Kerry Fraser : Coaches his likes and disliked

[mattola]

Fraser: My favourite and least favourite coaches in the NHL

interesting tidbit about getting a career warning. I always knew they existed (Alex Burrows, Todd Bertuzzi, Im sure you can name many from your teams of past and present) but Fraser actually admits it in words that he gave one to Marc Crawford and used it.

 

[dash]

Great story...

His players called him "Iron Mike" for good reason. I got along great with Mike Keenan. As a matter of fact, when he left the Philadelphia Flyers and moved to Chicago in 1988, he had a great house for sale near the Flyers Skate Zone (practice rink) in Voorhees, NJ. My wife Kathy and I were relocating with our six children to the United States from our hometown of Sarnia, Ontario. We had decided that the Philadelphia market was most suitable to our list of needs and Mike's house was perfect for us. (NHL President, John Ziegler didn't think much of the purchase but that's another story)

So we made the transaction and moved into Keenan's old house. A few years passed as well as a few teams and several houses later for Mike until he ended up in Boston for the 2000-01 season. It was just before the playoffs and we were operating in the two-referee system. I was the back referee and Iron Mike was yelling at my young referee partner as play stopped. I raced over to the Bruins bench, stuck my finger in the coaches face and yelled, "Mike, that @#$%* house you sold me, the roof is leaking." The most innocent look appeared on Keenan's face as he backed up with his hand up and palms open and said, "Kerry, honest, I thought I got it fixed!"

 

[evolver115]

that is an awesome article. Thx for sharing that Matt

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Does Fraser also list his top ten list of coaches with the best hair?

 

[pixburgher66]

I love getting this inside look. Really cool stuff.

 

[mattola]

I love getting this inside look. Really cool stuff.

I fraking HATED Fraser as a ref. almost as much as Flames fans should. but this is great stuff. I love reading it and watching it.