Theodore "Terrible Ted" Green (born March 23, 1940 in Eriksdale, Manitoba) was a professional hockey defenseman for the NHL Boston Bruins and the WHA New England Whalers and Winnipeg Jets, notable for his hard rock play. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The modernized NHL shield logo, debuting in 2005. ... The Boston Bruins are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... World Hockey Association logo The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league in North America from 1972 to 1979. ... The Carolina Hurricanes are a National Hockey League team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... The Winnipeg Jets were an ice hockey franchise that existed in both the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League. ...

Green was originally the property of the Montreal Canadiens, but was claimed by the Bruins in the summer of 1960 and was called up for good in the 1961-1962 season. He played ten seasons for Boston, gaining a reputation as a hard-hitting defensive defenseman, as well as one for violent play, and was a bulwark on the blue line when the Bruins emerged from being at the bottom of the league to becoming a powerhouse in the late Sixties. He was named to play in the All-Star Game in 1965 and 1969. The Montréal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League franchise. ...

Coming off of his best season in 1969 (for which he was named to the Second All-Star Team), Green was involved in an infamous incident in an exhibition game versus the St. Louis Blues prior to the start of the 1969-1970 regular season, engaging in a bloody stick fight with Blues forward Wayne Maki. Green was struck in the head, suffering a fractured skull and brain damage, and missing the entirety of the 1970 season, during which Boston won the Stanley Cup. The St. ... The Stanley Cup is inscribed with the names of all the players on the teams that have won it. ...

He returned the following season to play two more years with Boston (and played for the 1972 Cup winning team) before jumping to the upstart Whalers, being named their first captain and leading the team to the WHA's inaugural league championship. After three seasons with the Whalers, he was traded to the Winnipeg Jets, with whom he finished out his career in 1979.

After his retirement, Green served for many years as the assistant coach for the Edmonton Oilers, which was run by his close friend and former teammate Glen Sather. He was named head coach of the Oilers in 1991 just as the great team of the Oilers' championship years in the Eighties was collapsing, and he was fired partway into the 1994 season. He is currently assistant coach of the Sather-run New York Rangers. The Edmonton Oilers are a National Hockey League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. ... Glen Sather (born September 2, 1943) in High River, Alberta, Canada) was a left wing in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League. ... The New York Rangers (NYR) are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in New York City, New York. ...