In the 1996–97 season, the NHL fined him $5,000 USD for verbal abuse of a video-replay official who had disallowed a goal in the second period of a game between the Bruins and the Ottawa Senators. Notwithstanding this longstanding success, he was the subject of controversies ranging from video replays to salary arbitration and was under frequent fire from Bruin fans.
#HARRY SINDEN GORDON DOWNIE PROFESSIONAL#
He added the title of club president in 1989, and remained as the chief executive of the club until the summer of 2006, when he retired to a consulting role.Īs GM, Sinden presided over the team's long years of consistent success, setting the North American major professional record for most consecutive seasons in the playoffs with 30, which including making the finals five times (1974, 1977, 1978, 1988, 1990) and two regular-season first-place finishes (1983, 1990). He went on to spend just over 28 years as general manager of the Bruins, almost surpassing the 30-year tenure (1924–54) of the team's founding manager, Art Ross. Within days after the Summit Series, he signed a five-year deal with the Bruins as their general manager, succeeding Milt Schmidt, who was made executive director.
#HARRY SINDEN GORDON DOWNIE SERIES#
Sinden maintained a tape-recorded diary throughout the series which was turned into a book, Hockey Showdown, published in 1972. Esposito, reunited with Sinden, was the leading scorer in the series. After a slow start, he led the Canadians to a come-from-behind win capped by Paul Henderson's series-winning goal with 34 seconds remaining in the final game. In June 1972, after two years away from hockey, he was named head coach and manager of the Canadian team for the eight-game Summit Series. He also rejected offers from the Toronto Maple Leafs and the St. Sinden was offered the job as first head coach of the New York Islanders at the beginning of 1972, but turned it down. In October 1970, he published a story in Sports Illustrated declaring he had left the Bruins because of their mid-season refusal to give him a raise for the following year. He then accepted a job with Stirling Homex Corp., a home construction company in Rochester, New York. The club placed him on its voluntary retired list, preventing him from taking a job with another team for one year. In that final season, he coached the team to the league championship.ĭespite his success with the team, Sinden had a rocky relationship with Bruins management during the championship season, which led to the 37-year-old Sinden's announcing his retirement just days after winning the Cup. After two seasons the team moved again, becoming the Oklahoma City Blazers, where Sinden finished his playing career in 1965–66 after six seasons with the franchise. After the league folded, the team became the Minneapolis Bruins of the Central Hockey League for the 1963–64 season with Sinden as player-coach. He was named a first-team all-star for the 1961–62 season and league MVP for 1962–63.
After playing some games with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in the Eastern Professional Hockey League he met Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Boston Bruins, who signed him as player – assistant coach for the Kingston Frontenacs, the Bruins' EPHL affiliate, starting in 1960–61. Near the end of the season, the Montreal Canadiens placed Sinden on their negotiation list but didn't reach an agreement with him. The core of the team was the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, with Sinden one of four players from the Dunlops added to the lineup to strengthen the team for the Olympics. He also won a silver medal as a member of the Canadian national men's hockey team at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. He was team captain when the Dunlops won the Allan Cup in 1957, and then the 1958 World Hockey Championship for Canada in Oslo, Norway. He played in Oshawa from 1949 to 1953, and then for six seasons in the OHA senior division with the Whitby Dunlops. Sinden played defence for the Toronto Marlboro bantams before moving up to the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association for junior hockey.
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