Ted Nolan
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Ted Nolan at the 2006 NHL awards
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| Born |
April 7, 1958 Garden River, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Detroit Red Wings Pittsburgh Penguins |
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| NHL Draft | 78th overall, 1978 Detroit Red Wings |
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| Playing career | 1978–1986 | ||
Theodore John Nolan (born April 7, 1958) is a Canadian former professional hockey left winger, former head coach of the Buffalo Sabres and Latvia men's national ice hockey team. He played 3 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings and Penguins. He also coached for the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders, after serving as assistant coach for one season with the Hartford Whalers. On November 13, 2013, the Buffalo Sabres re-hired Nolan as interim head coach; he remained in the Sabres' head coach position until April 12, 2015.
Nolan has two sons, Brandon Nolan, a Vancouver Canucks draft pick who last played for the AHL's Albany River Rats, and Jordan Nolan, a winger currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings. Nolan's son Jordan is a two time Stanley Cup Champion with the Kings.
He is a member of the Ojibwe tribe, a First Nations people.
As a player, he played left-wing for the Ontario Hockey Association's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, the Kansas City Red Wings of the Central Hockey League, and the Adirondack Red Wings, Rochester Americans and Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League. He also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League from early to mid-1980s.
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