Peter DeBoer

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Peter DeBoer (born June 13, 1968 in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada) is currently the head coach of the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. He is a two-time winner of the OHL Coach of the Year trophy and led the Rangers to a Memorial Cup victory in 2003.

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[edit] Playing career

DeBoer was drafted 227th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. At the time he was playing with the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL, and in his best offensive season with them he scored 45 goals and 46 assists for 91 points. After Windsor, DeBoer went on to play for the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League, and played two full seasons with them. In his last season with the Admirals, he scored 27 goals and 34 assists for 61 points and retired after that season.

[edit] Coaching Career

DeBoer became an assistant coach for the Detroit Junior Red Wings in 1994. After one season he was promoted to the dual position of Head Coach-GM. He showed his coaching prowess winning the Matt Leyden Trophy as OHL Coach of the Year for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. The Plymouth Whalers, as they are now called, established them as a consistent OHL force under DeBoer. After the 2000-01 season, DeBoer and his assistant, Steve Spott, left Plymouth and joined the Kitchener Rangers in a position similar to the one they had in Plymouth. It took DeBoer two seasons to lead the Rangers to a Memorial Cup victory, something he was never able to achieve in Plymouth. DeBoer was an assistant coach for gold medal-winning Team Canada in the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He had been rumoured to be heading for the vacant head coaching position for the Toronto Marlies in 2005, but the job was filled by Paul Maurice. DeBoer continues to be among the OHL's elite for head coaches.

[edit] Awards

  • Awarded Matt Leyden Trophy as OHL Coach of the Year (1999, 2000)

[edit] Head Coaching Statistics

   
Season Team League GP W L T OTL PTS WPCT
1995-96 Detroit Whalers OHL 66 40 22 4 84 0.636
1996-97 Detroit Whalers OHL 66 26 34 6 58 0.439
1997-98 Plymouth Whalers OHL 66 37 22 7 81 0.614
1998-99 Plymouth Whalers OHL 68 51 13 4 106 0.779
1999-00 Plymouth Whalers OHL 68 45 18 4 1 95 0.699
2000-01 Plymouth Whalers OHL 68 43 15 5 5 96 0.706
2001-02 Kitchener Rangers OHL 68 35 22 10 1 81 0.596
2002-03 Kitchener Rangers OHL 68 46 14 5 3 100 0.735
2003-04 Kitchener Rangers OHL 68 34 26 6 2 76 0.559
2004-05 Kitchener Rangers OHL 68 35 20 9 4 83 0.610
2005-06 Kitchener Rangers OHL 68 47 19 1 1 96 0.706
11 Seasons Career OHL 742 439 225 61 17 0.644

[edit] NHL Players

In DeBoer's years as an OHL head coach, a number of his players have gone on to the NHL. The following is a list of players that DeBoer coached for at least one full OHL season, that went on to play in the NHL and where he coached them. Bold indicates active NHL player.

[edit] References

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