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Brian "Blunt" Glennie (August 29, 1946 – February 7, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1969 until 1979. Glennie was a master of the hip-check.[1]

Brian Glennie
Born	(1946-08-29)August 29, 1946 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	February 7, 2020(2020-02-07) (aged 73) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles Kings
National team	Canada
Playing career	1968–1979
Medal record Men's ice hockey 1968 Grenoble team

Amateur career

Glennie was born in Toronto, Ontario. He had an outstanding junior career with the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association, eventually captaining the team to the 1967 Memorial Cup.[2] As a PeeWee he was coached by future Toronto Maple Leafs coach Roger Neilson.[3]

After junior Glennie joined the Canadian National Team program run by Father David Bauer for the 1967-68 season. He was a member of the Canadian team in the 1968 Olympics at Grenoble, France which won the bronze medal.[4][5] This tournament was also representative of the IIHF World Championship.

Pro career

As a pro Glennie went on to play 572 career NHL games, all but 18 with the Toronto Maple Leafs, scoring 14 goals and 100 assists for 114 points. Glennie, a defensive, hard-hitting defenceman was often paired with the offensively-skilled defencemen on the Leafs, such as Tim Horton, Börje Salming and more frequently former Marlboro teammate Jim McKenny.[6] Glennie has described his playing style as "a standup guy who would take the guy out" and his partner would then "get the puck and start something happening."[7] The Hockey News ranked Glennie #6 on their list of the best all-time body checkers.[8]

He was a member of Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series. While he did not have the opportunity to play against the Soviet Union, Brian played in two of the games against Sweden[9] and Czechoslovakia.[10] He counted the experience among the greatest of his life.[1]

Glennie sustained a mild concussion in the second period of a 7–3 win over the Detroit Red Wings at Maple Leaf Gardens on November 5, 1975 after Dan Maloney attacked him from behind, flattened him with a right‐hand punch, hit him several more times and repeatedly lifted and dropped him to the ice. Maloney had come to the defense of teammate Bryan Hextall who had received a hit from Glennie which was described by The Associated Press as "a clean check." Maloney, who claimed the force of the contact was excessive and that he had no intention of injuring Glennie, was charged with assault by Attorney General of Ontario Roy McMurtry the following day on November 6.[11] The third NHL player to ever be prosecuted by local authorities with a crime resulting from action on the ice, Maloney was acquitted just under eight months later on June 30, 1976.[12]

In 1978, Glennie joined Lanny McDonald in a Swanson Hungry-Man entree commercial in which Glennie rips off the door of the refrigerator.[13] Glennie died in Ottawa at the age of 73 in February 2020 after years of declining health.[14][15]

Honours and awards

1967 Memorial Cup (captain)
Bronze medal 1968 Winter Olympics
Inducted Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.[16]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1964–65	Toronto Marlboros	OHA-Jr.		56	2	18	20	84		19	0	9	9	22
1965–66	Toronto Marlboros	OHA-Jr.		48	5	18	23	134		14	0	4	4	57
1966–67	Michigan State Spartans	WCHA		2	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
1966–67	Toronto Marlboros	OHA-Jr.		43	5	39	44	113		17	2	12	14	44
1966–67	Toronto Marlboros	MC		—	—	—	—	—		9	2	9	11	18
1967–68	Ottawa Nationals	OHA-Sr.		30	2	10	12	20		—	—	—	—	—
1967–68	Canada	Intl		10	2	10	12	20		—	—	—	—	—
1968–69	Rochester Americans	AHL		15	1	1	2	16		—	—	—	—	—
1968–69	Tulsa Oilers	CHL		25	4	7	11	40		7	1	3	4	12
1969–70	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		52	1	14	15	50		—	—	—	—	—
1970–71	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		54	0	8	8	31		3	0	0	0	0
1971–72	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		61	2	8	10	44		5	0	0	0	25
1972–73	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		44	1	10	11	54		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		65	4	18	22	100		3	0	0	0	10
1974–75	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		63	1	7	8	110		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		69	0	8	8	75		6	0	1	1	15
1976–77	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		69	1	10	11	73		2	0	0	0	0
1977–78	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		77	2	15	17	62		13	0	0	0	16
1978–79	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		18	2	2	4	22		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				572	14	100	114	621		32	0	1	1	66

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1968	Canada	OLY		7	0	1	1	10

References

External links

• Brian Glennie career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Complete Stats Pro and Junior

На других языках

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[de] Brian Glennie

Brian „Blunt“ Glennie (* 29. August 1946 in Toronto, Ontario; † 7. Februar 2020 in Ottawa, Ontario) war ein kanadischer Eishockeyspieler, der im Verlauf seiner aktiven Karriere zwischen 1964 und 1979 unter anderem 604 Spiele für die Toronto Maple Leafs und Los Angeles Kings in der National Hockey League auf der Position des Verteidigers bestritt. Seinen größten Erfolg feierte Glennie jedoch als Mitglied der kanadischen Nationalmannschaft, mit der er bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 1968 in Grenoble die Bronzemedaille gewann.

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- [en] Brian Glennie

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[fr] Brian Glennie

Brian Glennie, dit Blunt, né le 29 août 1946 à Toronto en Ontario au Canada et mort le 7 février 2020 à Ottawa en Ontario, est un joueur canadien de hockey sur glace.

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[ru] Гленни, Брайан

Брайан Александр Гленни (англ. Brian Alexander Glennie[3]; 29 августа 1946, Торонто — 7 февраля 2020, Оттава) — канадский хоккеист, защитник. Бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 1968 года со сборной Канады, обладатель Мемориального кубка (1967) как капитан команды «Торонто Мальборос», один из ста лучших игроков в истории клуба НХЛ «Торонто Мейпл Лифс», член Зала спортивной славы Канады как член сборной НХЛ, участвовавшей в Summit Series 1972 года.

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