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Frederick Alexander "The Fog" Shero was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager. He played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . However, he spent most of his playing career in the minor leagues. Following his playing career, Shero went into coaching. He spent 13 years coaching in the minor leagues before making it to the NHL. As the head coach of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, Shero won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975 and reached the Stanley Cup Finals a third time, in 1976. He also had four consecutive seasons of having a 0.700 or better winning percentage and remains the Flyers all-time leader in coaching victories. Shero controversially left the Flyers following the 1977–78 season to become the head coach of the New York Rangers, whom he led to the Stanley Cup Finals in his first season. He resigned from the Rangers after coaching for less than three seasons. Shero had a unique style of coaching that led to several innovations that are still used today. He was the first coach to hire a full-time assistant coach, employ systems, have his players use in season strength training, study film, and he was one of the first coaches to utilize a morning skate. In 2013 Shero was recognized for his contributions when he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder.

He was known for his enigmatic and introverted personality often appearing or disappearing from a room unnoticed, or being completely lost in thought. He often left philosophical sayings on a chalkboard as a way of provoking thought or as a motivational tool. Prior to game six of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals, Shero wrote his now famous quote "Win together today and we walk together forever" – a statement that continues to be quoted to this day. His son, Ray Shero, also pursued a career in hockey, serving as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils . Wikipedia  

✵ 23. October 1925 – 24. November 1990
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Famous Fred Shero Quotes

“To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”

Fred Shero

Glenn
Liebman
Hockey Shorts: 1,001 of the games funniest one liners
1996
70, 113 & 229
Contemporary Books
0-8092-3351-7

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. For your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

Fred Shero

Jackson, Jim, Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now

“Success requires no explanations, failure presents no alibis.”

Fred Shero

Liebman, Glenn, Hockey Shorts: 1,001 of the games funniest one liners

“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire.”

Fred Shero

Jim
Jackson
Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now
2004
31 &32
Sports Publishing L.L.C.
1-58261-389-3

“Win together today and we walk together forever”

Fred Shero

Message Shero wrote on the team&#x27;s blackboard prior to Game 6 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals <br class="br"> Flyers Hall of Fame Profile, Flyers History, 2009-04-29 http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/hofprof.cgi?007,

“I swear I have never told a player to attack another player. In fact, I have told my players if they ever hear me saying something like this, they can break a stick over my skull. I ask only that they play aggressively.”

Fred Shero

HHOF Time Capsule - The 70s - Great Teams - Philadelphia Flyers - 1973-74 to 1975-76, Hockey Hall of Fame, 2009-05-27 http://www.hhof.com/html/t7gt04.shtml,

Fred Shero Quotes about the game

“We know that hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death. Life is just a place where we spend time between games.”

Fred Shero

Jackson, Jim, Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now

“We're in a weird position. All year long people keep telling us that we're bad for hockey, bad for the NHL, bad for Canada because we're too rough. Now we're supposed to save the game for the NHL, for Canada, for everyone. Hah! For the first time we're the good guys.”

Fred Shero

Shero prior to the 1976 Flyers-Red Army game <br class="br"> This Was Détente, Philly Style, Sports Illustrated, Mulvoy, Mark, 1976-01-19, 2014-02-19 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1090656/index.htm,

“I think hockey is a game, a child's game, played by men and to play it effectively you must have fun just like children do. I've been with too many teams in sports through the years where you weren't allowed to open your mouth, you weren't allowed to laugh, you weren't allowed to question the coach or anyone in authority … You lived in fear. My players don't live in fear. They get up in the morning, they're happy and they go to bed, they're happy. And that's the type of person I am.”

Fred Shero

From the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals film: "A Silver Fantasy."

Fred Shero Quotes

“Arrive at the net with the puck and in ill humor.”

Fred Shero

Liebman, Glenn, Hockey Shorts: 1,001 of the games funniest one liners

“When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, the pig makes a commitment.”

Fred Shero

Jackson, Jim, Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now

“A man with a dream of pleasure can go forth and conquer a crowd and three. With a new song's measure can trample a kingdom down.”

Fred Shero

Message Shero wrote on the team&#x27;s blackboard prior to Game 6 of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals <br class="br"> Flyers Hall of Fame Profile, Flyers History, 2009-04-29 http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/hofprof.cgi?007,

“I don't live in the fast lane I live on the off ramp.”

Fred Shero

Liebman, Glenn, Hockey Shorts: 1,001 of the games funniest one liners

“1) Never go offside on a three on two or two on one.
2) Never go backwards in your own end except on a powerplay.
3) Never throw a puck out blindly from behind your opponent's net.
4) Never pass diagonally across ice in your own end unless 100 percent certain.
5) Wings on wings in neutral zone—unless intercepting a pass.
6) Second man goes all the way in for a rebound.
7) Defense with puck at opponents' blueline—look at each teammate before shooting.
8) Wing in front of opponents' net must face puck and lean on stick.
9) Puck carrier over center with no room and no one to pass to must shoot puck in.
10) No forward must ever turn his back on the puck.
11) No player must be more than two zones away from puck.
12) Never be outnumbered in defensive zone.
13) On delayed penalty puck carrier must look for extra man.
14) Be alert to time left on opponent's penalty.”

Fred Shero

Shero&#x27;s &quot;bible&quot; <br class="br"> Flyers Hall of Fame Profile, Flyers History, 2012-07-26 http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/hofprof.cgi?007,

“The absence of Shero, a pioneer who studied systems in the Soviet Union well before it became vogue and was the first to add an assistant coach to his staff and behind the bench, must be the result of a vendetta. There is no other way to explain it.”

Fred Shero

Larry Brooks on Shero&#x27;s absence from the Hockey Hall of Fame <br class="br"> SHERO, BURNS WORTHY OF INDUCTION, Brooks, Larry, New York Post, 2009-04-05, 2009-04-29 http://www.nypost.com/seven/04052009/sports/devils/shero__burns_worthy_of_induction_162898.htm?page=0,

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