| Larry Huras | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1955-07-08)July 8, 1955 (age 70) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | New York Rangers CSG Grenoble Gap Hockey Club Rouen Hockey Club | ||
| NHL draft | 84th overall,1975 New York Rangers | ||
| WHA draft | 115th overall,1975 Indianapolis Racers | ||
| Playing career | 1975–1994 | ||
Larry Robert Huras, (born July 8, 1955) is a Canadianice hockey coach and a former player. He played 2 games in theNational Hockey League with theNew York Rangers during the1976–77 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1975 to 1994, was mainly spent in theFrench league. After his playing career Huras turned to coaching, and spent several years in theNationalliga A, the top league in Switzerland.
Huras turned pro in 1975, when he was picked by theNew York Rangers in the1975 NHL Amateur Draft (5th round, 84th overall). He spent time in theInternational Hockey League (IHL) andAmerican Hockey League (AHL), before hisNational Hockey League (NHL) debut on February 27, 1977 with the Rangers, for whom he played his only two NHL games. In the following three seasons, he strengthened the roster ofSalt Lake Golden Eagles andDallas Black Hawks of theCentral Hockey League (CHL), followed by a stint with thePort Huron Flags in the IHL.
In 1980, Huras signed withGrenoble métropole hockey 38 in France. He spent three years with the club, before heading to another French team,Gap Hockey Club. He transferred to theDragons de Rouen in 1988 and captured four French national championships in six years with the club, three of them as a player-coach.
After his Rouen player-coach tenure, including three French championships, Huras was named head coach ofZürcher SC of the Swiss elite leagueNLA in 1994, where he remained at the helm for two years. During the 1996-97 season, he was hired by fellow NLA sideHC Ambri-Piotta. Under his guidance, Ambri completed the 1998-99 regular season on top of the table before losing the finals toHC Lugano. He received Switzerland Coach of the Year honors that season. Huras guided the team to semifinal appearances in 1997-98 and 1999-00 and also established the club on the international stage, winning twoIIHF Continental Cup titles (1998 and 1999) as well as the 1999IIHF Super Cup with the team. Ambri and Huras did not come to terms on a new contract in 2000, so he accepted an offer to return to Zürcher SC for a second stint in charge at the club.[1] At ZSC, he added to his title haul, winning the 2001 Swiss national championship and theIIHF Continental Cup. He was sacked in November 2001, after suffering defeat in eleven of 23 games since the beginning of the 2001-02 campaign.[2]
Huras stayed in the Swiss NLA and was appointed head coach of HC Lugano prior to the 2002-03 season. He led the team to the Swiss championship his first year and to the finals in 2003-04. Huras was relieved of his duties during the 2006 playoffs quarterfinals[3] and replaced byHarold Kreis, who went on to win the title with the team.
For a second time in his career, he took over head coaching duties at HC Ambri-Piotta in November 2006. He pulled the team away from the bottom of theNational League A and managed to keep Ambri in the league.
After stints with theStavanger Oilers of Norway (2007–08) andVillacher SV of Austria (2008–09), Huras was back in Switzerland, taking the helm ofSC Bern in 2009. He had immediate success, guiding SCB to the NLA title his first year.[4] In his second season, Bern reached the semifinals. Huras was removed from the position in October 2011, his third year at the helm, because the club executives wanted a "more attractive style of ice hockey".[5] Only a couple of days later, he returned for a second spell at HC Lugano.[6] His tenure ended at the end of the 2012-13 season.
In November 2013, Huras joined the coaching staff ofEHC München of the GermanDEL, serving as an assistant toPierre Pagé. He was named head coach of then reigning German championERC Ingolstadt for the 2014-15 season[7] and guided the Panthers to another appearance in the DEL finals, where they fell short toAdler Mannheim.[8]
Huras parted ways with Ingolstadt after one year and took the head coaching job atModo Hockey in Sweden'sSHL. Following a bad start to the 2015-16 season, collecting ten points from the opening 15 games and losing seven straight games, Huras and his staff were sacked in November 2015.[9] In late September 2016, he was named head coach ofHC Fribourg-Gottéron of the NLA, replacingGerd Zenhäusern.[10] Huras guided Fribourg to a semifinal appearance in theChampions Hockey League in the 2016-17 season where they fell short toFrölunda HC.[11] In the NLA, his team did not qualify for the play-offs, Huras and Fribourg parted company after the season.[12]
Huras is married and has two sons and one daughter. His hobbies are water skiing, skiing, golf, fishing, reading and music.[citation needed]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1971–72 | Elmira Sugar Kings | WOHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 60 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 67 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Kitchener Rangers | OMJHL | 68 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 166 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Port Huron Flags | IHL | 17 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Providence Reds | AHL | 55 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1976–77 | New York Rangers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 48 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 52 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 32 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Port Huron Flags | IHL | 77 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 106 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | ||
| 1980–81 | CSG Grenoble | FRA | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Grenoble | FRA | 28 | 5 | 16 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Grenoble | FRA | 27 | 5 | 15 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Gap Hockey Club | FRA | 28 | 6 | 14 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Gap Hockey Club | FRA | 32 | 4 | 14 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Gap Hockey Club | FRA | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Gap Hockey Club | FRA | 32 | 8 | 22 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Gap Hockey Club | FRA | 33 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Rouen | FRA | 42 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Rouen | FRA | 27 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | Rouen | FRA | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1991–92 | Rouen | FRA | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Rouen | FRA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Rouen | FRA | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| FRA totals | 345 | 46 | 144 | 190 | — | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||