Mike keenan- played College hockey
Paul Maurice- Jr only as a player
Ken Hitchcock- never played NHL I don’t reckon even Jr
Mike babcock played jr and Cdn university
Peter DeBoer- played in the IHL
barry Trotz played jr hockey
Tom Renny- I don’t reckon he played pro
Cory Clouston Ott played cdn university hockey
Michel Therrien played in the AHL
Andy Murray I dont reckon he played pro
Bruce Boudreau played in WHA drafted by toronto
I may have missed some of these guys who played a few NHL games but it looks like 11/30 pr roughly one third have not played in the NHL but most are former pro or jr players that were not quite excellent enough for the NHL
cdn24fan
Bruce Boudreau was called up to Toronto or Chicago 19 times in his NHL career over 8 seasons. He only played 141 games but. He was one of those guys who excelled at the minor league level (He averaged 1.3 points/game in the minors which is top 10)
It does seem to be more and more that coaches with high level playing experience get the NHL jobs even if.
Former NHL experience
1) Randall Carlyle (Anaheim) – 1055 NHL games, 647 NHL Points, 1 Norris Trophy
2) John Anderson (Atlanta) – 814 NHL games, 631 NHL points (and briefly a teammate of Carlyle and Boudreau)
3) Claude Julien (Boston) – 14 NHL games, 1 point 3 fighting majors
4) Lindy Ruff (Buffalo) – 691 NHL games, 300 points
5) Joel Quenneville (Chicago) – 803 NHL games, 190 points
6) Antonio Granato (Colorado) – 774 NHL games, 492 points
7) David Tippett (Dallas) – 721 NHL, 262 points Craig MacTavish (Edmonton) – 1093 NHL games, 480 points, 4 Stanley Cup rings
9) Terrance Murray (Los Angeles) – 302 NHL games, 199 points, finished his career playing for his brother in Washington
10) Jacques Lemaire (Minnesota) – 853 NHL games, 835 points, HHOF, 8 Stanley Cup Rings
11) Guy Carbonneau (Montreal) – 1318 NHL games, 663 points, 3 Stanley Cup rings, 3 Selke trophies
12) Brent Sutter (New Jersey) – 1111 NHL games, 829 points, 2 Stanley Cup rings
13) Scott Gordon (Islander) – 23 NHL games, 0 shutouts
14) John Stevens (Philadelphia) – 53 NHL games, 10 points
15) Wayne Gretzky (Phoenix) – google him – I dare ya
16) Todd McLellan (San Jose) – 5 NHL games, 2 points
17) Richard Tocchet (Tampa Bay) – 1144 NHL games, 952 points, 1 Stanley Cup ring
18) Ronald Wilson (Toronto) – 177 NHL games, 93 points
19) Alain Vigneault (St. Louis) – 42 NHL games, 7 points
20) Bruce Boudreau (Washington) – 141 NHL games, 70 points
Former AHL/CHL/IHL Experience
1) Peter DeBoer (Florida) – 3 seasons in the IHL
2) Michel Therrien (Pittsburgh) – played in the Canadiens system after signing a free agent deal in 1983 with Montreal
Former NCAA/CIAU Experience
1) Michael Keenan (Calgary) – 2 yrs NCAA, 1 yr CIAU
2) Michael Babcock (Detroit) – also played in England for a year after 4 years at McGill University
3) Cory Clouston (Ottawa) – played 4 years at the University of Calgary
Former Junior Experience
1) Paul Maurice (Carolina) – 189 OHL games, drafted by the Flyers in 1985
2) Barry Trotz (Nashville) – 153 WHL games, was solid, but not NHL calibre
No High Level Playing Experience
1) Kenneth Hitchcock (Columbus) – at the age of 18 he started coaching AAA travel hockey in Edmonton, one of the players he coached was Grant Fuhr
2) Thomas Renney (Rangers) – played Junior B hockey previous to getting into minor level coaching
3) Andrew Murray (St. Louis) – played Junior B hockey in Manitoba and got his coaching start there at age 25
Fired Coaches from this year
1) Peter Laviolette (Carolina) – 12 NHL games, 0 points
2) Denis Savard (Chicago) – 1196 NHL games, 1338 points, HHOF, 1 Stanley Cup ring
3) Craig Hartsburg (Ottawa) – 570 NHL games, 413 points
4) Barry Melrose (Tampa Bay) – 300 NHL games, 33 points
Mike keenan- played College hockey
Paul Maurice- Jr only as a player
Ken Hitchcock- never played NHL I don’t reckon even Jr
Mike babcock played jr and Cdn university
Peter DeBoer- played in the IHL
barry Trotz played jr hockey
Tom Renny- I don’t reckon he played pro
Cory Clouston Ott played cdn university hockey
Michel Therrien played in the AHL
Andy Murray I dont reckon he played pro
Bruce Boudreau played in WHA drafted by toronto
I may have missed some of these guys who played a few NHL games but it looks like 11/30 pr roughly one third have not played in the NHL but most are former pro or jr players that were not quite excellent enough for the NHL
First of all, give the 10 points to cdn24fan
cdn24fan
Bruce Boudreau was called up to Toronto or Chicago 19 times in his NHL career over 8 seasons. He only played 141 games but. He was one of those guys who excelled at the minor league level (He averaged 1.3 points/game in the minors which is top 10)
It does seem to be more and more that coaches with high level playing experience get the NHL jobs even if.
Former NHL experience
Craig MacTavish (Edmonton) – 1093 NHL games, 480 points, 4 Stanley Cup rings
1) Randall Carlyle (Anaheim) – 1055 NHL games, 647 NHL Points, 1 Norris Trophy
2) John Anderson (Atlanta) – 814 NHL games, 631 NHL points (and briefly a teammate of Carlyle and Boudreau)
3) Claude Julien (Boston) – 14 NHL games, 1 point 3 fighting majors
4) Lindy Ruff (Buffalo) – 691 NHL games, 300 points
5) Joel Quenneville (Chicago) – 803 NHL games, 190 points
6) Antonio Granato (Colorado) – 774 NHL games, 492 points
7) David Tippett (Dallas) – 721 NHL, 262 points
9) Terrance Murray (Los Angeles) – 302 NHL games, 199 points, finished his career playing for his brother in Washington
10) Jacques Lemaire (Minnesota) – 853 NHL games, 835 points, HHOF, 8 Stanley Cup Rings
11) Guy Carbonneau (Montreal) – 1318 NHL games, 663 points, 3 Stanley Cup rings, 3 Selke trophies
12) Brent Sutter (New Jersey) – 1111 NHL games, 829 points, 2 Stanley Cup rings
13) Scott Gordon (Islander) – 23 NHL games, 0 shutouts
14) John Stevens (Philadelphia) – 53 NHL games, 10 points
15) Wayne Gretzky (Phoenix) – google him – I dare ya
16) Todd McLellan (San Jose) – 5 NHL games, 2 points
17) Richard Tocchet (Tampa Bay) – 1144 NHL games, 952 points, 1 Stanley Cup ring
18) Ronald Wilson (Toronto) – 177 NHL games, 93 points
19) Alain Vigneault (St. Louis) – 42 NHL games, 7 points
20) Bruce Boudreau (Washington) – 141 NHL games, 70 points
Former AHL/CHL/IHL Experience
1) Peter DeBoer (Florida) – 3 seasons in the IHL
2) Michel Therrien (Pittsburgh) – played in the Canadiens system after signing a free agent deal in 1983 with Montreal
Former NCAA/CIAU Experience
1) Michael Keenan (Calgary) – 2 yrs NCAA, 1 yr CIAU
2) Michael Babcock (Detroit) – also played in England for a year after 4 years at McGill University
3) Cory Clouston (Ottawa) – played 4 years at the University of Calgary
Former Junior Experience
1) Paul Maurice (Carolina) – 189 OHL games, drafted by the Flyers in 1985
2) Barry Trotz (Nashville) – 153 WHL games, was solid, but not NHL calibre
No High Level Playing Experience
1) Kenneth Hitchcock (Columbus) – at the age of 18 he started coaching AAA travel hockey in Edmonton, one of the players he coached was Grant Fuhr
2) Thomas Renney (Rangers) – played Junior B hockey previous to getting into minor level coaching
3) Andrew Murray (St. Louis) – played Junior B hockey in Manitoba and got his coaching start there at age 25
Fired Coaches from this year
1) Peter Laviolette (Carolina) – 12 NHL games, 0 points
2) Denis Savard (Chicago) – 1196 NHL games, 1338 points, HHOF, 1 Stanley Cup ring
3) Craig Hartsburg (Ottawa) – 570 NHL games, 413 points
4) Barry Melrose (Tampa Bay) – 300 NHL games, 33 points