Larry Robinson
Larry Robinson was born in North Dundas, Ontario, Canada on June 2nd, 1951 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 72, Larry Robinson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Larry Clark Robinson (born June 2, 1951) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach, executive and player.
His coaching career includes head coaching positions with the New Jersey Devils (on which he held on two separate occasions), as well as the Los Angeles Kings.
For his play in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings, Robinson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995.
He was also inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
In 2017, Robinson was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players".
Larry is the brother of Moe Robinson.
Playing career
Larry Robinson played Junior'A' hockey with the Brockville Braves of the CJHL and Major Junior in the Ontario Hockey League before making it to the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens in 1973.
Robinson, nicknamed "Big Bird" in part for his height (6'4's and 225 pounds), was a huge and powerful defenseman who was also a mobile defenseman. He played 17 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens and three seasons with the Los Angeles Kings until his retirement in 1991. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy twice (1976–77 and 1979–80) as the league's most outstanding defenseman and captured the Conn Smythe Trophy as the league's Most Valuable Player of the 1978 playoffs. He was selected to the league's first and second all-star squads three times each. His best years came from 1976–79, 1980–81, with a strong comeback season from 1985–86 when he was chosen to his second all-star team and scored 82 points, just three points behind his career high of 85 (1976–77). Robinson was a dominant player whose contributions and leadership helped the Canadiens win six Stanley Cups.
Robinson was a member of Team Canada in the 1976, 1981, and 1984 Canada Cup tournaments, and he was part of the 1981 IIHF World Championships. He appeared in ten of the league's All-Star games and ended his 20-year career with 208 goals, 750 assists, and 958 playoff games, a remarkable feat for a defenseman. With Orr and Wayne Gretzky (1990-85), one of only three players to have a plus-minus rating of +100 or higher for a season, he has an outstanding career plus-minus record of +730, the NHL career high, with second only to Bobby Orr's record +124 in 1970–71. In 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1986, he won the Stanley Cup six times with the Canadiens. Robinson, along with Nicklas Lidstrom, holds the NHL record for the most consecutive playoff seasons, with 20, 17 of whom were with the Canadiens.
Robinson has been lauded for his contributions to his sport. In 1995, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was ranked 24 on the Hockey News' list of the 100 Top Hockey Players in 1998. He was inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Robinson's No. 6 was retired by the Canadiens on November 19, 2007. 19 jerseys were used in a loss against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Larry Robinson has appeared on the Stanley Cup ten times, six as a player, three as a mentor or assistant coach, and once as a scout.
Coaching career
Robinson was hired as an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils in 1993 following his release. He was hired as head coach of the Los Angeles Kings in 1995, the same year he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He left the Los Angeles team after the 1998-99 season and signed on as an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils for the second time. Robinson, the interim head coach of the New Jersey Devils, led his team to victory in the 2000 Stanley Cup on March 23, 2000. Robinson was the first interim head coach in NHL history to direct a team to the Stanley Cup after winning. Craig Berube will complete the feat in 2019. Robinson recalled journalist Scott Morrison: he recounted his encounter with journalist Scott Morrison.
He stayed on as head coach for the next season and helped the Devils reach the Stanley Cup finals, where they lost in seven games against the Colorado Avalanche.
Robinson was fired during the 2001–02 season, but he returned as an assistant coach during the 2002–03 season, winning his ninth Stanley Cup in 2003.
Robinson took over as head coach on July 14, 2005, after Pat Burns recovered from a bout of cancer. Robinson resigned on December 19, 2005, citing exhaustion and other health issues as reasons for his departure.
Robinson was hired by the Devils as an assistant coach under Brent Sutter in the 2007–08 season. Robinson jumped from behind the Devils' bench to become a special assignment coach with the organization's prospects in Lowell, Mass., and the Devils prior to the 2009-09 season.
In the summer of 2012, Robinson's union with the New Jersey Devils came to an end. He had stated that he was interested in becoming a Montreal Canadiens assistant coach, but the position was filled quickly thereafter by Hab J.J. Daigneault. Robinson was first hired as an assistant coach with the San Jose Sharks on July 10, 2012. The Sharks announced the director of player growth to Robinson's position on May 23, 2014. Robinson resigned from the Sharks in 2017 after a five-year contract. He is currently a Senior Consultant to Hockey Operations for the St. Louis Blues.
Robinson captured his tenth Stanley Cup championship with the St. Louis Blues over Boston Bruins in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals.
Career statistics
* Stanley Cup champion.