LAYCOE NAME HAS CERTAIN (HOCKEY) RING(S) TO IT!
The posting …
SPEAKING OF ICE HOCKEY, HAL and BOB LAYCOE
http://wildcatville.blogspot.
… brought a response to Wildcatville from Bryan Laycoe, identical
twin brother of Bob Laycoe.
Bryan said the 1960s were “very special for the Laycoes in
Oregon.”
One example of its “specialness” was the Portland
Buckaroos, coached by their father, Hal Laycoe. His team won the 1961 Lester Patrick Cup, symbolic
of being champion of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The Bucks accomplished
that feat in their first season, 1960-1961. And, they did it again winning the
1965 cup in the 19645-1965 season. (The Bucks won the 1971 Cup during the
1970-1971 season, but Hal was in the NHL by then.)
An online source says after Portland, Hal moved to the
National Hockey League (NHL),coaching the Los Angeles Kings for part of one
season and then moving on to the expansion Vancouver Canucks for two more
seasons. He later coached the Dutch national team in the 1977 B Pool World
Championships. …His final position in hockey was as a scout with the New York
Islanders. He received (four) Stanley Cup rings from the Islanders, 1980 to
1984.
--Like Bob, Bryan graduated from Portland’s Cleveland High
School. Unlike Bob (Linfield Class of 1968), Bryan graduated from Lewis &
Clark College.
--Bob played football/wrestled at Linfield. Bryan ran
track for L&C. Bob (retired coach and athletic administrator) and Suzanne Laycoe live in Kaleden in British Columbia’s South Okanagan.
--Bryan, a retired medical doctor (orthopedic surgeon,
OHSU School of Medicine grad), and Diane
Laycoe live in Ridgefield,
Wash., near Vancouver, Wash.
PHOTOS:
-- Hal’s 1965 Lester Patrick Cup ring, Portland Buckaroos,
Western Hockey League.
-- Hal’s 1980 Stanley Cup ring, New York Islanders,
National Hockey League. Hal told family and friends it was a proud moment when Bill Torrey, Islander general manager,
give him each of Hal’s four Stanley Cup rings.
--In 1981 in Vancouver, B.C., after a New York Islanders
vs. Vancouver Canucks game Hal with Al
Arbour, Islander coach, each wearing the 1980 Stanley Cup rings. Left to
right in the photo, Bryan Laycoe, Jason Laycoe (son of
Bryan), Al Arbour, David Laycoe (son of Bob), Bob Laycoe and
Hal Laycoe.
-- Bob and Bryan’s sister, Rhonda Laycoe, was Rose Festival princess from Portland’s Cleveland High School in 1971. While she finished up at Cleveland, she and Marjorie Laycoe, her mother/Hal’s wife, lived in Portland. Hal was living in Vancouver, B.C., while he coached the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. This photo of Rhonda and her dad, Hal, shows them skating in Vancouver.
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