Edward John McGuire (June 26, 1952 – April 7, 2011) was an American

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coach who served as the director of the NHL Central Scouting Services. He earned his PhD in sports psychology from the

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in 1990.

Coaching career

A native of

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, McGuire was an

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in the

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with the

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from 1984 to 1988 and the

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from 1988 to 1991. His first head coaching job was in 1991–92 with the Maine Mariners of the AHL, which the team ended out of the playoffs with 23–47–10 record. After being let go from that position, he returned to the NHL as an assistant coach with the

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. After three years in Ottawa, he took his second head coaching position, this time in Canadian major juniors with the

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's Guelph Storm. With the help of future NHLers, Herberts Vasiļjevs and Dan Cloutier, he led the Storm to the Hamilton Spectator Trophy, as the team with the highest point total in the regular season. Guelph made the playoffs the next year, falling in the semifinals of the OHL Playoffs. McGuire moved back into professional hockey in 1997, signing on as the head coach with the AHL's

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. After two playoff appearances in two years, he once again stepped back from coaching to focus on scouting. His last coaching position was as an assistant with the

in 2001–02. Afterwards, he began to do more work with the NHL Central Scouting Services. McGuire served as head coach at SUNY Brockport (ECAC) from 1977 to 1982.

NHL Central scouting

McGuire was the director of NHL Central Scouting from 2005 to 2011. He usually gave his input on the rankings and was a desired interview by

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media around the rankings time and the draft.

Awards

*Coach of Hamilton Spectator Trophy–winning Guelph Storm in 1995–96

Death

On April 7, 2011, McGuire died in Toronto from cancer (

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), aged 58.

Coaching statistics

Through 2001–02 season

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGuire, E. J. 1952 births 2011 deaths Deaths from cancer in Ontario American ice hockey coaches Chicago Blackhawks coaches Ottawa Senators coaches Ice hockey people from Buffalo, New York Philadelphia Flyers coaches University of Waterloo alumni Deaths from leiomyosarcoma Hartford Wolf Pack coaches