Fred Shero

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Position	Defense
Shot	Left
Nickname	The Fog
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg)
Pro Clubs	New York Rangers
Nationality	Canada
Born	October 23, 1925, Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Died	November 24, 1990,
Pro Career	1947 – 1958

Fred Shero (October 23, 1925 - November 24, 1990) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach.

1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he attended the University of Manitoba and served in the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II. He played three seasons (1947-48, 1948-49, and 1949-50) with the New York Rangers.

[edit] Coaching career

He was the coach of the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers. He was the coach of the Flyers when they won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975. Through the start of the 2005-06 NHL season, he remains the winningest coach in Flyers history with 308 wins, plus 48 more in playoff competition. He was the coach of the Rangers when they reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 1979.

In 1974, he won the Jack Adams Award for NHL Coach of the Year. In 1980, he was a co-recipient of the Lester Patrick Trophy awarded for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.

Before leading his team to a clinching Game 6 victory in the 1974 Stanley Cup final, the teams first-ever Stanley Cup, Fred Shero wrote his most famous motivational line on the team's blackboard: "Win together today, and we walk together forever."