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joe crozier

joseph richard crozier -lrb- born february 19 , 1929 -rrb- is a former professional ice hockey defenceman and head coach who played and coached primarily in the minor leagues .
after playing the better part of 12 seasons in the minor leagues with the quebec aces of the quebec senior hockey league , which included a brief five game stint in the national hockey league with the toronto maple leafs , crozier retired in 1961 and became a head coach for 22 years , beginning in 1963 .
he had also previously been a head coach for the quebec aces while he was still playing with them in 1957 -- 58 .
as a head coach in several leagues , crozier is a three-time calder cup champion with the rochester americans of the american hockey league , a two-time lester patrick cup championship with the vancouver canucks of the western hockey league , and a memorial cup champion with the kitchener rangers of the ontario hockey league .
during his coaching career , he also made brief appearances in the national hockey league with the buffalo sabres for two and half seasons and the toronto maple leafs from the end of 1979 -- 80 to the first half of 1980 -- 81 .
in 1985 , crozier was inducted into the manitoba hockey hall of fame for his individual efforts , then once again in 2007 as part of a team induction of the memorial cup-runners-up 1948 -- 49 brandon wheat kings .
