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Craig Hartsburg Born June 29, 1959
Stratford, ON, CanadaHeight 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) Position Defence Shot Left Played for Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
Minnesota North StarsNational team 
CanadaNHL Draft 6th overall, 1979
Minnesota North StarsPlaying career 1978–1989 Craig William Hartsburg (born June 29, 1959) is a retired Canadian professional hockey player and associate coach in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames. He also coached in the Ontario Hockey League. He has previously been an NHL head coach with the Chicago Blackhawks, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Ottawa Senators. He played Defence for ten seasons with the Minnesota North Stars of the NHL from 1979 until 1989, captaining the team for 7 of his 10 NHL seasons before pursuing a coaching career. Before going to Calgary, Hartsburg was the head coach of the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League.
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Playing career
Hartsburg played three seasons of junior hockey for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, where he was a teammate of Wayne Gretzky's during the 1977–78 season.[1] In Hartsburg's last two seasons with the Greyhounds, he averaged over a point per game. In 1977–78, Hartsburg represented Canada at the World Junior Championships, scoring five points in six games.
Hartsburg skipped his fourth and final junior season, deciding instead to turn pro with the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA in June 1978, as an underage free agent.[2] Hartsburg amassed nine goals and 40 assists in his rookie professional season.[2] With the collapse of the financially troubled WHA in 1979,[3] Hartsburg was drafted 6th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.[4]
Hartsburg played 570 NHL games, over 10 seasons. He scored 98 goals and 315 assists, for 413 points.[5] In 1981–82, his best offensive season, Hartsburg recorded 17 goals and 60 assists for 77 points, with a +11 plus-minus rating. He also finished fourth in Norris Trophy voting.[1] Internationally, he represented Canada at the 1981 and 1987 Canada Cups. At the 1987 IIHF World Championships he was named the tournament's top defenceman. He played in the NHL All-Star game in 1980, 1982, and 1983.[6]
Coaching career
Following two injury-riddled seasons in which Hartsburg missed 103 of a possible 160 games, Hartsburg retired as a player at age 30 and accepted an assistant coaching position with the North Stars for the 1989–90 season. He then became an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Flyers from 1990 to 1994. He then served as head coach of the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the 1994–95 season, before returning to the NHL as the head coach from 1995 to 1998 of the Chicago Blackhawks. In 1998, he was named head coach of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim before being replaced in midseason of 2000–01.
He coached junior hockey with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the OHL for one season, before rejoining the Flyers as an assistant for two seasons. In 2004, he returned to the Greyhounds and served as the head coach until 2008. He also served as coach for the Canadian World Junior Team.[7] He received a gold medal in the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, when Team Canada beat Russia 4–2. He was also the coach for Team Canada in the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Canada again won gold by beating Sweden 3–2 in overtime.
On June 13, 2008, he signed a three-year contract and was named head coach of the Ottawa Senators, replacing general manager Bryan Murray who had assumed interim coaching duties when John Paddock was fired on February 27, 2008.[8][9] On February 1, 2009, Hartsburg was fired by the Senators, having compiled a 17–24–7 record during the 2008–09 season.[10]
On June 23, 2009, the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League named Hartsburg its third head coach in franchise history.[11] On June 6, 2011, Hartsburg stepped down from his coaching job in Everett to join the Calgary Flames as an assistant coach.[12]
Personal
Hartsburg and his wife, Peggy, have two children. Their son, Chris, 28, is an assistant coach with the Silvertips, while their daughter Katie, 26, is a speech pathologist.[13] Hartsburg lists Gretzky as the best player he has played with, and Chris Chelios as the best player he has coached. Hartsburg's favorite hobby is fishing.[14]
Career statistics
Playing career
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1975–76 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 64 9 19 28 65 12 1 0 1 16 1976–77 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 61 29 64 93 142 9 0 11 11 27 1977–78 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OMJHL 36 15 42 57 101 13 4 8 12 24 1978–79 Birmingham Bulls WHA 77 9 40 49 73 — — — — — 1979–80 Minnesota North Stars NHL 79 14 30 44 81 15 3 1 4 17 1980–81 Minnesota North Stars NHL 74 13 30 43 124 19 3 12 15 16 1981–82 Minnesota North Stars NHL 76 17 60 77 117 4 1 2 3 14 1982–83 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 12 50 62 109 9 3 8 11 7 1983–84 Minnesota North Stars NHL 26 7 7 14 37 — — — — — 1984–85 Minnesota North Stars NHL 32 7 11 18 54 9 5 3 8 14 1985–86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 75 10 47 57 127 5 0 1 1 2 1986–87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 73 11 50 61 93 — — — — — 1987–88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 27 3 16 19 29 — — — — — 1988–89 Minnesota North Stars NHL 30 4 14 18 47 — — — — — OHA totals 161 53 125 178 308 34 5 19 24 67 WHA totals 77 9 40 49 73 — — — — — NHL totals 570 98 315 413 818 61 15 27 42 70 Coaching record
NHL
Team Year Regular season Post season G W L T OTL Pts Finish Result CHI 1995–96 82 40 28 14 — 94 2nd in Central Lost in second round CHI 1996–97 82 34 35 13 — 81 5th in Central Lost in first round CHI 1997–98 82 30 39 13 — 73 5th in Central Missed playoffs ANA 1998–99 82 35 34 13 — 83 3rd in Pacific Lost in first round ANA 1999–2000 82 34 33 12 3 83 5th in Pacific Missed playoffs ANA 2000–01 33 11 15 4 3 (66) 5th in Pacific (Fired) OTT 2008–09 48 17 24 — 7 (83) 4th in Northeast (Fired) Total 491 201 208 69 13 Junior hockey
Team Year Regular season Post season G W L T OTL Pts Finish Result GUE 1994–95 66 47 14 5 — 99 1st in Central Lost in OHL Finals SOO 2001–02 68 38 20 10 0 86 2nd in West Lost in first round SOO 2004–05 59 31 19 8 1 (76) 1st in West Lost in first round SOO 2005–06 68 29 31 — 8 66 4th in West Lost in first round SOO 2006–07 68 37 23 — 8 82 3rd in West Lost in second round SOO 2007–08 68 44 18 — 6 94 1st in West Lost in third round Team Year Regular season Post season G W L OTL SL Pts Finish Result EVR 2009–10 72 46 21 3 2 97 3rd in West[15] Lost in first round EVR 2010–11 72 28 33 7 4 67 8th in West Lost in first round References
- ^ "1977–78 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)". hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0011251978.html. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ a b "Craig William Hartsburg". Hockey Hall of Fame. http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12872. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "From the WHA to the NHL". NHL. http://www.nhl.com/history/062279.html. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ^ "Craig Hartsburg to coach Senators: report". CBC. 2008-06-13. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2008/06/12/nhl-senators-hartsburg.html. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ^ "Craig Hartsburg to coach Senators: report". CBC. 2008-06-13. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2008/06/12/nhl-senators-hartsburg.html?ref=rss. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Craig William Hartsburg". Hockey Hall of Fame. http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12872. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
- ^ "Hartsburg to return as Canadian junior coach". CBC Sports. 2007-05-29. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2007/05/29/hartsburg-coach.html. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ "Hartsburg accepts Senators 'challenge'". Ottawa Senators. 2008-06-13. http://senators.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=365943&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Hartsburg introduced as new head coach in Ottawa". TSN.ca. 2008-06-13. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=240543&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ "Struggling Senators fire coach Hartsburg". 2009-02-02. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=265548&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ "Silvertips hire ex-NHL coach Craig Hartsburg". HeraldNet. http://heraldnet.com/article/20090622/SPORTS/906229984#Silvertips.hire.ex-NHL.coach.Craig.Hartsburg. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ Silvertips, Everett (2011-06-06). "Craig Hartsburg Steps Down as Head Coach". http://www.everettsilvertips.com/article/craig-hartsburg-steps-down-as-head-coach. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ Brodie, Rob (2008-06-13). "New Sens coach ready for pressure cooker". Ottawa Senators. http://senators.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=365960. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "20 things you didn't know about Craig Hartsburg". Ottawa Sun. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Ottawa/2008/06/14/5877846-sun.html. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
- ^ www.whl.ca
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