| Glen Sather | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1997 (Builder) | |||
 Sather at the 2006 NHL Awards | |||
| Born |
September 2, 1943 High River, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Boston Bruins Pittsburgh Penguins New York Rangers St. Louis Blues Montreal Canadiens Minnesota North Stars Edmonton Oilers | ||
| Coached for |
Edmonton Oilers New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 1966–1976 | ||
| Coaching career | 1976–2004 | ||
Glen Cameron Sather (born September 2, 1943) is a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive. He is the current senior advisor and alternate governor of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the Rangers' general manager until stepping down on July 1, 2015, and then served as their president until April 4, 2019. He stepped down from his advisory role with the Rangers on June 26, 2024.
He is known for coaching the Edmonton Oilers to four Stanley Cup victories during the 1980s. He played a key role in attracting talented players, including Wayne Gretzky, who helped make the Oilers a hockey dynasty at that time. Gretzky, who became "the most dominant player in the history of the game,"[1][2][3] credits Sather, along with Walter Gretzky, his father, as his most important mentors.
Outside the NHL, Sather was instrumental in building Canadian national teams for the 1984 Canada Cup (tournament champions), the 1994 Ice Hockey World Championship (gold Medal winners) and 1996 World Cup of Hockey (finalists). Before coaching, Sather was a professional ice hockey left winger in the WHA and NHL, playing for several teams over 10 years.
Sather was born in High River, Alberta but grew up in Wainwright, Alberta. Sather resides in Rye, New York during the season and Palm Springs, California in the off-season, but also has a home in Banff, Alberta. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997. His nickname is "Slats".
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