Editing Larry Robinson

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}
{{other people|Larry Robinson}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Larry Robinson.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Robinson in 2008
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| played_for = [[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[Los Angeles Kings]]
| coached_for = [[Los Angeles Kings]]<br />[[New Jersey Devils]]
| shoots = Left
| draft = 20th overall
| draft_year = 1971
| draft_team = [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 225
| ntl_team = CAN
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1951|6|2}}
| birth_place = [[North Dundas, Ontario|Winchester, Ontario]], Canada
| career_start = 1973
| career_end = 1992
| career_start_coach = 1995
| career_end_coach = 2005
| halloffame = 1995
}}
'''Larry Clark Robinson''' (born June 2, 1951) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former [[ice hockey]] coach, executive and player. His coaching career includes head coaching positions with the [[New Jersey Devils]] (which he held on two 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Robinson |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/185-larry-robinson |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=September 25, 2014 |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112214837/http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/185-larry-robinson |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, Robinson was named one of the "[[100 Greatest NHL Players]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest NHL Players|url=https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/100-greatest-nhl-players|website=NHL.com|access-date=January 27, 2017|date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> 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 with the [[Kitchener Rangers]] then turned professional, spending 1971 to 1973 with the [[Nova Scotia Voyageurs]] of the [[American Hockey League]] before making it to the [[National Hockey League]] with the [[Montreal Canadiens]].

Nicknamed "''Big Bird''" in part for his size (6'4’’ and 225 pounds), Robinson was a big and strong yet highly mobile defenceman. He played 17 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens and another three seasons for the [[Los Angeles Kings]], until his retirement after the 1991–92 season. He won the [[James Norris Memorial Trophy]] twice (1976–77 and 1979–80) as the league's most outstanding defenceman and won the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] as the most valuable player of the 1978 playoffs. He was named to the league's first and second all-star teams three times each.  His peak years were 1976–77 to 1980–81, although he had a strong comeback season at age 34 in 1985–86 when he was again named to the second all-star team and scored 82 points, just three shy of his career high of 85 (1976–77). Robinson was a dominant player whose talent and leadership helped lead the Canadiens to six [[Stanley Cup]]s.

Robinson was a member of [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]] in the 1976, 1981 and 1984 [[Canada Cup]] tournaments and was an international All-Star team selection in the 1981 IIHF World Championships. During his career, he played in ten of the league's All-Star games and ended his 20-year career having scored 208 goals, 750 assists and 958 regular-season points as well as 144 points in 227 playoff games, a remarkable achievement for a defenceman. He holds an impressive career [[NHL Plus-Minus Award|plus-minus rating]] of +730, the NHL career record, including an overwhelming +120 in 1976–77 (second only to [[Bobby Orr]]'s record +124 in 1970–71, and with Orr and Wayne Gretzky (+100 1984–85), is one of only three players to have a plus-minus rating of +100 or greater for a season). He won the Stanley Cup six times with the Canadiens, in 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1986. Together with [[Nicklas Lidström|Nicklas Lidstrom]], Robinson holds the NHL record for most consecutive playoff seasons with 20, 17 of them with the Canadiens.<ref name=retirednumber>{{cite web | title=Larry Robinson joins Canadiens legends with retirement of his No. 19 jersey| website=nhl.com| url=https://www.nhl.com/news/larry-robinson-joins-canadiens-legends-with-retirement-of-his-no-19-jersey/c-373921| date=November 19, 2007| access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name=lidstromshare>{{cite web | title=Numbers help tell story of Lidstrom's brilliance| publisher=NHL.com| url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=633436 | date=May 31, 2012 | access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref>

Robinson has been honoured for his playing career. In 1995, he was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]. In 1998, he was ranked number 24 on ''[[The Hockey News]]''' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. In 2000, he was inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame. On November 19, 2007, the Canadiens retired Robinson's No.&nbsp;19 jersey before a loss against the [[Ottawa Senators]].<ref name=retirednumber/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canadiens-retire-larry-robinson-s-no-19-1.677256|title=Canadiens retire Larry Robinson's No. 19|publisher=CBC Sports|date=November 19, 2007|access-date=April 18, 2021}}</ref> Larry Robinson's name appears on the Stanley Cup ten times, six as a player, three as a coach or assistant coach and once as a scout.

== Coaching career ==
Following his retirement, Robinson was hired as an assistant coach with the [[New Jersey Devils]] in 1993. After winning the [[1995 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup in 1995]] with the Devils, he was hired as head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, the same year he was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]. He left the Los Angeles team at the end of the 1998–99 season and signed on as an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils once again. Named interim head coach of the New Jersey Devils on March 23, 2000, Robinson guided his team to win the [[2000 Stanley Cup Finals|2000 Stanley Cup]]. With the victory, Robinson became the first interim head coach in NHL history to guide a team to the Stanley Cup. The feat would later be accomplished by [[Craig Berube]] in [[2019 Stanley Cup Finals|2019]]. Robinson recounted to journalist [[Scott Morrison (journalist)|Scott Morrison]]:<ref name="GreatestDay">{{cite book|last=Morrison|first=Scott|title=Hockey Night in Canada: My Greatest Day|year=2008|publisher=Key Porter Books|page=[https://archive.org/details/mygreatestday50p0000morr/page/178 178]|location=Toronto|isbn=978-1-55470-086-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/mygreatestday50p0000morr/page/178}}</ref> {{cquote|Considering how long I played hockey and how many Cups I got to win as a defenseman with Montreal, it was my first Stanley Cup win as a head coach that is actually my greatest day in hockey.}}

He stayed on as head coach for the next year and again guided the Devils to the [[2001 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup finals]], where they lost against the [[Colorado Avalanche]] in seven games.

Robinson was fired during the 2001–02 season, but returned as an assistant coach in February 2002 and just before the 2002–03 season to win his ninth [[2003 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup in 2003]].

When [[Pat Burns]] suffered a recurrence of cancer, Robinson again assumed the mantle of head coach on July 14, 2005. This stint came to an end on December 19, 2005, when Robinson resigned, citing stress and other health problems.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/larry-robinson-resigns-as-devils-coach-1.526733|title=Larry Robinson resigns as Devils coach|author=CBC Sports|date=December 21, 2005|access-date=April 18, 2021|work=CBC News}}</ref>

Robinson returned to the Devils prior to the 2007–08 season as an assistant coach under [[Brent Sutter]]. Prior to the 2008–09 season, Robinson left from behind the Devils' bench to become a special assignment coach between the organization's prospects in Lowell, Mass., and the Devils.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2008/07/robinson_wont_be_behind_bench.html|title=Robinson won't be behind N.J. Devils' bench this season|author=Rich Chere/The Star-Ledger |date=July 22, 2008|access-date=February 19, 2009}}</ref>

Robinson's contract ended with the New Jersey Devils in the summer of 2012. He indicated he was interested in becoming an assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens, however that post was filled with former Hab J.J. Daigneault soon after. Robinson then was appointed an associate coach with the [[San Jose Sharks]] on July 10, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/Larry+Robinson+finds+Jose/6910075/story.html|title=Larry Robinson finds his way to San Jose|author=Montreal Gazette|date=July 10, 2012|access-date=July 12, 2012|work=Montreal Gazette|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719061243/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/Larry+Robinson+finds+Jose/6910075/story.html|archive-date=July 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On May 23, 2014, the Sharks added director of player development to Robinson's role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=720430|title=Sharks Name Larry Robinson Associate Coach & Director of Player Development|work=[[San Jose Sharks]]|date=May 23, 2014|access-date=May 23, 2014}}</ref> In 2017, at the end of his five-year contract with the Sharks, Robinson left the organization.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/19464853/larry-robinson-san-jose-sharks-parting-ways |title=Director of player development Larry Robinson won't return to Sharks |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> He is currently a Senior Consultant to Hockey Operations for the St. Louis Blues.

With the St. Louis Blues defeating the [[Boston Bruins]] in the [[2019 Stanley Cup Finals]], Robinson won his tenth Stanley Cup championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/robinson-basks-in-stanley-cup-as-blues-consultant/c-307836470|title=Robinson basks in Stanley Cup title as Blues senior consultant|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref>

== Polo and horse racing ==
Robinson was raised on a Marvelville, [[Ontario]] farm and as a boy, he grew up with a love of horses.  While living in the rural area of [[Saint-Lazare, Quebec]] west of Montreal, Robinson became a co-founder with former teammate [[Steve Shutt]], Michael Sinclair-Smith and local veterinarian Dr. Gilbert Hallé of the Montreal Polo Club at [[Sainte-Marthe, Quebec]].

While playing in Los Angeles, Robinson became involved in the sport of [[thoroughbred]] [[horse racing]] through a partnership with Kings owner [[Bruce McNall]]'s [[Summa Stable]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF5BA3062A6AEDD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Daily News of Los Angeles |title=HIGH WEIGHT MAY CAUSE BAYAKOA TO SKIP SANTA MARGARITA 'CAP |date=February 15, 1990}}</ref> Among their racing successes, Down Again won the 1990 [[Monrovia Handicap]] at [[Santa Anita Park]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59985131.html?dids=59985131:59985131&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+15%2C+1990&author=BOB+MIESZERSKI&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=SANTA+ANITA+Down+Again+Lauded+After+Victory&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102110603/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59985131.html?dids=59985131:59985131&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+15,+1990&author=BOB+MIESZERSKI&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=SANTA+ANITA+Down+Again+Lauded+After+Victory&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 15, 1990 |title=Down Again Lauded After Victory}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em;"
|- style="background:#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]]
|- style="background:#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
|-
| 1969–70||[[Brockville Braves]]||[[Central Canada Hockey League|CJHL]]||40||22||29||51||74||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| 1969–70||[[Ottawa M&W Rangers]]||CJHL||—||—||—||—||—||5||2||1||3||2
|-
| [[1970–71 OHA season|1970–71]]||[[Kitchener Rangers]]||[[Ontario Hockey League|OHA-Jr.]]||61||12||39||51||65||4||1||2||3||5
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1971–72 AHL season|1971–72]]||[[Nova Scotia Voyageurs]]||[[American Hockey League|AHL]]||74||10||14||24||54||15||2||10||12||31
|-
| [[1972–73 AHL season|1972–73]]||Nova Scotia Voyageurs||AHL||38||6||33||39||33||—||—||—||—||—
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1972–73 NHL season|1972–73]]||[[Montreal Canadiens]]||[[National Hockey League|NHL]]||36||2||4||6||20||11||1||4||5||9
|-
| [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||78||6||20||26||66||6||0||1||1||26
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||80||14||47||61||76||11||0||4||4||27
|-
| [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||80||10||30||40||59||13||3||3||6||10
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||77||19||66||85||45||14||2||10||12||12
|-
| [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||80||13||52||65||39||15||4||17||21||6
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||67||16||45||61||33||16||6||9||15||8
|-
| [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||72||14||61||75||39||10||0||4||4||2
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||65||12||38||50||37||3||0||1||1||2
|-
| [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||71||12||47||59||41||5||0||1||1||8
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||71||14||49||63||33||3||0||0||0||2
|-
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||74||9||34||43||39||15||0||5||5||22
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||76||13||34||47||44||12||3||8||11||8
|-
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||78||19||63||82||39||20||0||13||13||22
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||70||13||37||50||44||17||3||17||20||6
|-
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||53||6||34||40||30||11||1||4||5||4
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]||Montreal Canadiens||NHL||74||4||26||30||22||21||2||8||10||12
|-
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]||[[Los Angeles Kings]]||NHL||64||7||32||39||34||10||2||3||5||10
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]||Los Angeles Kings||NHL||62||1||22||23||16||12||1||4||5||15
|-
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]||Los Angeles Kings||NHL||56||3||10||13||37||2||0||0||0||0
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 1,384
! 207
! 751
! 958
! 793
! 227
! 28
! 116
! 144
! 211
|}
===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
|-
| [[1976 Canada Cup|1976]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Canada Cup|CC]]
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)|1979]]
| NHL All-Stars
| Exhib.
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|-
| [[1981 World Ice Hockey Championships|1981]]
| Canada
| [[World Ice Hockey Championships|WC]]
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1981 Canada Cup|1981]]
| Canada
| CC
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
|-
| [[1984 Canada Cup|1984]]
| Canada
| CC
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Senior totals
! 31
! 4
! 3
! 7
! 6
|}

===Coaching career statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="7"|[[Regular season]] !! colspan="4"|[[Post season]]
|-
! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !!Finish !! W !! L !! Win % !! Result
|-
![[Los Angeles Kings|LA]]||[[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
|82||24||40||18|| — ||66||6th in [[Pacific Division (NHL)|Pacific]]|| — || — || — || Missed playoffs
|-
!LA||[[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
|82||28||43||11|| — ||67||6th in Pacific|| — || — || — || Missed playoffs
|-
!LA||[[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
|82||38||33||11|| — ||87||2nd in Pacific||0||4||{{Winning percentage|0|4}}||Lost in Conference Quarterfinals ([[St. Louis Blues|STL]])
|- 
!LA||[[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
|82||32||45||5|| — ||69||5th in Pacific|| — || — || — || Missed playoffs
|-
! colspan="2"|LA total ||328||122||161||45|| — ||.441||  ||0||4||{{Winning percentage|0|4}}||1 playoff appearance
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[New Jersey Devils|NJ]]||[[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]]
|8||4||4||0||0||(103)||2nd in [[Atlantic Division (NHL)|Atlantic]]||16||7||{{Winning percentage|16|7}}||Won [[2000 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] ([[Dallas Stars|DAL]])
|-
!NJ||[[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
|82||48||19||12||3||111||1st in Atlantic||15||10||{{Winning percentage|15|10}}||Lost in [[2001 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]] ([[Colorado Avalanche|COL]])
|-
!NJ||[[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
|51||21||20||7||3||(95)|| (fired) || — || — || — || —
|-
!NJ||[[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
|32||14||13||0||5||(101)|| (resigned) || — || — || — || —
|-
! colspan="2"|NJ total ||173||87||56||19||11||.590||  ||31||17||{{Winning percentage|31|17}}||2 playoff appearances<br>1 Stanley Cup
|-
! colspan="2"|Total ||501||209||217||64||11||.492||  ||31||21||{{Winning percentage|31|21}}||3 playoff appearances<br>1 Stanley Cup
|}

==See also==
*[[Notable families in the NHL]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{icehockeystats|legendsm=P199502}}

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