Danny Belisle
With the Vancouver Canucks in 1961
Born (1937-05-09)May 9, 1937
South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
Died November 28, 2022(2022-11-28) (aged 85)
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for New York Rangers
Playing career 19571971

Daniel George Belisle (May 9, 1937 – November 28, 2022) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach. He played 4 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1960–61 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1957 to 1971, was spent in the minor leagues. He later became a coach in the minor leagues, and also coached the Washington Capitals in the NHL during the 1978–79 and 1979–80 seasons.

Playing career

Belisle played junior hockey for the Guelph Biltmores and the Trois-Rivières Lions. He then signed with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League, but his entire NHL career totaled four games during the 1960–61 season. He played fourteen years in the minor leagues, as a member of fifteen different clubs.[1] Belisle's career year came in 1962-63, when he scored 70 points for the San Francisco Seals of the Western Hockey League.[2]

Coaching career

Belisle began his coaching career with the Des Moines Oak Leafs, the final team for which he played. In 1978, he was named head coach of the Washington Capitals, whom he coached to a 24–41–15 record. After a slow start at the beginning of the 1979–80 NHL season, he was fired and replaced by Gary Green. Belisle was voted Central Hockey League coach of the year in 1981 while coaching the Dallas Black Hawks. The Black Hawks, a farm team for the Vancouver Canucks, compiled a 56-16-7, setting records for most victories by a minor league team, most points by a minor league team, most goals scored by a team and most road victories. Belisle later became an assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings during the early 1980s.[1]

Belisle's son Dan Belisle was an ice hockey coach and executive in the North American Hockey League, Southern Hockey League, Colonial Hockey League, and ECHL, most notably serving as general manager for the ECHL's New Orleans Brass, Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies, and Victoria Salmon Kings.

Belisle died November 28, 2022.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1955–56 Guelph Biltmores OHA 4825255025 31010
1956–57 Guelph Biltmores OHA 5236306670 106101621
1956–57 Guelph Biltmores M-Cup 62248
1957–58 Trois-Rivières Lions QSHL 5524315532
1957–58 Providence Reds AHL 72242
1958–59 Vancouver Canucks WHL 7031316241 941513
1959–60 Vancouver Canucks WHL 6824244827 1167130
1960–61 New York Rangers NHL 42020
1960–61 Kitchener Beavers EPHL 16871514
1960–61 Vancouver Canucks WHL 5130174717 90220
1961–62 Los Angeles Blades WHL 6130386827
1962–63 San Francisco Seals WHL 6329417014 1787152
1963–64 Baltimore Clippers AHL 131234
1963–64 Vancouver Canucks WHL 5222224422
1964–65 Omaha Knights CHL 62682
1964–65 Quebec Aces AHL 40002
1964–65 Victoria Maple Leafs WHL 5323244740 122576
1965–66 Memphis Wings CHL 6516304638
1966–67 California Seals WHL 6225224722 10000
1967–68 Vancouver Canucks WHL 661520358
1968–69 Jacksonville Rockets EHL 7139468526 42130
1969–70 Barrie Flyers (1966–1979) OHA Sr 712316
1969–70 Columbus Checkers IHL 5832437521
1970–71 Des Moines Oak Leafs IHL 418212910
WHL totals 546229239468218 5920224221
NHL totals 42020

Coaching record

TeamYearRegular SeasonPost Season
GWLTPtsFinishResult
Washington Capitals 1978–79 8021411563 4th in NorrisMissed playoffs
Washington Capitals 1979–80 16410210 2nd in SmytheFired
NHL Totals 96255117

References

  1. 1 2 "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Danny Belisle". www.legendsofhockey.net.
  2. "Danny Belisle Stats". Hockey-Reference.com.
  3. "Dan Belisle (b.1937) Hockey Stats and Profile". hockeydb.com. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
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