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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 on.
Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer, played in 1,487 games. Teemu Selanne played in 1,451 games, 28th all-time. Twins Daniel Sedin (front, 1,306 games) and Henrik Sedin (1,330 games) are the only pair of brothers to play all their 1,000 games with one team.
The player who scores during this extra time is given the overtime goal. All overtime in the NHL is sudden death—meaning the first team to score is the winner—so the player who scores in overtime also has the game-winning goal.
In a November 4, 2008, game against the Vancouver Canucks, Trotz became just the tenth head coach in NHL history to coach 750 games with a single team, and the 31st to reach that mark overall. The 2006–07 season was Trotz's most successful season, leading the Predators to the second-most points in the Western Conference and third overall at ...
As of 2023, Trottier sits 13th all-time with 182 playoff points (71 goals and 111 assists) in 221 games played. [21] Trottier is currently ranked 17th all-time in NHL regular-season points. He is ninth all-time in playoff points and remains the Islanders' all-time leader in assists and points.
This will make him just the third coach in NHL history with that many games behind the bench, joining Scotty Bowman (2,141) and Barry Trotz (1,812) — the latter of whom Maurice is slated to pass ...
This is a list of players who are not rookies, but are playing in their first NHL season via expansion or through the birth of the NHL. Most goals by a player, first NHL season, one game: Joe Malone (December 19, 1917, January 12, 1918, and February 2, 1918), 5; Most goals by a player, first NHL game: Joe Malone (December 19, 1917), 5
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).