Brian Sutter

 ( 1956 Births ) 

Brian Louis Allen Sutter (born October 7, 1956) is a Canadians former ice hockey forward and former head coach in the National Hockey League (NHL). Brian is the second oldest of the famous Sutter family and the oldest of the six that played in the NHL. He is also the only one to have his number retired by an NHL team.

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Career

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Player Sutter was drafted by the St. Louis Blues during the 2nd round (20th overall) in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Blues until 1988, when a nagging back injury forced him into retirement. In 12 years with the Blues, he played in three NHL All-Star Games – 1982, 1983, and 1985. For the last nine years of his career, he was the Blues' captain. His jersey, #11, was retired by the St. Louis Blues on December 30, 1988.

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Coaching Immediately after retiring, he was named the Blues' head coach (1988–1992). In 1991, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's best coach. All told, he spent the first 16 years of his adult life at ice level with the Blues.

Sutter subsequently held head coaching positions with the Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, and Chicago Blackhawks (2001–2004). On June 21, 2005, the Blackhawks hired Dale Tallon as their new general manager; Tallon and the rebuilding Blackhawks decided not to renew Sutter's contract.

During the 2006–07 season, Sutter coached the Bentley Generals of the Chinook Hockey League, leading the team to its first berth in the Allan Cup, Canada's senior men's hockey championship.

Sutter was named the head coach of the Western Hockey League's Red Deer Rebels on July 12, 2007, replacing his younger brother Brent Sutter, who left the Rebels to become the head coach of the NHL's New Jersey Devils. On March 24, 2008, the Rebels announced that Brian Sutter had resigned as head coach of the team, citing personal reasons.

Sutter returned as head coach of the Generals for the 2008–09 season, leading them to its first Allan Cup title in 2009. In August 2012, Sutter left the Generals to become the new head coach of the Innisfail Eagles, also of the Chinook Hockey League. He stepped down as head coach of Innisfail in 2022.

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Personal life Sutter and his wife Judy have two children, a son Shaun Sutter and a daughter, Abigail.

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Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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39
45
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14
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4
77
49
10
22
2
22
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49

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International

1975	Canada	WJC	5	1	4	5	2

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Coaching statistics Norris Division||Won in first round (4-1 vs. MIN)
Lost in second round (1-4 vs. CHI)> Lost in second round (3-4 vs. CHI)> Lost in second round (2-4 vs. MIN)>1st in Adams Division||Lost in first round (0-4 vs. Buffalo Sabres)> Lost in second round (2-4 vs. NJ)>

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See also

• List of NHL head coaches
• Notable families in the NHL

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External links

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