Aldo Reno Guidolin (June 6, 1932 – November 8, 2015) was a Canadian professional

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and coach. Guidolin began his career with the junior league

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. He won the

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in 1952 while still playing in a role as a two-way winger. After a partial minor league season with the Valleyfield Braves, Guidolin was called up to the

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and moved permanently to defence. He played 182 games in the

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with the club, serving as a regular at the blue line for two seasons before being relegated to the

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https://web.archive.org/web/20150908064428/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/atrplayer.htm?id=8446655] Guidolin played for the next fourteen seasons with

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and

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, serving as a bruising defender with an offensive flare. He also coached the Clippers during his final three seasons as a player, before taking an NHL job as a scout with the

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. He later became the

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director of player development and served a partial season behind the team's bench as interim head coach. Guidolin experienced a series of strokes after retirement. In his later life, he lived at an assisted living facility in

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. He died on November 8, 2015. He is the first

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of fellow NHL player and coach

Bep Guidolin Armand "Bep" Guidolin (December 9, 1925 – November 24, 2008) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach. He is notable for being the youngest player in National Hockey League history. He was born in Thorold, Ontario. He and Eleanor, his wife of ...

Coaching record

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* 1932 births 2015 deaths Atlanta Flames Baltimore Clippers players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Colorado Rockies (NHL) Colorado Rockies (NHL) coaches Ice hockey people from Ontario New York Rangers players People from Caledon, Ontario Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian ice hockey coaches {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1930s-stub