Lorne Henning

Lorne Henning (born February 22, 1952) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. Born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, he spent nine years as a forward with the New York Islanders, earning an assist on Bobby Nystrom's May 24, 1980 goal that gave the Islanders the first of four consecutive Stanley Cups. In the summer of 1980 he became an assistant coach with the Islanders while continuing to appear as a player, skating in nine regular-season games and one playoff game and becoming the last player-coach for a Stanley Cup-winning team. Henning retired for good as a player after the 1980–81 season but retained his assistant coaching position. He left the Islanders to become head coach of the Minnesota North Stars in 1985, and was replaced during the 1986–87 season by Glen Sonmor. He later returned to the Islanders as an assistant coach, and in 1994–95 replaced the retiring Al Arbour as coach; he was fired in the offseason and replaced by Mike Milbury. In 2001, he replaced Butch Goring as Islanders coach on an interim basis, and later served again as an assistant. He most recently served as a scout for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League.