Lou Angotti

Lou Angotti

Born: January 16, 1938
Age: 86
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Biography

Louis Frederick Angotti (born January 16, 1938) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach.

Angotti grew up in Toronto and played his junior hockey for the Toronto St. Michael's Majors. He then enrolled in Michigan Tech University where he earned an engineering degree while skating on powerful college clubs. He appeared in two NCAA championship games, losing the 1960 game while winning in 1962. He was MVP of both tournaments and was All-WCHA First Team for 1961-62.

Angotti signed with the New York Rangers, playing two seasons with the minor league Rochester Americans before being called up to the big league club in 1964-65. Angotti quickly became known for his high-energy, speedy play. Over the next nine seasons, he would play with the Chicago Black Hawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues. He had his best offensive season in 1967-68 with the Flyers, when he scored 49 points while serving as the club's first ever captain. During his second stint with Chicago (from 1969 through 1973), he served as a key defensive component on a team that narrowly lost two Stanley Cup Final series.

During his final season with the Blues in 1973-74, he was hired as coach after Jean-Guy Talbot was fired with 23 games remaining in the season. He retired to serve as head coach on a full-time basis, but, after he was fired just 9 games into the next year, he returned to play hockey with the Chicago Cougars of the WHA. Angotti again served as head coach during the 1983-84 seasons, this time with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Angotti has also coached the New Brunswick Hawks, Erie Blades, and Baltimore Skipjacks of the AHL for one season each. He does periodic work on behalf of the Blackhawk Alumni Association.

Following his playing career, he was a color commentator for Chicago Blackhawks games on WSNS-TV and WCFL radio.

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Career statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1955-56 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA 48 6 6 12 29 8 4 0 4 20
1956-57 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA 52 12 19 31 28 4 1 2 3 4
1957-58 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA 52 23 19 42 72 9 7 8 15 10
1958-59 Michigan Tech Huskies (JV) WCHA 5 10 9 19 0
1959-60 Michigan Tech Huskies WCHA 30 18 21 39 30
1960-61 Michigan Tech Huskies WCHA 28 25 17 42 52
1961-62 Michigan Tech Huskies WCHA 31 28 23 51 50
1962-63 Kitchener-Waterloo Tigers OHA 16 19 7 26 26
1962-63 Rochester Americans AHL 39 16 15 31 19 1 0 0 0 0
1963-64 Rochester Americans AHL 60 15 30 45 28 2 1 1 2 0
1964-65 New York Rangers NHL 70 9 8 17 20
1965-66 New York Rangers NHL 21 2 2 4 2
1965-66 St. Louis Braves CPHL 8 10 8 18 4
1965-66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 30 4 10 14 12 6 0 0 0 2
1966-67 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 63 6 12 18 4 6 2 1 3 2
1967-68 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 70 12 37 49 35 7 0 0 0 2
1968-69 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 71 17 20 37 36
1969-70 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 12 26 38 25 8 0 0 0 0
1970-71 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 65 9 16 25 19 16 3 3 16 9
1971-72 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 65 5 10 15 23 6 0 0 0 0
1972-73 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 77 15 22 37 26 16 3 4 7 2
1973-74 St. Louis Blues NHL 51 12 23 35 9
1974-75 Chicago Cougars WHA 26 2 5 7 9
NHL totals 653 103 186 289 228 65 8 8 16 17

Coaching record

Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
St. Louis Blues 1973-74 23 4 15 4 (64) 6th in West Missed playoffs
St. Louis Blues 1974-75 9 2 5 2 (84) 2nd in Smythe Fired
Pittsburgh Penguins 1983-84 80 16 58 6 38 6th in Patrick Missed playoffs
NHL Total 112 22 78 12

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-NCAA All-Tournament First Team 1960
All-WCHA Second Team 1960-61
All-WCHA First Team 1961-62
AHCA West All-American 1961-62
All-NCAA All-Tournament First Team 1962

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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