Editing Brian Sutter

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Brian Sutter 1979.jpg
| caption = Sutter with the [[St. Louis Blues]] in 1979
| image_size = 
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 180
| played_for = [[St. Louis Blues]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|7}}
| birth_place = [[Viking, Alberta|Viking]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| career_start = 1976
| career_end = 1988
| draft = 20th overall
| draft_year = 1976
| draft_team = [[St. Louis Blues]]
| wha_draft = 36th overall
| wha_draft_year = 1976
| wha_draft_team = [[Edmonton Oilers]]
}}
'''Brian Louis Allen Sutter''' (born October 7, 1956) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former [[ice hockey]] [[forward (hockey)|forward]] and former [[head coach]] in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). Brian is the second oldest of the famous [[Sutter family|Sutter brothers]] and the oldest of the six that played in the NHL. He is also the only one to have his number retired by an NHL team.

==Career==

===Player===
Sutter was drafted by the [[St. Louis Blues]] during the 2nd round (20th overall) in the [[1976 NHL Entry Draft]]. He played for the Blues until [[1987–88 NHL season|1988]], when a nagging back injury forced him into retirement. In 12 years with the Blues, he played in three [[NHL All-Star Game]]s – [[34th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1982]], [[35th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1983]], and [[37th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1985]]. For the last nine years of his career, he was the Blues' captain. His jersey, #11, was retired by the St. Louis Blues on December 30, 1988.

[[File:Mikemilburyfacingoff.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sutter awaiting a face-off with [[Mike Milbury]] (pictured left) and [[Charlie Simmer]] (pictured center) of the [[Boston Bruins]] at the [[Boston Garden]] on March 21, 1985.]]

===Coaching===
Immediately after retiring, he was named the Blues' head coach (1988–1992). In 1991, he won the [[Jack Adams Award]] as the NHL's best coach. All told, he spent the first 16 years of his adult life at ice level with the Blues.

Sutter subsequently held head coaching positions with the [[Boston Bruins]], [[Calgary Flames]], and [[Chicago Blackhawks]] (2001–2004). On June 21, 2005, the Blackhawks hired [[Dale Tallon]] as their new general manager; Tallon and the rebuilding Blackhawks decided not to renew Sutter's contract.

During the 2006–07 season, Sutter coached the [[Bentley Generals]] of the [[Chinook Hockey League]], leading the team to its first berth in the [[Allan Cup]], Canada's senior men's hockey championship.

Sutter was named the head coach of the [[Western Hockey League]]'s [[Red Deer Rebels]] on July 12, 2007, replacing his younger brother [[Brent Sutter|Brent]], who left the Rebels to become the head coach of the NHL's [[New Jersey Devils]]. On March 24, 2008, the Rebels announced that Brian Sutter had resigned as head coach of the team, citing personal reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/nhlnews/story.html?id=1c76570f-48a9-4cf2-99bf-42956c4adf40 |title=Brian Sutter resigns as junior coach |date=March 24, 2008 |access-date=2009-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724081733/http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/nhlnews/story.html?id=1c76570f-48a9-4cf2-99bf-42956c4adf40 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref>

Sutter returned as head coach of the Generals for the 2008–09 season, leading them to its first Allan Cup title in [[2009 Allan Cup|2009]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Calgary/2009/04/06/9023256-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718000906/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Calgary/2009/04/06/9023256-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |title=Another Sutter in Calgary? |date=April 6, 2009 |access-date=2009-04-06}}</ref> In August 2012, Sutter left the Generals to become the new head coach of the Innisfail Eagles, also of the Chinook Hockey League.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.innisfailprovince.ca/article/20120821/INN0801/308219959/0/INN|title=Innisfail Eagles net Brian Sutter as coach|date=21 August 2013|publisher=Innisfail Province|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630181921/http://www.innisfailprovince.ca/article/20120821/INN0801/308219959/0/INN|archive-date=June 30, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He stepped down as head coach of Innisfail in 2022.<ref>https://www.thealbertan.com/innisfail-news/brian-sutter-steps-down-as-innisfail-eagles-coach-5857512</ref>

==Personal life==
Sutter and his wife Judy have two children, a son [[Shaun Sutter|Shaun]] and a daughter, Abigail.

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1972–73||[[Red Deer Rustlers]]||[[Alberta Junior Hockey League|AJHL]]||51||27||40||67||54||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1973–74||Red Deer Rustlers||AJHL||59||42||54||96||139||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[1974–75 WCHL season|1974–75]]||[[Lethbridge Broncos]]||[[Western Hockey League|WCHL]]||53||34||47||81||134||6||0||1||1||39
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1975–76 WCHL season|1975–76]]||Lethbridge Broncos||WCHL||72||36||56||92||233||7||3||4||7||45
|-
| [[1976–77 CHL season|1976–77]]||[[Kansas City Blues (ice hockey)|Kansas City Blues]]||[[Central Professional Hockey League|CHL]]||38||15||23||38||47||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]||[[St. Louis Blues]]||[[National Hockey League|NHL]]||35||4||10||14||82||4||0||1||1||14
|-
| [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||79||9||13||22||123||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||77||41||39||80||165||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||71||23||35||58||156||3||0||0||0||4
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||78||35||34||69||232||11||6||3||9||77
|-
| [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||74||39||36||75||239||10||8||6||14||49
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||79||46||30||76||254||4||2||1||3||10
|-
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||76||32||51||83||162||11||1||5||6||22
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||77||37||37||74||121||3||2||1||3||2
|-
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||44||19||23||42||87||9||1||2||3||22
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||14||3||3||6||18||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]||St. Louis Blues||NHL||76||15||22||37||147||10||0||3||3||49
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 779
! 303
! 333
! 636
! 1,786
! 65
! 21
! 21
! 42
! 249
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1975 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1975]]
| [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 2
|}

==Coaching statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="7"|Regular season !! colspan="1"|Post-season
|-
! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !! Division rank !! Result
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[St. Louis Blues|STL]]||[[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
|80||33||35||12||-||78||2nd in [[Norris Division|Norris]]||Won in first round (4-1 vs. [[Minnesota North Stars|MIN]]) <br> Lost in second round (1-4 vs. [[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]])
|- style="background:#fdd;"
!STL||[[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
|80||37||34||9||-||83||2nd in Norris||Won in first round (4-1 vs. [[Toronto Maple Leafs|TOR]]) <br> Lost in second round (3-4 vs. [[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]])
|- style="background:#fdd;"
!STL||[[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
|80||47||22||11||-||105||2nd in Norris||Won in first round (4-3 vs. [[Detroit Red Wings|DET]]) <br> Lost in second round (2-4 vs. [[Minnesota North Stars|MIN]])
|- style="background:#fdd;"
!STL||[[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
|80||36||33||11||-||83||3rd in Norris||Lost in first round (2-4 vs. [[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]])
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[Boston Bruins|BOS]]||[[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
|84||51||26||7||-||109||'''1st in [[Adams Division|Adams]]'''||Lost in first round (0-4 vs. [[Buffalo Sabres|BUF]])
|- style="background:#fdd;"
!BOS||[[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
|84||42||29||13||-||97||2nd in Adams||Won in first round (4-3 vs. [[Montreal Canadiens|MTL]]) <br> Lost in second round (2-4 vs. [[New Jersey Devils|NJ]])
|- style="background:#fdd;"
!BOS||[[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
|48||27||18||3||-||57||3rd in Adams||Lost in first round (1-4 vs. [[New Jersey Devils|NJ]])
|-
![[Calgary Flames|CGY]]||[[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
|82||26||41||15||-||67||5th in [[Pacific Division (NHL)|Pacific]]||Missed playoffs
|-
!CGY||[[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
|82||30||40||12||-||72||3rd in [[Northwest Division (NHL)|Northwest]]||Missed playoffs
|-
!CGY||[[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]]
|82||31||36||10||5||77||4th in Northwest||Missed playoffs
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]]||[[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
|82||41||27||13||1||96||3rd in [[Central Division (NHL)|Central]]||Lost in first round (1-4 vs. [[St. Louis Blues|STL]])
|-
!CHI||[[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]]
|82||30||33||13||6||79||3rd in Central||Missed playoffs
|-
!CHI||[[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
|82||20||43||11||8||59||5th in Central||Missed playoffs
|-
! colspan="2"|Total ||1,028||451||417||140||20||1,062||1 Division Title||28-40 (.411)
|}

==See also==
* [[List of NHL head coaches]]
* [[Notable families in the NHL]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{icehockeystats|legends=14489}}

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