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|birth_place = Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |death_date = |current position = |current team = |current general manager = |specialty = |previous team =Minnesota Fighting Saints Vancouver Canucks Detroit Red Wings |stanley cup wins as a coach = |years as NHL player = |years as a coach = 1970s–1980s |years as an NHL coach = 1978–1986 |years with current team = }} Harold Watson Neale〔Marquis Who's Who on the Web〕 (born March 9, 1937) is a hockey colour commentator, who currently works for the Toronto Maple Leafs on ''Leafs TV''.〔http://video.mapleleafs.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=802&id=444420&lang=en〕 He is a former NCAA, NHL and WHA coach and General Manager. ==Coaching career== Following his playing career, Neale got his head coaching start at Hill Park Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1966, he replaced Glen Sonmor at Ohio State University. While at Ohio State, he was a physical fitness trainer for the Ohio State football team. He coached the Buckeyes for four seasons compiling a 49-48-3 record. He left Ohio State to coach junior hockey in Hamilton. Neale was hired as assistant coach of the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the WHA in 1972. He replaced Glen Sonmor as head coach late in the 1972–73 season. He remained head coach until the Fighting Saints franchise folded during the 1975–76 season. Following Minnesota, Neale remained in the WHA as head coach of the New England Whalers for two seasons from 1976–78. He coached the Whalers to the Avco Cup Finals where they lost to the Winnipeg Jets. Between stints at Minnesota and New England, Neale was an assistant coach for the U.S. team in the 1976 Canada Cup. Hired by the Vancouver Canucks prior to 1978, Neale coached the Canucks for almost four seasons. Late in the 1981–82 season, Neale was involved in an altercation with fans during a game in Quebec City against the Nordiques and was suspended for ten games. Assistant coach Roger Neilson was promoted interim coach during the suspension. When the Canucks lost only once in ten games, Neilson was given the job full-time as the team advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals. At season's end, Neale was promoted to general manager (an arrangement made prior to the suspension). Neale returned to the Canucks bench in January 1984 after firing Neilson and again in November 1984 after firing Bill LaForge twenty games into the season. The Canucks fired Neale in April 1985. The Detroit Red Wings hired Neale prior to the 1985–86 season. However, after a poor start, Neale was fired after thirty-five games. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Neale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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