Butch Goring

Islanders TV Analyst and Hockey Night Live Analyst

Former NHL standout, Butch Goring joined MSG in 2007, and currently serves as an analyst on MSG and MSG Plus for the New York Islanders and Hockey Night Live.

Goring was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1969 Entry Draft and spent his first two seasons moving up and down between the Kings and the Los Angeles' Springfield AHL farm team. In his third season, 1971-1972, Goring became a full-time NHL player and spent nine seasons with the Kings. He became well known for his skilled faceoff, defensive, and penalty killing work and scoring thirty or more goals per season four times. In 1978, Goring was awarded both the Bill Masterton Trophy and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy.

In 1980, Goring was traded to the Islanders and was instrumental during the team's unprecedented four consecutive Stanley Cup wins. He was presented with the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1981 for scoring 10 goals and recording 10 assists during the playoffs. He played his final NHL season in 1985 with the Boston Bruins and then became a coach with the Bruins. Goring left the Bruins in 1987 and played briefly for the Nova Scotia Oilers of the AHL before retiring from professional hockey.

Goring served a second stint as an NHL head coach with the New York Islanders in the 1999-2000 season and most of the following season. He also served as the head coach for several minor league teams, including the Capital District Islanders, Las Vegas Thunder, Denver Grizzlies, Utah Grizzlies, and Anchorage Aces, winning two championships. In 2002-2003, he took over the Krefeld Penguins of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and led them to their first championship since 1952. From 2004-2005, he was the coach of the DEG Metro Stars hockey team in Germany.

Goring was raised in Winnipeg, Canada and currently resides on the Upper West Side.