# Warren Strelow

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{{Short description|American ice hockey coach (1934–2007)}}
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|birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1934|01|24}}
|birth_place=[Saint Paul](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|2007|04|11|1934|01|24}}
|death_place=[Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_Massachusetts), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), U.S.
|occupation=[Ice hockey](/source/Ice_hockey) [coach](/source/coach_(ice_hockey)), player
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{{Medal|Sport | Men's [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey)}}
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{{Medal|Gold | [1980 United States](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics)| (Goalie Coach) }}
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'''Warren A. Strelow''' (January 22, 1934 &ndash; April 11, 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/sharks-goaltending-coach-warren-strelow-passes-away-at-73/c-474293|title=Sharks Goaltending Coach Warren Strelow Passes Away At 73|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=[San Jose Sharks](/source/San_Jose_Sharks)|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2020-01-30}}{{dead link|date=January 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> was a hockey [goaltending](/source/goaltending) coach. Arguably best known as the goaltenders coach for the United States Olympic Ice Hockey Team during the 1980 games in [Lake Placid](/source/Miracle_on_Ice),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miracleonice.us/coaches.html|title=Miracle on Ice coaching and staff|publisher=miracleonice.us|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref> he also served in the same capacity as coach for the [New Jersey Devils](/source/New_Jersey_Devils), [Washington Capitals](/source/Washington_Capitals), and [San Jose Sharks](/source/San_Jose_Sharks) of the [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjsharks.com/team/hockey_staff/strelow.asp|title=Warren Strelow Goaltending Coach|publisher=[San Jose Sharks](/source/San_Jose_Sharks)|accessdate=2007-06-20 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070601015555/http://www.sjsharks.com/team/hockey_staff/strelow.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-06-01}}</ref>

NHL goaltenders whom Strelow worked with include: [Martin Brodeur](/source/Martin_Brodeur), [Miikka Kiprusoff](/source/Miikka_Kiprusoff), [Evgeni Nabokov](/source/Evgeni_Nabokov), [Vesa Toskala](/source/Vesa_Toskala), [Johan Hedberg](/source/Johan_Hedberg), and [Nolan Schaefer](/source/Nolan_Schaefer).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AiDuIvwP5MQOGCpOFTbUzmc5nYcB?slug=rm-strelowcolumn021208&prov=yhoo&type=lgns|title=Tending talent|publisher=|accessdate=3 June 2016}}</ref>

==Personal==
Strelow was born and raised in [St. Paul, Minnesota](/source/St._Paul%2C_Minnesota) where he grew up playing hockey with his lifelong friend, [Herb Brooks](/source/Herb_Brooks), for whom he would later serve under as [goaltender](/source/goaltender)s coach both at the [University of Minnesota](/source/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men's_ice_hockey) and with the 1980 (Gold Medal) and 2002 (Silver Medal) Olympic teams.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kevAx54Wx48C&q=strelow+and+brooks&pg=PA176|title=The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team|date=11 January 2005|publisher=Random House|isbn=9780307237316|accessdate=2013-08-05}}</ref> Strelow graduated from [Johnson High School](/source/Johnson_Senior_High_School_(Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota)) in 1951, the year he was named to the Minnesota all-state team as a goaltender, having played for the team that lost the state final to [Eveleth](/source/Eveleth%2C_Minnesota).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.vintagemnhockey.com/page/show/813784-minnesota-high-school-hockey-milestones-|title=MN HS Milestones|publisher=|accessdate=3 June 2016}}</ref> He and his wife Karlene had two children, Tom and Rick.<ref>{{cite book |title=New Jersey Devils 1992-1993 Official Game Program |date=October 10, 1992}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/11661411.html

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Category:1934 births
Category:1980 US Olympic ice hockey team
Category:2007 deaths
Category:American men's ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Ice hockey coaches from Minnesota
Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers ice hockey
Category:New Jersey Devils coaches
Category:People from Mahtomedi, Minnesota
Category:San Jose Sharks coaches
Category:Washington Capitals coaches
Category:Ice hockey people from Saint Paul, Minnesota

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