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The man who changed the game. (Insider).
Casual hockey fans might know Roger Neilson because of his trademark loud ties or his recent battle with cancer. Others might recognize him from his time spent behind the benches of any of the eight NHL teams for which he has been a head coach. Currently, Neilson is an assistant coach for the Senators. He also runs what many consider North America's best hockey camp and coaches' clinic in the offseason. Now Neilson can add to his resume that he is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, in the builders category.
Neilson was inducted into the Hall of Fame for his innovations and contributions to the game. Just don't ask him to document those contributions--he's not a ...
- Neilson reportedly top choice for Flames' new brass.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Panaccio, Tim June 5, 2000 700+ words
...McDonald would hire Neilson as head coach, but the Flyers...indication that Neilson would not be coming back as head coach, although he stopped...retained as full-time head coach would be made this week. He said Neilson wanted his old job...
- Neilson, remembered as an innovator, dies of cancer.
- Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) June 21, 2003 700+ words
...searching frantically for Roger Neilson at the cavernous new arena...Clarke eventually found his head coach _ asleep on a trainer's table...s sleeping at the table." Neilson, an assistant coach with the...humorous, all very much Roger Neilson. Despite the disastrous...
- Neilson, remembered as an innovator, dies of cancer.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Panaccio, Tim June 21, 2003 700+ words
...searching frantically for Roger Neilson at the cavernous new arena...Clarke eventually found his head coach _ asleep on a trainer's table...s sleeping at the table." Neilson, an assistant coach with the...humorous, all very much Roger Neilson. Despite the disastrous...
- Neilson says the game gives him cause to live.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lyon, Bill August 2, 2000 700+ words
...salesman gently explained to Neilson that what he was looking at...himself. It is one of Roger Neilson's endearing traits, self...teams altogether, fired as head coach four times ... you'd think...in RinkWorld now that Roger Neilson has found himself gainful employment...
- Roger Neilson's cancer spreads into lymphatic system.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Panaccio, Tim January 5, 2001 700+ words
...the daunting odds now facing Neilson, Brodsky did not recommend...very rapidly." Ottawa is Neilson's 10th stop on an NHL coaching...began in 1977 when he became head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs...Louis, Chicago and Buffalo. Neilson checked out of his hotel on...
- Neilson waiting on Flyers, Flames.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Panaccio, Tim June 7, 2000 700+ words
...next career move. Neilson said on Wednesday...decision is imminent. Neilson, the Flyers' head coach who left the team...interesting job," Neilson said, declining to...yesterday, interim head coach Craig Ramsay said...
- NHL Hockey: Neilson, Langway enter Hockey Hall.
- News wire article from: Sports Network November 5, 2002 700+ words
...is a great honor." Neilson was a head coach in the NHL with Buffalo...end of the season. Neilson began his coaching...most exciting game," Neilson said. "You put in...1,000 games as a head coach. (c)2002 The Sports...
- NHL Hockey: Neilson, Langway set to enter Hockey Hall.
- News wire article from: Sports Network November 4, 2002 700+ words
...gratified for this recognition." Neilson was a head coach in the NHL with Buffalo, Toronto...replaced at the end of the season. Neilson began his coaching career in...order to reach 1,000 games as a head coach. (c)2002 The Sports Network...