Playing career

Hanlon was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft, in the third round (40th overall pick). He played for the Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings in the NHL, as well as the WCHL, Central Hockey League, AHL and IHL.

In 1978, he won the Central Hockey League's Rookie of the Year.

On October 14, 1979, Hanlon allowed the first career NHL goal scored by Wayne Gretzky, who would eventually become the NHL's all-time scoring leader. Hanlon has been quoted as saying "I created a monster" in reference to allowing Gretzky's first goal.

Coaching career

Hanlon has served as the assistant coach for both the Canucks and Washington Capitals before becoming the head coach of the American Hockey League's Portland Pirates and then the Capitals. After a miserable start to the 2003-04 season, Capitals general manager George McPhee fired head coach Bruce Cassidy and promoted assistant Hanlon to head coaching duties. The Capitals went 15-30-9 under Hanlon to finish the year. Led by 2004 first-round pick Alexander Ovechkin, the Capitals were expected to improve; however the team was still young and compiled a record of 29-41-12. Despite this, Hanlon was guaranteed one more year as coach of the Capitals. In 2005, he was assigned to coach the Belarus hockey team.He led the team to 10th place at the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and to historic high sixth place at the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. He was named "sports man of the year" by major Belarusian sports newspaper "Прессбол" in 2006. The 2006-07 Capitals compiled an 8-5-4 mark by the end of November, though long losing streaks eliminated the Caps' chances of making the post-season, as they finished 28-40-14.

Over the 2007 offseason, McPhee signed many talented players including Michael Nylander, Tom Poti, Viktor Kozlov and young Swedish star Nicklas Bäckström, elevating expectations in Washington. In the season's first week, the Capitals jumped to a 3-0 record but went on to lose 15 of the next 18 games (3-14-1), which lead to Hanlon's dismissal. McPhee stated that Hanlon had lost control of the team, so he elected to replace Hanlon with Bruce Boudreau, the head coach of the AHL's Hershey Bears. Immediately after Hanlon's exit, the Capitals won against the high-flying Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes. The team finished 37-17-7 the rest of the way in 2007-2008, notching their first division title since 2000-2001. Following his dismissal, Hanlon accepted an offer by the Capitals to act as a scout based in the Washington, D.C. area. On February 14, 2008, it was announced that Hanlon will be the head coach of Finnish SM-Liiga team Jokerit.

On March 24, 2010, Glen Hanlon was announced as a new head coach of the Slovak national ice hockey team. He replaced Jan Filc and signed a 4-year contract from April 1, 2010, to the next Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. Slovakia under his conduct has finished in 12th place on World Championship in Germany 2010. This contract ended prematurely on May 18, 2011, after World Championship in Slovakia where he led the Slovak national ice hockey team to the 10th place.

From 2011 to May 2013, Hanlon was assistant coach of the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League before returning to coach in Europe.

On 2013 Glen returned to coach the Belarus national ice hockey team. He replaced Andrei Skabelka. On May 27, 2014, it was announced that Glen Hanlon signed a 2-year contract as new head coach for the Swiss men's national ice hockey team. Hanlon and the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation parted company in October 2015. The parting came by mutual consent due to family reasons.

On May 19, 2016, Hanlon was named general manager of WHL's Vancouver Giants, the organization he had worked for as an assistant coach earlier in his career.

Career statistics

Regular season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1973-74	Brandon Travellers	MJHL		20				1059	64	1	3.63
1974-75	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCHL		43				2498	176	0	4.22
1975-76	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCHL		64	31	25	4	3523	234	4	3.99	.891
1975-76	New Westminster Bruins	MCUP		4	2	1	0	179	10	0	3.35
1976-77	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCHL		65	49	7	7	3784	194	4	3.09	.906
1977-78	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		4	1	2	1	200	9	0	2.70
1977-78	Tulsa Oilers	CHL		53	25	23	3	3123	160	3	3.07	.903
1978-79	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		31	12	13	5	1821	94	3	3.10
1979-80	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		57	17	29	10	3341	193	0	3.47
1980-81	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		17	5	8	0	798	59	1	4.44
1980-81	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL		4	3	1	0	239	8	1	2.01	.895
1981-82	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		28	8	14	5	1610	106	1	3.95
1981-82	St. Louis Blues	NHL		2	0	1	0	76	8	0	6.32
1982-83	St. Louis Blues	NHL		14	3	8	1	671	50	0	4.47	.879
1982-83	New York Rangers	NHL		21	9	10	1	1173	67	0	3.43	.894
1983-84	New York Rangers	NHL		50	28	14	4	2837	166	1	3.51	.890
1984-85	New York Rangers	NHL		44	14	20	7	2510	175	0	4.18	.878
1985-86	New York Rangers	NHL		23	5	12	1	1170	65	0	3.33	.893
1985-86	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		5	3	2	0	279	22	0	4.73	.869
1985-86	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		10	5	4	1	605	33	0	3.27	.886
1986-87	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		36	11	16	5	1963	104	1	3.18	.893
1987-88	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		47	22	17	5	2623	141	4	3.23	.891
1988-89	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		39	13	14	8	2092	124	1	3.56	.882
1989-90	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		45	15	18	5	2290	154	1	4.03	.867
1990-91	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		19	4	6	3	862	46	0	3.20	.895
1990-91	San Diego Gulls	IHL		11	4	6	0	603	39	0	3.88
NHL totals				477	167	202	61	26037	1561	13	3.60

Post season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1974-75	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL		5			284	29	0	6.13
1975-76	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL		5			300	33	0	6.60
1976-77	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL		16			913	53	0	3.48
1977-78	Tulsa Oilers	CHL		2	1	1	120	5	0	2.50
1979-80	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		2	0	0	60	3	0	3.00
1981-82	St. Louis Blues	NHL		3	0	2	109	9	0	4.95
1982-83	New York Rangers	NHL		1	0	1	60	5	0	5.00
1983-84	New York Rangers	NHL		5	2	3	308	13	1	2.53	.922
1984-85	New York Rangers	NHL		3	0	3	168	14	0	5.00	.859
1985-86	New York Rangers	NHL		3	0	0	75	6	0	4.80	.813
1986-87	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		8	5	2	467	13	2	1.67	.943
1987-88	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		8	4	3	431	22	1	3.06	.871
1988-89	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		2	0	1	78	7	0	5.38	.851
NHL totals				35	11	15	1756	92	4	3.14

NHL coaching record

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	W	L	Result
WAS	2003-04	54	15	30	9	0	(59)	5th in Southeast	-	-	Missed playoffs
WAS	2006-07	82	28	40	-	14	70	5th in Southeast	-	-	Missed Playoffs
WAS	2007-08	21	6	14	-	1	(94)	5th in Southeast	-	-	(fired)
Total		157	49	84	9	15

SM-Liiga coaching record

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	OTW	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
Jokerit	2008-09	58	28	4	20	-	6	98	4th in SM-liiga	1	4	lost in first round to Kärpät

Awards and achievements

• WCJHL First All-Star Team (1976 & 1977)
• WCJHL Goaltender of the Year (1977)
• CHL Rookie of the Year (1978)
• CHL First All-Star Team (1978)
• “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

[ Source: Wikipedia ]