name is Marc Joseph
John Crawford. ... Son of former minor-league player and coach Floyd Crawford. ... Younger
brother of former minor-leaguer Pete Crawford and former NHL player Bob
Crawford. ... Older brother of former NHL player Lou Crawford. ... Older
brother of former Canadian university player and NHL assistant coach Eric
Crawford. ... One of nine
children. |
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SNAPSHOT '80 | | Total Selected: |
210 | | Forwards: |
122 | | Defense: |
71 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
138 | | Tier II Junior: |
7 | | College Players: |
42 | | High School: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
159 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
35 | | U.S.-Born: |
35 |
| European: |
13 |
| Reached NHL: |
132 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
24 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
17 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
19 |
| Picks Traded: |
25 |
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