Larry Huras

Larry Robert "Big Dog" Huras, (born July 8, 1955 in Listowel, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey player. He has been serving as head coach of HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss top-flight NLA since September 2016.

Huras turned pro in 1975, the year when he was picked by the New York Rangers in the NHL draft (5th round, 84th overall). He spent some time in the IHL and AHL and made his debut in the National Hockey League on February 27, 1977 with the Rangers. He had two appearances for the Rangers. In the following three seasons, he strengthened the roster of CHL’s Salt Lake Golden Eagles and Dallas Black Hawks, followed by a stint with the Port Huron Flags in the IHL.

In 1980, Huras took up an offer from France, signing with Grenoble métropole hockey 38. He spent three years with the club, before heading to another French team, Gap Hockey Club. He transferred to the Dragons de Rouen in 1988 and would capture four French national championships in six years with the club, three of them as a player-coach.

After his tenure as a player-coach in Rouen that included three French championships, Huras was named head coach of Zürcher SC of the Swiss elite league NLA in 1994 where he remained at the helm for two years. During the 1996-97 season, he was hired by fellow NLA side HC Ambri-Piotta. Under his guidance, Ambri completed the 1998-99 regular season on top of the table and made it all the way through the finals that year where they fell short to Lugano. He received Switzerland Coach of the Year honors that season. Huras guided the team to semifinal appearances in 1997-98 and 1999-00 and also established the club on the international stage, winning two IIHF Continental Cup titles (1998 and 1999) as well as the 1999 IIHF Super Cup with the team. Ambri and Huras did not come to terms on a new contract in 2000, so he accepted an offer to return to Zürcher SC for a second stint in charge at the club. At ZSC, he added to his title haul, winning the 2001 Swiss national championship and the IIHF Continental Cup. He was sacked in November 2001, after suffering defeat in eleven of 23 games since the beginning of the 2001-02 campaign.

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