Terrance Arthur Crisp (born May 28, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey coach and player.
Crisp played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers between 1965 and 1977.
Crisp coached for 11 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Crisp was a member of two of the Stanley Cup championship teams with the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970s, and later coached the Calgary Flames to the title in 1989.
However, Stan Moore, who coached the B team, followed him when Crisp travelled four hours to his home at Parry Sound.
[1][2] Crisp began his pro career in the Boston Bruins organization, playing one season for them before being chosen by the St. Louis Blues in the 1967 NHL expansion draft.
In the 1980s, he coached in the junior ranks and led the 1985 Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds to an undefeated season at home, going 33–0.
The Greyhounds represented the OHL at the Memorial Cup, where they came up short, losing to eventual champion Prince Albert of the WHL.
The 1987–88 Calgary Flames season saw them go 48–23–9 and win their first division title in team history, which saw Crisp allow his players to decide who would play and who would not among a cadre of talent that included Al MacInnis, Theo Fleury, Joe Nieuwendyk, and Lanny McDonald.
However, the Flames lost in the second round to their rival in the Edmonton Oilers, who beat them in a sweep in an eventual Stanley Cup championship (their fourth in five years).
[8] Crisp was hired as the inaugural coach of the expansion team Tampa Bay Lightning on April 23, 1992.
[9][10] He was hired due to his "pizzazz, some jump, some color" by general manager Phil Esposito in order to help sell tickets along with coach.