The Central Professional Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the United States from 1963 to 1984. Named the Central Hockey League for the 1968–69 season and forward, it was owned and operated by the National Hockey League and served as a successor to the Eastern Professional Hockey League , which had folded after the 1962–63 season. Four of the CHL's initial franchises were, in fact, relocations of the previous year's EPHL teams, while the fifth came from the International Hockey League . Its founding president was Jack Adams , who served in the role until his death in 1968. The CHL's championship trophy was called the Adams Cup in his honor.
20-524: John Brophy may refer to: John Brophy (ice hockey) (1933–2016), Canadian hockey coach and player John Brophy (labor) (1883–1963), United Mine Workers and CIO leader John Brophy (writer) (1899–1965), Anglo-Irish soldier and novelist who wrote The Day They Robbed the Bank of England , The World Went Mad John C. Brophy (1901–1976), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
40-735: A 36-year-old Paul Henderson . For the 1978–79 WHA season , even though his team was the only one in the league not to make the playoffs, Brophy was awarded the Robert Schmertz Memorial Trophy as the WHA's coach of the year. After the collapse of the WHA, Birmingham moved to the Central Hockey League and Brophy coached the team for another two seasons. In 1981, Brophy was hired by the Montreal Canadiens to return home and coach their AHL affiliate,
60-661: A favorite of Leafs owner Harold Ballard , Brophy was fired in December 1988, 33 games into the season. Brophy then found a home in Norfolk, Virginia , with the Hampton Roads Admirals of the East Coast Hockey League . He coached the team for 11 seasons, from 1989 to 2000, winning the league championship in 1991, 1992, and 1998. The Admirals did not have a losing season with Brophy behind
80-543: A losing record, but it all went downhill from there with an embarrassing season in 1987–88. However, the Norris Division was so weak that year that the Leafs actually made the playoffs despite having the second-worst record in the league. Brophy feuded with general manager Gerry McNamara , who tried to have Brophy fired but ended up being fired himself. After an equally poor start to the 1988–89 season, and despite being
100-793: A player. He coached the Hampton Gulls for four seasons until the team folded during the 1977–78 season. He then joined the Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association as assistant to coach Glen Sonmor , becoming head coach in 1978–79 when Sonmor joined the Minnesota North Stars . His team finished last in the league, but included several future NHL stars at the beginning of their professional careers: Rick Vaive , Michel Goulet , Rob Ramage , Craig Hartsburg , and Gaston Gingras , as well as
120-471: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Brophy (ice hockey) John Duncan Brophy (January 20, 1933 – May 23, 2016) was a Canadian ice hockey coach and hockey player who spent most of his career in minor professional leagues, including 18 years as a player in the Eastern Hockey League and 13 seasons as a coach in
140-668: The East Coast Hockey League . From 1986 to 1988 the native of Antigonish was head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League . Brophy was a tough defenceman who played 18 seasons in the Eastern Hockey League , racking up nearly 4,000 career penalty minutes between 1955 and 1973—the most in EHL history playing parts of nine seasons with the Long Island Ducks and retiring at
160-695: The Indianapolis Capitals ( Detroit Red Wings ), Minneapolis Bruins ( Boston Bruins ), Omaha Knights ( Montreal Canadiens ), St. Louis Braves ( Chicago Black Hawks ) and the St. Paul Rangers ( New York Rangers ). The only NHL team without a CHL affiliate that year, the Toronto Maple Leafs , joined the league through its affiliation with the Tulsa Oilers in the CHL's second season. After Adams's death, Emory Jones served as interim president until
180-481: The Nova Scotia Voyageurs . He held the job for three seasons. Brophy then joined the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, first as an assistant coach with the Leafs, then briefly as head coach of the Leafs' AHL team, the St. Catharines Saints , and then as head coach of the Leafs for the 1986–87 season. The Leafs showed some promise during Brophy's first season as coach, despite finishing the year with
200-678: The Richmond Renegades , it was announced that Brophy would be released from his contract. His replacement in Richmond was former team captain Brian Goudie . Brophy died in his sleep at his home in Antigonish on the morning of May 23, 2016, from a long illness, aged 83. Central Professional Hockey League In the league's first season, all five teams were affiliated with an NHL club. The CHL initially consisted of
220-528: The CHL. The CHL's final champions, the Tulsa Oilers, were left without a home during their championship 1983–84 season when the team owners went into receivership. The league stepped in to keep the team operating, and the Oilers played all their games on the road from mid-February through the end of the playoffs. Their Cup-winning game on April 27, 1984, was the last game played in the CHL. The league folded
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#1732779667336240-457: The age of 40. On August 5, 1967, Brophy was involved in a car crash. He survived but his passenger, Dorothea Schiavone, was killed. He had a part as a referee in a Schaefer Beer commercial which aired for about five years on various New York television stations. Brophy had briefly been player-coach with the Ducks in the 1968–69 season, and became a full-time coach following his retirement as
260-608: The appointment of lawyer Joe Kane in August 1968. Kane announced the league was changing its name on September 26, 1968, dropping Professional from the title. He served one year as president, retiring in June 1969. Kane was succeeded by Jones, who held the job until retiring in 1974. Max McNab served as league president from 1974 until becoming general manager of the Washington Capitals during his second season. Ray Miron
280-529: The bench. After a game in January 1999, a fight broke out on the ice, and fans were throwing batteries. Brophy was accused of assaulting two security guards, but the guards said they were trying to keep him away from the Roanoke fans. In the end, Brophy pleaded guilty, was fined $ 1,000, and suspended for six games. On June 25, 2000, Brophy was badly injured in a car accident near New Glasgow, Nova Scotia . He
300-620: The league until the end and would continue in the International Hockey League for the 1984–85 season, after the CHL ceased operations. Denver and Seattle were admitted to the CHL as a steppingstone for their eventual admission to the NHL in 1976; however, the league never followed through on the expansion, and both teams folded after 1975. For 1979–80, the CHL added the Cincinnati Stingers and Birmingham Bulls ,
320-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Brophy&oldid=1063777575 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
340-472: The two teams from the World Hockey Association that were not admitted to the NHL that year. Also during the 1979–80 season, the United States Olympic hockey team played games against each team in the CHL that counted in the standings. The team went on to win the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics . In the 1983–84 season, both the U.S. and Canadian Olympic hockey teams played games in
360-578: Was hired as president in August 1976, but resigned less than three weeks later to accept the job as general manager of the Colorado Rockies . Before the end of the month, Bud Poile became league president and would hold the job until the CHL folded in 1984. For the 1974–75 season, the CHL absorbed three teams, the Denver Spurs , Salt Lake Golden Eagles , and Seattle Totems , from the folding Western Hockey League . Salt Lake would stay in
380-774: Was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2004–05, he coached his hometown junior team, the Antigonish Bulldogs of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League . For 2006–07, at age 73, he went back to Virginia as head coach of the Richmond Renegades of the Southern Professional Hockey League . As a professional hockey coach, Brophy has accumulated 1,027 victories, the second highest amount in all of professional hockey, behind only Scotty Bowman . After one season with
400-659: Was listed in critical condition with a broken leg and a head injury. Brophy had fallen asleep at the wheel while driving. After a successful recuperation, Brophy returned to the ECHL in 2001 as coach of the Wheeling Nailers for two seasons and retired. The ECHL's coach of the year award was renamed the John Brophy Award in 2003. As of 2006, Brophy is the all-time leader among ECHL coaches in regular season wins (480), playoff games (94) and playoff wins (55) and
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