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Hal Laycoe

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1922–1998)

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Also known as Harold Richardson Laycoe

Born: June 23, 1922
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Died: April 29, 1998
Birthplace: Sutherland
Place of death: Langley
Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: ice hockey player
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Harold Richardson Laycoe was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Boston Bruins between 1945 and 1956. After his playing career he became a coach, working as both a coach and general manager in the Western Hockey League between 1956 and 1969. He coached the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL for the first part of the 1969–70 season, and in 1970 became the inaugural coach of the Vancouver Canucks, spending two seasons as coach and a final season as the general manager in 1973–74.

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NHL skater stats — season by season

11 seasons · from AIDB's NHL skater dataset

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	SHG	GWG
1945–46	NYR	17	0	2	2	6	0	0
1946–47	NYR	58	1	12	13	25	0	0
1947–48	MTL	14	1	2	3	4	0	0
1948–49	MTL	51	3	5	8	31	0	0
1949–50	MTL	30	0	2	2	21	0	0
1950–51	MTL, BOS	44	1	3	4	29	0	0
1951–52	BOS	70	5	7	12	61	0	0
1952–53	BOS	54	2	10	12	36	0	0
1953–54	BOS	57	3	16	19	29	1	1
1954–55	BOS	70	4	13	17	32	0	2
1955–56	BOS	65	5	5	10	16	1	2
Career		530	25	77	102	290	2	5

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Member of sports team: Boston Bruins
New York Rangers
Montreal Canadiens
New York Rovers
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Hal
Sport: ice hockey
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Position played on team / speciality: defenseman
Mass: 174 lb
Shooting handedness: left-handed shot
League: National Hockey League(1945–1956)
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Number of matches played/races/starts: 530 league: National Hockey League
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Total goals in career: 25 league: National Hockey League
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Penalty minutes in career: 290 league: National Hockey League
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Total points in career: 102 league: National Hockey League
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Total assists in career: 77 league: National Hockey League
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Family name: Laycoe

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