Ted Green, a longtime member of the Boston Bruins during the 1960s and a head coach for the Edmonton between 1991-94, passed away at the age of 79. The Oilers announced his death today and he was honored at Saturday’s New York Rangers game. Green was an assistant coach for the Rangers between 2000 and 2004.
Green was known as “Terrible Ted” during his playing days due to his physical style of play on the ice. In fact he had more than 100 penalty minutes in six of his first seven seasons in the league. In 11 season with the Bruins, Green picked up 254 points (48 goals and 206 assists) and 1,029 penalty minutes in 621 games. He played in the 1965 and 1969 all-star games and was named an the NHL Second Team All-Star in 1969, while finishing third in the Norris voting that year. Green was on the team that captured the 1970 Stanley Cup Championship, but he never played that year after sitting out the season after being hit in the head with a stick during the preseason that year. Regardless, his name still engraved on the cup.
The blueliner played for the Boston Bruins from 1961 to 1972 before opting to sign with the New England Whalers of the WHA where he played for three seasons and then played another four years with the Winnipeg Jets, winning three championships. He retired in 1979.
After he retirement, he took up coaching, working as an assistant with the Edmonton Oilers under former teammate Glen Sather from 1982 to 1990 before becoming co-coach for the 1990-91 season and eventually becoming head coach of the Oilers in 1991-92. The team went 65-102-21 in his two and half years at the helm in Edmonton. He was eventually fired after starting the year off at 3-18-3 in 1983. After taking a few years off from coaching he returned to the Oilers as an assistant once again in 1997 and stayed until 2000, before joining the New York Rangers in the same capacity after that.
Everyone at PHR wishes the best for the family and friends of Green at this time.
Lost a 3 time Norris Trophy winner as a key defensive Defenseman, saw him play when I was young and was in the twilight of his career, my sympathy goes out to his family, and teammates , Rest in Peace Ted.
With all respect Gerald.Ted never won the Norris Trophy.He came in third in the voting.That being said,Green was a very good defenseman for a long time.As a Ranger fan,I saw him intimidate my team with his combination of skill and physicality.May he Rest In Peace
Apologize for oversight , wasn’t able to get back online last night due to internet issues in my area, I looked it up and seen he was in consideration on 3 opportunities , will be more observant from now on , my mistake to you and everyone.
I believe that he had a plate in his head from the hit with the stick. When he returned to the Bruins in 1970 he had to wear a helmet thus becoming one of the if not the first player to wear a helmet in The NHL
I know he wasn’t the first to wear a helmet.Red Berenson wore one when he played for the Canadians in the early 1960s’(not sure if he was the first)He did have a metal plate in his skull because Wayne Maki hit him in the head with a vicious swing of his stick