It is my pleasure to introduce Guest Coach Rich Sutter at tonight’s evening seminar. As long as Wikipedia is right, this is one darn experienced coach…
The Sutter family, originally from Viking, Alberta, Canada, are one of the most famous families in the National Hockey League (NHL). Six brothers: Brent, Brian, Darryl, Duane, Rich and Ron, reached the NHL in the late 70s and early 80s.
- Collectively, the Sutter brothers played nearly 5,000 games and won the Stanley Cup six times as players (two times as head coach).
- The second generation of Sutters has reached the NHL, as Brandon Sutter, Brody Sutter and Brett Sutter were members of the Carolina Hurricanes organization for a few seasons.
- The first generation of Sutters had at least one brother playing in the NHL for 24 seasons – from 1976–77 to 2000–01 (with all six playing from 1982–83 to 1986–87).
- Rich Sutter, twin brother of Ron, was drafted 10th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Rich played 874 games with seven teams during his 13-year career.
- Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning.
- Since 2014, he has primarily appeared on Hockey Central’s
Check out my podcast interview with Rich from last summer…
