Английская Википедия:Darren Lowe (ice hockey)

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Шаблон:Infobox ice hockey player Darren Craig Lowe (born October 13, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team. He played 8 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1983–84 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1983 to 1991, was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Internationally he played for the Canadian national team at the 1984 Winter Olympics. After retiring as a player Lowe coached at the University of Toronto from 1995 to 2017.

Playing career

Lowe was born in Toronto, Ontario. He played for the Varsity Blues from 1979 to 1983 as undergraduate student.[1] Lowe was named to the OUAA Second All-star team in 1981–82, and the First All-star team in 1982–83.[2] Lowe was selected as a member of the Canada national men's ice hockey team during 1983–84, playing 67 games, scoring 18 goals, and 15 assists. Lowe competed with the team at the 1984 Winter Olympics, finishing in 4th place. The Pittsburgh Penguins signed Lowe as a free agent, for whom he played eight games and scored one goal during the 1983–84 NHL season.[3] Lowe returned to the Varsity Blues from 1984 to 1986 while earning a Bachelor of Education degree.[1] In 1986, Lowe's, he received the university's George M. Biggs Trophy for leadership, sportsmanship and performance in athletics, and both the Harry Jerome Award and the U of T Silver "T" for excellence in athletics.[1]

Lowe continued his professional career from 1986 to 1991, playing for Jokerit Helsinki scoring 7 goals and 2 assists in 18 games in 1986–87 season, the Flint Spirits, Maine Mariners and the San Diego Gulls. Lowe had career highs of 53 goals and 64 assists playing for Flint during the 1987–88 season.

Coaching career

Lowe retired in 1991, and immediately went into coaching. Lowe joined the Ryerson Rams of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute as an assistant coach during the 1991–92 season. Lowe returned to the Varsity Blues as an assistant coach for the 1992–93 season, and became head coach during the 1995–96 season.[1] For the 2002–03 season Lowe was honoured as the OUA East Division "Coach of the Year" for the second time in three years, he was also named coach of the year in 2000–01. He has led the Blues to four consecutive first-place finishes in the OUA's Mid-East Division.[1] Lowe was also a guest coach in 1998 with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and spent time in the summer of 2001 working with some of the Leaf prospects. In 1999–2000, Lowe was a guest coach with the Canada national ice hockey team.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1977–78 North York Rangers OPJHL
1977–78 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 1 0 0 0 2
1978–79 Richmond Hill Rams OPJHL
1979–80 United States International University NCAA 34 25 21 46 26
1980–81 University of Toronto OUA 28 28 23 51 26
1981–82 University of Toronto OUA 29 36 26 62 24
1982–83 University of Toronto OUA 24 23 32 55
1983–84 Canadian National Team Intl 67 18 15 33 22
1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 8 1 2 3 0
1984–85 Canadian National Team Intl 67 18 15 33 22
1985–86 University of Toronto OUA 24 21 26 47 16
1986–87 Wiener EV AUT 22 18 11 29 6
1986–87 Jokerit FIN 18 7 2 9 16
1987–88 Flint Spirits IHL 82 53 64 117 24 16 10 15 25 34
1988–89 Maine Mariners AHL 78 29 24 53 36
1989–90 Flint Spirits IHL 67 31 35 66 44 4 1 4 5 2
1990–91 San Diego Gulls IHL 79 21 37 58 60
IHL totals 228 105 136 241 128 20 11 19 30 36
NHL totals 8 1 2 3 0

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1984 Canada OLY 7 2 1 3 0
Senior totals 7 2 1 3 0

References

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