List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canucks are a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The Canucks currently play home games at Rogers Arena. The Canucks joined the NHL in 1970 as an expansion team, along with the Buffalo Sabres.[2] They have advanced to the Stanley Cup finals three times but were defeated by the New York Islanders in 1982, the New York Rangers in 1994, and the Boston Bruins in 2011.[3] The Canucks are owned by Francesco Aquilini, Jim Benning is their general manager, and Henrik Sedin is the team captain.[4][5]
There have been 18 head coaches for the Canucks. The franchise's first head coach was Hal Laycoe, who coached the Canucks for two seasons. Marc Crawford coached the most games of any Canucks head coach with 529 games and has the most points all-time with the Canucks with 586 points. He is followed by Alain Vigneault, who has 579 points all-time with the Canucks, he also has the most points in a season of any Canucks coach, with 117 in the 2010–11 season. Roger Neilson is the only Hockey Hall of Fame inductee to coach the Canucks. Quinn and Vigneault are the only two Canucks head coaches to win a Jack Adams Award with the team. Bill LaForge, who coached the start of the 1984 season, has the least points with the Canucks (10). Harry Neale served the most terms as head coach of the Canucks with three while Pat Quinn served two.
Key
| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins = 2 points |
| L | Losses = 0 points |
| T | Ties = 1 point |
| OT | Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point [b] |
| PTS | Points |
| * | Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Canucks |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2015-16 season.
| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards | Reference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | OT | PTS | GC | W | L | |||||
| 1 | Hal Laycoe | 1970–1972 | 156 | 44 | 96 | 16 | — | 104 | — | — | — | [6] | |
| 2 | Vic Stasiuk | 1972–1973 | 78 | 22 | 47 | 9 | — | 53 | — | — | — | [7] | |
| 3 | Bill McCreary | 1973–1974 | 41 | 9 | 25 | 7 | — | 25 | — | — | — | [8] | |
| 4 | Phil Maloney* | 1974–1977 | 232 | 95 | 105 | 32 | — | 222 | 7 | 1 | 6 | [9] | |
| 5 | Orland Kurtenbach* | 1977–1978 | 125 | 36 | 62 | 27 | — | 99 | — | — | — | [10] | |
| 6 | Harry Neale | 1978–1982 | 315 | 106 | 144 | 65 | — | 177 | 10 | 2 | 8 | [11] | |
| 7 | Roger Neilson | 1982–1984 | 133 | 51 | 61 | 21 | — | 123 | 21 | 12 | 9 | [12] | |
| — | Harry Neale | 1984 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 4 | — | 34 | 4 | 1 | 3 | [11] | |
| 8 | Bill LaForge* | 1984 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 10 | — | — | — | [13] | |
| — | Harry Neale | 1984–1985 | 60 | 21 | 32 | 7 | — | 49 | — | — | — | [11] | |
| 9 | Tom Watt | 1985–1987 | 160 | 52 | 87 | 21 | — | 125 | 3 | 0 | 3 | [14] | |
| 10 | Bob McCammon | 1987–1991 | 294 | 102 | 156 | 36 | — | 240 | 7 | 3 | 4 | [15] | |
| 11 | Pat Quinn | 1991–1994 | 274 | 138 | 108 | 28 | — | 304 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 1992 Jack Adams Award winner | [16] |
| 12 | Rick Ley | 1994–1996 | 124 | 47 | 50 | 27 | — | 121 | 11 | 4 | 7 | [17] | |
| — | Pat Quinn | 1996 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | [16] | |
| 13 | Tom Renney | 1996–1997 | 101 | 39 | 53 | 9 | — | 87 | — | — | — | [18] | |
| 14 | Mike Keenan | 1997–1999 | 108 | 36 | 54 | 18 | — | 90 | — | — | — | [19] | |
| 15 | Marc Crawford | 1999–2006 | 529 | 246 | 189 | 62 | 32 | 586 | 27 | 12 | 15 | [20] | |
| 16 | Alain Vigneault | 2006–2013 | 540 | 313 | 170 | — | 57 | 683 | 68 | 33 | 35 | 2007 Jack Adams Award winner | [21] |
| 17 | John Tortorella[c] | 2013–2014 | 82 | 36 | 35 | — | 11 | 83 | — | — | — | [22] | |
| 18 | Willie Desjardins* | 2014–present | 164 | 79 | 67 | — | 18 | 176 | 6 | 2 | 4 | [23] | |
Notes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Canucks. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.[24]
- c Mike Sullivan acted as interim head coach of the Canucks for six games during their 2013–14 season, while Tortorella was serving a suspension.
References
- General
- "Vancouver Canucks Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- "Vancouver Canucks: All-Time Records" (PDF). The Vancouver Canucks Limited Partnership and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- Specific
- ↑ "Standings". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ↑ "NHL Expansion & Relocation Since 1967". AndrewsStarsPage.com. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ↑ "Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ "Front Office". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ↑ "Roster". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ↑ "Hal Laycoe Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Vic Stasiuk Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Bill McCreary Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Phil Maloney Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Orland Kurtenbach Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- 1 2 3 "Harry Neale Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Roger Neilson Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Bill LaForge Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Tom Watt Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Bob McCammon Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- 1 2 "Pat Quinn Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Rick Ley Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Tom Renney Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Mike Keenan Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Marc Crawford Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Alain Vigneault Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "John Tortorella Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
- ↑ "Willie Desjardins Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
- ↑ "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-05.