Hal Laycoe
Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Died when: 75 years 310 days (910 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Harold Richardson Laycoe (June 23, 1922 — April 29, 1998) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach.He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Boston Bruins between 1945 and 1956.
After his playing career he became a coach, working as both a coach and general manager in the Western Hockey League between 1956 and 1969.
He coached the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL for the first part of the 1969–70 season, and in 1970 became the inaugural coach of the Vancouver Canucks, spending two seasons as coach and a final season as the general manager in 1973–74.
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