In this May 31, 1989, file photo, former Rangers coach Tom Webster talks to reporters in Inglewood, Calif., after he was named coach of the Los Angeles Kings. Credit: AP/NICK UT
Tom Webster, the former NHL and WHA forward who went on to coach the Rangers and Los Angeles Kings, died Friday. He was 71.
The Carolina Hurricanes announced Webster’s death, but not the cause. Webster scored 53 goals and helped the franchise — then the New England Whalers — win the World Hockey Association’s first title in 1972-73. He also was an assistant coach in Carolina, and son-in-law L.