Glen Sather

Glen Sather
Glen Sather at NHL Awards in 2006
Born	(1943-09-02) September 2, 1943 (age 73) High River, Alberta, Canada
Position	President
Team	New York Rangers
Previous team(s)	Edmonton Oilers
Stanley Cup wins	5
Years as NHL player	10
Years as a coach	1976–1989, 1993–1994, 2002–2004
Years as an NHL coach	1979–1989, 1993–1994, 2002–2004
Years with current team	2000–present

Glen Cameron "Slats" Sather (born September 2, 1943) is the current president of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since 2000. He was also general manager until stepping down on July 1, 2015. He is known for coaching the Edmonton Oilers to four Stanley Cup victories during the 1980s. He played a key role in attracting the talented players, including Wayne Gretzky, who helped make the Oilers a hockey dynasty at that time. Gretzky, who became "the most dominant player in the history of the game," credits Sather, along with Walter Gretzky, his father, as his most important mentors. Outside of the NHL, Sather was instrumental in building Canadian national teams for the 1984 Canada Cup (tournament champions), the 1994 Ice Hockey World Championship (Gold Medal winners) and 1996 World Cup of Hockey (Finalists). Prior to coaching, Sather was a professional ice hockey left winger in the WHA and NHL, playing for several teams over a 10-year period. Sather was born in High River, Alberta but grew up in Wainwright, Alberta. Sather resides in Rye, New York during the season and Palm Springs, California in the off-season, but also has a home in Banff, Alberta. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997.

Sather played three junior seasons starting in 1961 with the Edmonton Oil Kings. His professional career started in 1964 with the CPHL Memphis Wings and Oklahoma City Blazers, joining the Bruins at the end of the 1966–67 season and playing in 5 games.