Bill Barber
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William Charles Barber (born July 11, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played twelve seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL).
As part of the famed LCB (Leach, Clarke, Barber) line, Barber helped lead the Flyers to the franchise's two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975.
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990.
He is currently a scouting consultant with the Flyers.
Personal life
Barber and his late wife, Jenny, have two children. Jenny Barber died from lung cancer in 2001.
On September 25, 2010, the Bill Barber Sports Complex was opened in his honour in his hometown, Callander, Ontario.
Playing career
Barber was drafted by the Flyers, seventh overall, in the first round of the 1972 draft. He was called up after 11 games with the Richmond Robins in the AHL. Barber scored 30 goals and 34 assists in his first season with the Flyers, and he was a lock candidate for the Calder Memorial Trophy for rookie of the year.
Barber was converted to left wing by coach Fred Shero. Every season, he scored at least 20 goals. In the 1975–76 season, he had 50 goals and 62 assists. Barber scored three and six goals respectively in the Flyers' profitable 1974 and 1975 Stanley Cup playoffs campaigns. In an unsuccessful 1976 playoff bid, Barber also scored six goals. Barber was also a well-rounded player, in addition to his respectable scoring skills. He was equally effective at setting up the play as he was for pulling the trigger, and if forced into a defensive role, he was able.
Barber scored one of his most memorable goals while playing for Team Canada in 1976. Barber scored to put the game into overtime and eventual Team Canada triumph in the final against Czechoslovakia.
For the next decade, he served as a team leader. The Flyers had their first 35-game unbeaten streak from 1979-1980, and Barber was in the middle of it all. With a string of key playoffs victories against the NY Rangers and Minnesota North Stars in 1980, he helped the Flyers reach the Stanley Cup finals in the spring of 1980.
In the 1981–82 season and 1982–83, Barber captained the Flyers. He still has the Flyers' regular season scoring record of 420 goals as of the 2012-2013 season. With Rick MacLeish, he is tied for the lead in Flyers career playoffs goals; the two teams have 53 playoffs tallies.
Barber was forced to withdraw as a player following the 1984-1985 season after being unable to recover from reconstructive knee surgery. On October 7, 1990, the Flyers recalled him as the Hockey Hall of Fame's inductee him.
Barber played against the Pittsburgh Penguins' alumni on January 14, 2017, alongside his longtime teammates, Bobby Clarke and Reggie Leach, at the Wells Fargo Center in the Flyers' 50th anniversary alumni game against the Pittsburgh Penguins' alumni. The game came to a 3–3 draw. Barber said it would be his last alumni game before the game.
Coaching and executive career
Barber began teaching after his playing career. In 1985, he coached the Hershey Bears for 16 games. He served as the Flyers assistant coach from 1985 to 1988. He coached the Flyers farm team, the Phantoms, for four years, winning his and the team's first Calder Cup in 1998. He was the Flyers' head coach from December 2000 to April 2002, winning the Jack Adams Trophy after 2000–01.
Barber was the Tampa Bay Lightning's director of player relations, a position he held from August 2002 to June 2008. In 2004, Barber's name was added to the Stanley Cup for the third time. He returned to the Flyers organization on October 13, 2008, after being named a scouting consultant.
Career statistics
* Stanley Cup Champion.