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The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 32 teams, founded in 1917. Each team is entitled to one head coach who handles the directing of games and team practices, while providing direction and strategy for their players and deciding which players will play in games and the lines they will play
Most games played before playing in a playoff game: Ron Hainsey, 907; Most games coached in the Stanley Cup Finals: Dick Irvin, [a] 77; Most games played in the Stanley Cup Finals: Red Kelly [b] and Henri Richard, [c] 65; Most games won by a coach in the Stanley Cup Finals: Scotty Bowman, [d] 36
He held the record for most games played for 59 years, from 1961 to 2021, and still holds the record for most games played with one franchise. Jaromir Jagr played in 1,733 games, fourth-most in NHL history. Zdeno Chara played in 1,680 games, the most by a defenseman. Chris Chelios played in 1,651 games, ninth-most in NHL history.
Paul Maurice has been an NHL head coach for nearly half his life now. ... (2,141 games over 30 seasons) and Barry Trotz (1,812 games over 23 seasons) for most games coached. Maurice is in line to ...
The franchise's first head coach was Lynn Patrick, who coached for 16 games in his first term. Joel Quenneville is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (593), the most regular-season game wins (307), the most regular-season points (709), the most playoff games coached (68), and the most playoff-game wins (34).
Mike Keenan, the twenty-fifth head coach of the Rangers, amassed the best points percentage, .667, and regular season winning percentage, .619, having done so in a single, 84-game season. Keenan is also the only head coach to have coached the Rangers to a Presidents' Trophy and Stanley Cup in the same season. [23]
Bowman is the only NHL coach to lead three teams to Stanley Cup victories. [3] Bowman won the Jack Adams Award in 1977 and 1996. In the 1976–77 season, he won a record 60 games, breaking his own record of 58 wins the year before. He broke his own record again in the 1995–1996 season, with 62 wins; overall, he held the record for 46 years ...
Although Dick Irvin coached the team for 15 seasons, Toe Blake, who coached two fewer seasons, is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (914), the most regular-season games won (500), the most regular-season points (1159), the most playoff games coached (119), and the most playoff games won (82).