Craig Berube: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox ice hockey biography

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|12|17}}

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| played_for = [[Philadelphia Flyers]]<br>[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br>[[Calgary Flames]]<br>[[Washington Capitals]]<br>[[New York Islanders]]

| coached_for = [[Philadelphia Flyers]]<br>[[St. Louis Blues]]

| draft = Undrafted

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==Playing career==

Following the 1990–91 season, Berube was traded three times in a span of a little over seven months, twice in the off-season. The Flyers traded him to the [[Edmonton Oilers]] along with [[Craig Fisher]] and [[Scott Mellanby]] for [[Dave Brown (ice hockey)|Dave Brown]], [[Corey Foster]], and [[Jari Kurri]] on May 30. Four months later he was traded to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] along with [[Glenn Anderson]] and [[Grant Fuhr]] for [[Vincent Damphousse]], [[Peter Ing]], [[Luke Richardson]], and [[Scott Thornton (ice hockey)|Scott Thornton]] on September 19. Berube played the first half of the 1991–92 season with Toronto before he was traded again on January 2, 1992 to the [[Calgary Flames]] along with [[Alexander Godynyuk]], [[Gary Leeman]], [[Michel Petit]], and [[Jeff Reese]] for [[Doug Gilmour]], [[Jamie Macoun]], [[Kent Manderville]], [[Ric Nattress]], and [[Rick Wamsley]].

 

 

During a November 1997 game against the [[Florida Panthers]], Berube called Panthers' forward [[Peter Worrell]], who is black, "a monkey."<ref name="worrell">{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1997/11/26/nhl-suspends-berube-for-slur/ |title=NHL Suspends Berube For Slur |newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |author=Michael Russo |date=November 26, 1997 |access-date=December 21, 2023|author-link=Michael Russo (sportswriter) }}</ref> Berube claimed the remark was not racially motivated and he apologized to Worrell a day after the game.<ref name="worrell"/> The NHL suspended Berube for one game.<ref name="worrell"/>

 

 

Berube split the next three seasons between the Capitals, [[New York Islanders]], and the Flames. He ended his playing career as a [[Player-coach|player-assistant coach]] with the [[Philadelphia Phantoms]], the Flyers [[American Hockey League]] affiliate, during the 2003–04 season.<ref name="phantoms">{{cite web |title=Craig Berube named head coach of Phantoms |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/craig-berube-named-head-coach-of-phantoms/n-3327098 |publisher=OurSports Central |access-date=14 December 2021 |date=June 14, 2006}}</ref>

==Coaching career==

===Philadelphia Flyers===

===St. Louis Blues===

On June 29, 2016, Berube was named the head coach of the [[Chicago Wolves]] in the [[American Hockey League]], the affiliate of the [[St. Louis Blues]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/craig-berube-hired-as-chicago-wolves-head-coach/n-5173328 |title=Craig Berube Hired as Chicago Wolves Head Coach |publisher=OurSports Central |date=June 29, 2016}}</ref>

On June 15, 2017, Berube was named an assistant head coach for the Blues.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/morning-skate/berube-will-be-named-associate-head-coach-as-blues-finalize/article_0275e450-6f0d-510e-b60e-b8bba833601d.html|title=Berube named Blues' associate coach; new goalie coach 'perfect match' for Allen|last=Rutherford|first=Jeremy P.|work=stltoday.com|access-date=June 17, 2017}}</ref> On November 19, 2018, the Blues fired head coach [[Mike Yeo]] and named Berube interim coach for the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yeo relieved of duties, Berube named interim head coach |url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/yeo-relieved-of-duties-berube-named-interim-head-coach/c-302114872 |website=NHL.com |access-date=November 21, 2018 |date=November 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/morning-skate/blues-fire-yeo-name-berube-interim-coach/article_54c2caa1-43c4-5960-ae72-158cd32a8790.html | title= Yeo replaced by Berube as St. Louis Blues head coach | publisher=St.Louis Post Dispatch| work=stltoday.com| date= November 19, 2018 | access-date= November 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yeo relieved of duties, Berube named interim head coach |url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/yeo-relieved-of-duties-berube-named-interim-head-coach/c-302114872 |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 8, 2019 |date=November 19, 2018}}</ref> [[File:Craig Berube 2019.jpg|thumb|Berube during the 2019 Stanley Cup parade]] The Blues struggled at first under Berube's watch; at the start of the 2019 calendar year, they were 15–18–4 and last in the league standings. However, they improved through the remainder of the season, going 30–10–5, including a franchise-record 11-game winning streak. As the third seed in the Central Division, they advanced to the [[2019 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]] for the fourth time in franchise history, and the first time since [[1970 Stanley Cup Finals|1970]]. The Blues later won the series 4–3 over the [[Boston Bruins]], capping off Game 7 with a 4–1 win, earning the Blues their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history and Berube his first Stanley Cup championship as a player or coach.

 

 

On April 26, 2019, Berube, [[Jon Cooper (ice hockey)|Jon Cooper]], and [[Barry Trotz]] were announced as the finalists for the [[Jack Adams Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/berube-named-finalist-for-jack-adams-award/c-307043340|title=Berube named finalist for Jack Adams Award|website=NHL.com|date=April 26, 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref> On June 24, the Blues dropped the "interim" tag from Berube's title and officially named him as the 26th head coach in franchise history, with a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blues sign Berube to 3-year contract |url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/blues-sign-berube-to-3-year-contract/c-308037998 |website=NHL.com |access-date=June 28, 2019 |date=June 24, 2019}}</ref>

 

 

On December 12, 2023, following a four-game losing streak capped by a 6–4 loss to the [[Detroit Red Wings]], Berube was fired by the Blues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/blues-relieve-berube-of-coaching-duties|title=Blues relieve Berube of coaching duties|website=[[St. Louis Blues]]|publisher=[[National Hockey League]]|date=December 12, 2023|access-date=December 12, 2023}}</ref>

 

==Personal life==

 

==Career statistics==

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! [[Philadelphia Flyers|PHI]] !! [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14]]

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! PHI !! [[2014–15 NHL season|2014–15]]

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! STL !! [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20]]

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! STL !! [[2020–21 NHL season|2020–21]]

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! STL !! [[2021–22 NHL season|2021–22]]

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! STL !! [[2022–23 NHL season|2022–23]]

| 28 || 13 || 14 || 1 || 27 || (fired) || — || — || — || —

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==See also==

* [[List of NHL players with 1,000 games played]]

* [[List of NHL players with 2,000 career penalty minutes]]

 

==References==

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