Doug Gilmour
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Douglas Robert Gilmour (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, and the Montreal Canadiens.
Gilmour was a seventh round pick, 134th overall, of the Blues in 1982 and 3,414 points in 1,474 games in the NHL between 1983 and 2003.
He was a member of Calgary's 1989 Stanley Cup championship team and lifted the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's best defensive forward in 1992-93.
He represented Canada three times during his career and was a member of the country's 1987 Canada Cup championship team. Despite his small stature, a Gilmour was referred to as "Killer" by a Blues teammate due to his likeness in appearance to serial murderer Charles Manson.
He played three seasons of junior hockey for the Cornwall Royals, where he was a member of the 1981 Memorial Cup championship team.
After scoring 177 points, one of the highest totals in league history, Gilmour was voted the Most Outstanding Player in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 1982-83.
Following his playing career, Gilmour joined the Kingston Frontenacs as head coach in 2008 and was promoted to general manager in 2011.
In 2011, Gilmour was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, and the Toronto Maple Leafs have retired his uniform number 93.
In the FCHL, he also has a division named after him.
Early life
Doug Gilmour was born in Kingston, Ontario, on June 25, 1963. He is Don and Dolly Gilmour's younger brother, and David is his elder brother. Don was a correctional officer who served at the Kingston Penitentiary for more than three decades. In the city, he also coached youth baseball and hockey teams. Doug looked up to David, who was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks as a youth but never played in the National Hockey League (NHL). The younger Gilmour competed in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a junior ice hockey team from Kingston.
Gilmour's inability – he was 5 foot, nine inches tall, and weighed 140 pounds in junior hockey – resulted in him being barred from several clubs throughout his minor hockey career. Gilmour, a former defenseman, began his 16-year-old season (1979-80) in Junior B with his hometown Kingston Voyageurs. Given the fact that he only had three minutes of ice time per game, he begged the team for his freedom so he could return to Major Midget hockey, where he would get more ice time. Rather, he was given a job with the Junior A Belleville Bulls, with whom he started as a defensive guard but then shifted to left wing in the playoffs due to injury.
Personal life
Gilmour has been married three times and has four children. Maddison's daughter is born in Maddison's first marriage to Robyne Gilmour; sons Jake and Tyson from his second marriage to Amy Gilmour; and daughter Victoria with his new wife, Sonya Gilmour.
Playing career
Gilmour was drafted by the Cornwall Royals of the big junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and he joined the team for the 1980–81 season. The Royals were the defending Memorial Cup champions, but Gilmour was not expected to play a significant part in the squad. The Royals started him off as an offensive defenseman but then moved him forward permanently. The Royals competed for Canada at the 1981 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, representing Canada as national champions. Gilmour appeared in all five tournament games, though he scored no points, as the team failed to finish seventh in the eight team tournament for the seventh time. Gilmour's season was interrupted by a fractured collarbone during the QMJHL. He had a great season with 35 points in 51 games. The Royals won the QMJHL championship and were voted a berth in the 1981 Memorial Cup. In five games at the tournament, Gilmour earned seven points out of a total of five games. In the championship match, Cornwall defeated the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Cornwall defeated 5-2 to repeat as national champions; Gilmour scored the winning goal midway through the second period.
Gilmour, who was eligible for the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, was disqualified and returned to Cornwall, who had resigned to Cornwall and rejoined the OHL for the 1981-82 season. He starred in more than a few years with the Royals and aided the team offensively; Gilmour's 119 points in 67 games were the sixth best in the league; Gilmour's 119 points were his sixth highest performance in the league. Gilmour's size was a factor in the NHL Entry Draft in 1982, but the St. Louis Blues bet on him in the seventh round pick, 134th overall, for their seventh round pick. He was back in Cornwall for the 1982-83 season, when he led the OHL in goals (70), assists (107) and points (177). Gilmour was named as the top scorer in the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy and named as the OHL's Most Valuable Player of the year. His season total of 177 points is the third highest in OHL history, behind Bobby Smith (192) and Wayne Gretzky (182). Gilmour played for a 55-game point streak from October 19, 1982, to February 27, 1983, which is an OHL record.
Despite his success in Cornwall, the Blues did not make signing Gilmour a priority. Gilmour's initial plans to play in Düsseldorf, West Germany, and had already traveled to Europe when the Blues eventually gave him a contract. Gilmour was thought to be a defensive specialist at forward by St. Louis coach Jacques Demers. He began his 1983-84 season in St. Louis and made his NHL debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 4, 1983. Gilmour scored his first goal against Eddie Mio of the Detroit Red Wings on November 1, in his 12th game. He had 25 goals and 53 points on the season. In reference to both his "mean" style of play and a resemblance to the serial killer, teammate Brian Sutter started referring to Gilmour's nickname and the fact that the serial killer's appearance was resembling him; the phrase "Killer" became synonymous with Gilmour's name; Gilmour retained throughout his career.
Gilmour's offensive results were consistent in his two seasons. In 1984–85, he scored 5 points and 53 points in 1985–86. Defensively, Demers matched Gilmour up at center against the opposition's best players and served as an agitator. He gained confidence in his ability to both defend against the opposition and play an offensive role over time. Gilmour played for the Blues in the 1986 Stanley Cup Playoffs, scoring 21 points in 19 games. Despite the fact that the Blues failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Finals, he tied with colleague Bernie Federko for the top in playoff scoring. The Calgary Flames had eliminated the Blues from the Campbell Conference Final. Gilmour led the Blues and finished fifth overall in NHL scoring with 105 points in 1986-87; his 42 goals were his highest single-season total of his career. Gilmour's success in the NHL earned him the opportunity to represent Team Canada at the 1987 Canada Cup. As Canada defeated the championship, he had two goals in the tournament.
In 1987-88, an 86-point season was followed by an 86-point record. Gilmour won by 7–5 over the Boston Bruins in December 19, 1987. As the pair combined to smash a record for the fastest two goals in league history, Ken Linseman scored for Boston, Gilmour responded for St. Louis.
Gilmour became embroiled in a court dispute. He was sued in August 1988 by the parents of a 14-year-old girl who said that Gilmour had sexually assaulted their daughter. Robyne, the Blues band, and team president Jack Quinn were among the plaintiffs charged with "knowing or should have known" of the suspected misconduct. When attempting to transfer Gilmour without informing the other team of the allegations, the Blues were also accused of pretending to negotiate a salary. Gilmour was traded by the Blues to the Flames in a multi-player contract one week later, on September 6. In exchange for Mike Bullard, Craig Coxe, and Michael Dark, Mark Hunter, Steve Bozek and Michael Dark were sent to Calgary. Gilmour expressed sadness at the Blues' departure but said that "from what's happened the past week, both on our part and on the St. Louis Blues' part, it was our best option."
Gilmour's legal situation progressed during his 1989-89 NHL season, beginning with his wife's slander and libel lawsuit in October; a grand jury was summoned to look into whether criminal charges were warranted. Gilmour denied the allegations, but the grand jury did not indict Gilmour by the end of the year. The case was dismissed shortly after, and Gilmour said that he was continuing from the ordeal.
Gilmour tied for second in team scoring with 85 points, behind Joe Mullen's 110 as the Flames claimed the Presidents' Trophy as the top regular season squad in the NHL. Gilmour was a key player in Calgary's second round match against the Los Angeles Kings, where he scored or assisted on key goals in three of the four games while still preventing the Kings' Wayne Gretzky from initiating his own offensive game. During the Flames' playoff run, Gilmour scored 11 goals and 11 assists in 22 games. In a 4–2 victory over the Flames in the sixth game of the final, he scored two goals, including the championship winning tally.
Gilmour was once more involved in goal-scoring history in the 1989-90 season. With 15 seconds remaining in regulation time, he scored a shorthanded goal, and Paul Ranheim followed him four seconds later. In the 1989, match against the Quebec Nordiques, the two goals tied an 8-8 draw. It tied for the fastest two goals by one team (since broken), and remains the best record for fastest two shorthanded goals. With 67 points and second in points at 91, he ended the season as the team's top assister with 67 assists and second in points. Gilmour was dubbed one of the team's captains for the 1990–91 season, a year in which he won 600 games and 600 points, a career for the Flames. He was also embroiled in a physical brawl with Los Angeles Kings assistant coach Tom Webster late in the season. An argument between the two teams erupted into physical altercation; Gilmour was banned two games for shoving Webster, while the coach received four for punching Gilmour.
Doug Risebrough, the Flames' general manager, survived an off-season salary dispute into the 1991–92 season. Gilmour, who was serving as an option year of his service at a salary of US$450,000, was unable to negotiate a new one with the team as a result of a contract extension. The Flames received a raise to $550,000 after he asked for $1.2 million and was expecting a settlement worth around $800,000. The arbitrator's decision, which was made in December 1991, was worth $750,000 per year for two years, but it left Gilmour angry and bitter. The arbitrator attended a Flames game with team leadership on the night, causing the arbitrator to write a letter to the arbitrators, according to NHL President John Ziegler. Gilmour, who remained with the Flames during the season, had scored 38 points in 38 games. Following the decision, he demanded a trade out of Calgary and threatened legal action. Gilmour led the Flames to a 3–2 overtime victory over the Montreal Canadiens, with a goal and an assist on New Year's Eve, who walked out on the team on January 1, 1992. He later referred to the decision to leave the team as one of the most difficult decisions he's ever made.
Calgary traded Gilmour to the Toronto Maple Leafs the following day as part of a ten player trade, the first trade in NHL history. Calgary sent Gilmour, Jamie Macoun, Ric Nattress, Kent Manderville, and Rick Wamsley to Toronto in exchange for Gary Leeman, Craig Berube, Michel Petit, Alexander Godynyuk, and Jeff Reese. The agreement changed the Maple Leafs' trajectory immediately, while the Flames franchise suffered as a result of a long decline after the trade was determined to have ended in Toronto's favor immediately.
Gilmour and the Maple Leafs decided to a new deal that was expected to be worth $4 million over four years within a month of the trade. Toronto was one of the worst teams in the league in 1991–92, but the franchise had 20 victories in the second half of the season. Gilmour was a scorer for Toronto and finished the year with 87 points between the Flames and Maple Leafs, and was the best-of-the-year. Gilmour changed his number from #39 to #93, which he would wear for the remainder of his career, after joining the Maple Leafs.
Gilmour's first full season with the Maple Leafs (1992–93) was his best season of his career. He set new franchise records for assists (95) and points (127), and on February 13, 1993, he tied Babe Pratt's franchise record by assisting on six goals in a single game. Gilmour finished seventh overall in NHL scoring, but the year brought him a turbulent suspension. After breaking Tomas Sandström's forearm with a slash, the league suspended Gilmour for eight practice days – but no games. The Maple Leafs had their first winning season since 1978-79, and finished the season with their eighth-best record in the NHL.
As Toronto reached the Campbell Conference Final in 1993, Gilmour tied for the team's scoring record by scoring 35 points. The Los Angeles Kings' sixth game of the season ended in controversies. For the first time since 1967, Toronto led the series three games to two. One more victory would have lifted the Maple Leafs into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1967. Gilmour was cut on his chin for eight stitches after being struck by Wayne Gretzky's stick in the first minute of overtime, with the score tied 4–4. The player who caused an injury by a high-sticking infraction was fined a five-minute penalty by league rules, but referee Kerry Fraser refused to call the play after conferring with his linesmen. Gretzky, on the contrary, stayed on the ice and scored the game-winning goal seconds later. Gretzky led Los Angeles to a game seven victory, effectively ending Toronto from the playoffs. Two decades after the fact, Toronto fans are bitter about the non-call, though Fraser, who said he didn't have a clear picture of the game, made the wrong call in over 2,100 games as an NHL referee, admitted it was the worst mistake he made in over 2,100 games as an NHL referee.
Gilmour's career included several awards for his work: he appeared in the 1993 All-Star Game (his first appearance in two consecutive appearances) and finished second to Mario Lemieux in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's Most Valuable Player. Following Gilmour's tenure as the Maple Leafs, the two teams decided to renegotiate Gilmour's employment agreement early in the 1993–94 season, which included endorsement rights and was supposed to encourage Gilmour to complete his career in Toronto.
Gilmour's third 100-point season in 1993–94 finished third in NHL scoring with 111 points. After being attacked by an unidentified woman throughout the season, Gilmour briefly needed police protection. The Maple Leafs advanced to the Campbell Conference Final after losing to the Vancouver Canucks, finishing fourth in post-season scoring with 28 points. In Selke trophy voting, Gilmour came fourth and second in Hart Trophy qualifying and second.
On August 18, 1994, the Maple Leafs announced Gilmour as the 15th captain in franchise history, after he replaced Wendel Clark, who was traded to the Quebec Nordiques in the off-season. A labour strike brought the 1994–95 season to a halt. Following the suspension, several players were forced to work part-time with European teams. Gilmour joined the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in Switzerland and was born in Switzerland. He appeared in nine games with the National League A team, scoring two goals and 13 assists before returning to Canada. When able, he attempted to attend Wayne Gretzky's exhibition tour of Europe. When the NHL's controversy was settled, Gilmour returned to the Maple Leafs; he had ten goals and 23 assists in 44 games with Toronto.
Gilmour scored his 1,000th career point on December 23, 1995, beating Edmonton 6–1.
Gilmour was one of the Leafs' most popular players during his time. He served as a spokesperson for the NHLPA in community and charity appearances, as well as in a sequence of "Got Milk?" Television commercials, one of which featured his then wife Amy, appeared on television advertisements.
With the Leafs struggling once more, Cliff Fletcher moved Gilmour and defenseman Dave Ellett to the New Jersey Devils in 1997 for centreman Steve Sullivan, prospect Alyn McCauley, and defenseman Jason Smith. During Gilmour's tenure, the Devils would then face early playoff withdrawals.
Doug Gilmour became a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1998. Chicago had fallen on hard times, and Gilmour was brought on to help revive the brand. Chicago was ranked in the bottom half of the standings during Gilmour's tenure, culminating with captain Chris Chelios requesting a transfer to the Detroit Red Wings and team captain Gilmour taking over the team captaincy the following season.
The Blackhawks of Gilmour played against the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 13, 1999, the last game in historic Maple Leaf Gardens. During the Gardens' closing ceremonies, Gilmour scored in the game and was given a standing ovation by the Toronto fans. Gilmour sustained a back injury (herniated disk) late in the season and was forced to perform season-ending surgery.
Gilmour was traded by the Blackhawks to the Buffalo Sabres in 2000, along with left winger J.P. Dumont for forward Michael Grosek, who was floundering among the bottom of the NHL for the first time. Gilmour was a member of the Stanley Cup in the fall, and the Sabres, who had been Stanley Cup champions the season before, qualified for the playoffs. The Philadelphia Flyers dominated the Sabres in five games.
Gilmour's regular season stats were limited in 2000–01, but the Sabres put on a good playoff show as the Sabres defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in the quarterfinals of the NHL playoffs. In the second round, the Sabres lost 4 games to 3 by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Gilmour joined the Montreal Canadiens as a free agent in 2001. The Canadiens will make the playoffs this season, before being defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes.
Gilmour was traded by the Maple Leafs to the Maple Leafs for a sixth round draft pick at the 2003 NHL trade deadline. Gilmour's first game with the Leafs was to be his last as he and the Calgary Flames Dave Lowry clashed inadvertently during Gilmour's second shift, with Gilmour tearing his ACL and missing the remainder of the season. After John Ferguson, Jr., made public announcement that the Maple Leafs would not re-sign the veteran center, Gilmour officially announced his resignation on September 8, 2003.
In 1474 games, Gilmour scored 450 goals and 964 assists, his highest output in his NHL career.
The 93th anniversary of Gilmour's number 93 was honoured by the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 31, 2009, as it was unveiled to the rafters at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs named Gilmour as the seventeenth player to be honoured in such a manner. In 2011, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Maple Leafs and all other respected numbers were also retired on October 15, 2016.
Coaching career
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced that Gilmour would be their player development consultant on September 15, 2006. Gilmour was with the Maple Leafs until August 7, 2008, when the Maple Leafs announced that Gilmour would work with the Toronto Marlies as an assistant coach under Marlies head coach Greg Gilbert. Gilmour had been with the Maple Leafs for only a few months before leaving the Maple Leafs' organization to become the head coach of the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL in November 2008.
Gilmour was named head coach of the Kingston Frontenacs on November 17, 2008, over a rebuilding franchise that had a 5–13–5 record under Larry Mavety, who had coached Gilmour with the Belleville Bulls when the Bulls were still in the OPJHL. Gilmour finished out the season with Kingston, with a 13–27–5 record in their last 45 games, but the team did not make the playoffs.
Gilmour led the team back to the OHL playoffs in his first full season with the team in 2009-2010 as the team reaches their third position in the OHL's East Division and fourth in the OHL's Eastern Conference, with a score of 71 points, good enough for second place and fourth place in the OHL's Eastern Conference. In the first round of the playoffs, the Frontenacs faced the Brampton Battalion, who Brampton won in seven games. Gilmour has been a frontenacs employee for five years as a player during the season.
The Frontenacs dropped below.500.com during the regular season in 2010, going 29–30–9, earning 67 points, but they also made the playoffs. Kingston failed in their first round match against the Oshawa Generals, and the GM ruled them out in five games. Gilmour resigned from the Frontenacs' head coaching role to become the team's general manager at the end of the season, replacing good friend Larry Mavety, who then became an advisor to the team. Todd Gill, a former Maple Leafs teammate, was chosen to replace Gilmour in the Frontenacs bench.
Gilmour, the team's general manager, began to rebuild the team following the 2011–12 season, finishing in last place in the Eastern Conference, well out of a playoff position. Kingston saw some change during the 2012–13 season, with the squad finishing with a 27–35–6 record, good for seventh place in the conference, and a playoff position. In the first round against the Barrie Colts, the Frontenacs were defeated. The Frontenacs flourished once more in the 2013-2014 season, winning 84 points and third place in the Eastern Conference. In the first round of the playoffs, Kingston defeated the Peterborough Petes, who took the lead by 3–0. The Petes made a comeback by winning the final four games of the season, defeating the Frontenacs.
In 2017, he stepped down as general manager and became the president of the Frontenacs. In 2019, he joined the team to become a Maple Leafs community representative.
Awards and honours
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011.