September 7, 2011(2011-09-07) (aged 52) Yaroslavl, Russia
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb)
Position
Defence
Shot
Left
Played for
Boston Bruins Philadelphia Flyers Calgary Flames Detroit Red Wings Hartford Whalers Phoenix Coyotes
National team
Canada
NHL draft
15th overall, 1979 Boston Bruins
Playing career
1979–1997
Medal record
Representing Canada
Men's ice hockey
World Junior Championships
1978 Canada
Byron Brad McCrimmon (March 29, 1959[citation needed] – September 7, 2011) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played over 1,200 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers and Phoenix Coyotes between 1979 and 1997. He achieved his greatest success in Calgary, where he was named a second team All-Star in 1987–88, played in the 1988 NHL All-Star Game and won the Plus-Minus Award with a league leading total of +48. In 1989, he helped the Flames win their only Stanley Cup championship. His career plus-minus of +444 is the 10th highest total in NHL history, and the highest among players not inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
McCrimmon turned to coaching following his playing career, serving as an assistant with the New York Islanders before taking over as head coach of the Western Hockey League's Saskatoon Blades for two seasons between 1998 and 2000. He then returned to the NHL as an assistant, first with the Flames then the Atlanta Thrashers and finally the Red Wings. He left the NHL to become the head coach of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in 2011. He never coached a regular season game however, as he was killed, along with most of the team, after their plane crashed en route to their first game.
Byron BradMcCrimmon (March 29, 1959[citation needed] – September 7, 2011) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played over...
defenseman Brad McCrimmon. "Kelly McCrimmon named Las Vegas assistant GM". NHL.com. National Hockey League. August 2, 2016. "MCCRIMMON TO STAY WITH WHEAT KINGS"...
league record with a 108-goal season. In the late 1980s, BradMcCrimmon's brother, Kelly McCrimmon, took over as team manager. Under his guidance, the Wheat...
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make their coaching debuts were former NHL players Igor Korolev and BradMcCrimmon. The accident was the second plane crash in Russia involving a hockey...
Early in the third, tallies 17 seconds apart by Scott Mellanby and BradMcCrimmon tied the game, then put the Flyers ahead 4–3. For the remainder of the...
Nilan, Gerard Gallant, Doug Gilmour, Stu Grimson, Joey Kocur, BradMcCrimmon, Darren McCarty and Steve Yzerman, as well as Red Wings general manager Ken...
began his career with the Whalers, playing alongside veteran defenseman BradMcCrimmon, and later became an NHL star. However, problems began at the management...
McNall, who asked permission to meet and discuss the deal. Gretzky informed McNall that his prerequisites for a deal to take place were that Marty McSorley...
playoffs. This was further exacerbated by negative attention over teammate Marty McSorley's hit on Donald Brashear. With his career nearing an end and the team...
Yaroslavl plane crash, which killed former Red Wings assistant coach BradMcCrimmon and defenseman Ruslan Salei, who had joined the KHL team during the...
Johnny Bower, Emile Francis, Glenn Hall, Chuck Rayner, Wendel Clark, BradMcCrimmon, Mike Babcock, Patrick Marleau, Theo Fleury, Terry Harper, Wade Redden...
Spectrum Recap No scoring First period 10:54 – Rich Sutter (2) 11:10 – BradMcCrimmon (1) Pierre Larouche (1) – pp – 00:49 Second period No scoring No scoring...
using their own production facilities and crews. Dan Kelly, Ron Reusch, and Brad Park called the games on CTV. In the United States, this was the fifth and...
Bartell Todd Bergen Rollie Boutin Ron Delorme Gary Emmons Bob Hoffmeyer BradMcCrimmon Dave Michayluk Bill Oleschuk Greg Paslawski James Patrick Darcy Regier...
teammate. A little guy with big talent and a huge heart." —Former teammate BradMcCrimmon Mullen arrived in the NHL possessing great balance on his skates, an...
Keith Magnuson Norm Maracle Richard Matvichuk Chris McAllister BradMcCrimmon Todd McLellan Jim McTaggart Fraser Minten Bill Oleschuk Dave Parro George...
cost for the Flyers as both 54-goal forward Tim Kerr and defenceman BradMcCrimmon were lost for the remainder of the playoffs with injuries. This was...
Prince of Wales Conference in points. Led by Howe and defense partner BradMcCrimmon, rookie netminder Ron Hextall, and a line featuring Brian Propp, Rick...
2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He had been asked by head coach BradMcCrimmon to stay behind in Yaroslavl to rest and meet with the team in Moscow...
year. Tim Kerr scored 58 goals and the defense pairing of Howe and BradMcCrimmon led the League in plus-minus, a +85 and a +83, respectively. Bob Froese...
First period 03:22 – pp – Mike Bossy (2) 16:12 – Bryan Trottier (7) BradMcCrimmon (1) – 00:53 Second period No scoring Brian Propp (4) – pp – 02:48 Third...
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