Fred Shero

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
position = Defence
played_for = New York Rangers
shot = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 185
nickname = The Fog [cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2008/05/07/nhl-penguins-shero.html | title = Risky moves have paid off for Penguins | publisher = Associated Press | date = 2008-05-07 | accessdate = 2008-05-07]
nationality = Canada
birth_date = birth date|1925|10|23|mf=y
birth_place = Winnipeg, MB, CAN
death_date = death date and age|1990|11|24|1925|10|23|mf=y
death_place =
career_start = 1947
career_end = 1958

Fred Alexander Shero (October 23, 1925 - November 24, 1990) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. His son Ray Shero serves as the general manager for the cross-state rival Pittsburgh Penguins.

Playing career

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he attended the University of Manitoba and served in the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II. In 1945, he played for the navy team at HMCS Chippawa in Winnipeg, the Basil Baker Trophy winners. He played three seasons (1947-48, 1948-49, and 1949-50) with the New York Rangers.

Coaching career

He was the coach of the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers. He was the coach of the Flyers when they won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975. Through the start of the 2007-08 NHL season, he remains the winningest coach in Flyers history with 308 wins, plus 48 more in playoff competition. He was the coach of the New York Rangers when they reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 1979.

In 1974, he won the Jack Adams Award for NHL Coach of the Year. In 1980, he was a co-recipient of the Lester Patrick Trophy awarded for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.

Before leading his team to a clinching Game 6 victory in the 1974 Stanley Cup final, the teams first-ever Stanley Cup, Fred Shero wrote his most famous motivational line on the team's blackboard: "Win together today, and we walk together forever."

He died of stomach cancer on November 24, 1990 at the age of 65.

In a 1999 Philadelphia Daily News poll, he was selected as the city’s greatest professional coach/manager, beating out legends such as Connie Mack of MLB Philadelphia Athletics, Dallas Green of MLB Philadelphia Phillies, Dick Vermeil and Greasy Neale of the NFL Philadelphia Eagles, and Billy Cunningham and Alex Hannum of the NBA Philadelphia 76ers.

Awards & Achievements

*EAHL First All-Star Team (1947)
*Calder Cup (AHL) Championships (1953, 1954, & 1970)
*WHL Championship (1956)
*AHL Second All-Star Team (1954)
*AHL Coach of the Year (1970)
*Stanley Cup Championships (1974 & 1975)
*Lester Patrick Trophy Winner (1980)
*“Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

Coaching record

References

See also

*Notable families in the NHL

External links

*hockeydb|4923
*legendsofhockey|14299
* [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=279033 Hockey Smarts Runs in Shero Family from NHL.com] Retrieved 7 Aug 2006.
* [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/hofprof.cgi?007 Shero's Flyers Hall of Fame profile at Flyers History]
* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=173 Fred Shero's biography] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]

Persondata
NAME = Fred Alexader Shero
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Fred Shero, The Fog
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Former ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH = October 23, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
DATE OF DEATH = November 24, 1990
PLACE OF DEATH =