Ex-NHL coach — part of the Bruins organization for more than three decades — was great hockey mind who "livened up every room he entered."
Longtime NHL coach and scout Tom McVie, who died Sunday at age 89, won a minor professional championship as a player with the Seattle Totems and settled permanently in Washington on his way to becomin
Just about an hour after the Utica Comets won their game on Monday against the Syracuse Crunch, they found out a piece of their history was gone.
The ECHL and its member teams mourn the loss and express their condolences to the family and friends of Tom McVie, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 89. McVie spent one season in the ECHL as head coach of the Wheeling Nailers in 1996-97, leading the club to a 36-29-5 record.
Tom McVie, Boston Bruins ambassador and former coach for the Washington Capitals, New Jersey Devils and Winnipeg Jets, is dead at age of 89.
Tom McVie, who coached the Winnipeg Jets to the 1979 World Hockey Association championship over Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers in the final year before the franchises were absorbed into the NHL, has
BOSTON – I’ve said it and wrote it time and again about Tom McVie – he was the best storyteller in the hockey world. It’s not even close. You mention his name to anyone who knew him and immediately that person would attempt to tell a story and imitate McVie’s scratchy, deep voice. McVie passed away Sunday night. He was 89.
McVie also coached in the American Hockey League, guiding the Maine Mariners (1982-87), Utica Devils (1987-91) and Providence Bruins (1997-98). He led Maine to the Calder Cup final in 1982 and won the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the league’s outstanding coach in 1988-89. His 328 victories put his among the top 20 in AHL history.
Tom McVie, who coached the New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets, has died. He was 89. McVie, also a longtime member of the Boston Bruins organization, died Sunday at his home in Vancouver,
A longtime NHL head coach for the New Jersey Devils, Winnipeg Jets, Washington Capitals who also coached and scouted for the Boston Bruins has died at age 89.
The first leg of the rivalry is set for Wednesday night. (Jan. 21, 2025) A two-car crash on Commercial Drive in New Hartford shut down the road for several hours and sent two people to the hospital. A fire on Genesee Street near the former St. Elizabeth's Medical Center has left two people displaced and is under investigation.