Darryl Sutter

Darryl Sutter
Position	Forward
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (80 kg)
Teams	New Brunswick Hawks Chicago Blackhawks
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1958-08-19)August 19, 1958, Viking, AB, CAN
NHL Draft	179th overall, 1978 Chicago Blackhawks
Pro Career	1979 – 1987

Darryl John Sutter (born August 19, 1958 in Viking, Alberta) is a retired Canadian professional forward and coach, and current head coach of the Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League. He is one of seven Sutter brothers, six of whom made the NHL (Brent, Brian, Darryl, Duane, Rich and Ron).

As a player, Darryl spent five years in the minor leagues, including a year in Japan, where he was rookie of the year. He stands 5 foot 11 inches and his playing weight was 176 pounds. Darryl was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in 1978 in the 11th round as the 179th pick overall. In his NHL career as a player, he suited up only for the Blackhawks and scored 279 points (161+118) in 406 career regular season games, plus 43 points (24+19) in 51 playoffs games. He was a well-respected, hard working left-winger but was never an all-star and never won the Stanley Cup. His last season as a player was in 1986–87.

On July 12, 2006, Sutter stepped down as the Calgary Flames head coach. He has said that he found it difficult to handle the jobs of both head coach and GM of the Flames. Sutter compiled a 107–73–26 record in two-plus seasons behind the Calgary bench, joining the Flames after head coaching stints in Chicago and San Jose. The Flames promoted Jim Playfair as Sutter's replacement, but after a first-round loss to the Detroit Red Wings in 06/07, Sutter hired Mike Keenan as head coach, with Playfair stepping back into an associate coaching role. Keenan was fired a month after the Flames were eliminated from the 2008-09 NHL playoffs at the hands of the Blackhawks. Brent Sutter, former coach of the New Jersey Devils, was selected as the new Flames coach in June 2009. On December 28, 2010, Sutter resigned as the general manager of the Flames.

On December 17, 2011, the Los Angeles Kings hired Sutter mid-season as the team's new head coach after the dismissal of Terry Murray. Sutter's first game with the Kings was a December 22, 2011, shootout victory over rival Anaheim Ducks. He led the Kings to a 25–13–11 mark in 49 games, finished third in the Pacific Division, and entered the 2012 playoffs as the eighth and last seed in the Western Conference. In the playoffs, the team beat the first seed Vancouver Canucks, second seed St. Louis Blues and third seed Phoenix Coyotes to advance to the Stanley Cup Final, the only team to accomplish that feat in the 119-year history of the Finals. The Kings then went on to defeat New Jersey four games to two to give Los Angeles its first Stanley Cup championship in its 45-year history. The Kings set several records during the playoffs, including winning ten-straight games on the road and being the first team to go three games to zero in each of their playoff series.

Sutter and the Kings later won another Stanley Cup in the 2013–14 season, playing 26 playoff games, the most ever for a Cup champion. The Kings also became only the fourth team in NHL history to come back from down three games to zero in a series after shocking the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Los Angeles then went on to defeat Anaheim and Chicago, both in seven-game series. On June 13, 2014, the Kings beat the New York Rangers in five games to win their second Stanley Cup in three years.

Despite posting a 40–27–15 record in the 2014–15 season, Sutter and the Kings missed the 2015 playoffs by four points, becoming the first team since the 2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes to miss the playoffs entirely after winning the Stanley Cup the previous year, and only the fourth in NHL history.

Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season							Post Season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
SAG	1988–89	82	46	26	-	10	102	2nd in East	Lost in First Round
IND	1989–90	82	53	21	-	8	114	1st in West	Won Turner Cup
CHI	1992–93	84	47	25	12	-	106	1st in Norris	Lost in First Round
CHI	1993–94	84	39	36	9	-	87	5th in Central	Lost in First Round
CHI	1994–95	48	24	19	5	-	53	3rd in Central	Lost in Third Round
SJ	1997–98	82	34	38	11	-	78	4th in Pacific	Lost in First Round
SJ	1998–99	82	31	33	18	-	80	4th in Pacific	Lost in First Round
SJ	1999–00	82	35	30	10	7	87	4th in Pacific	Lost in Second Round
SJ	2000–01	82	40	27	12	3	95	2nd in Pacific	Lost in First Round
SJ	2001–02	82	44	27	8	3	99	1st in Pacific	Lost in Second Round
SJ	2002–03	24	9	12	2	1	(73)	5th in Pacific	(Fired)
CGY	2002–03	46	19	18	8	1	(75)	5th in Northwest	Missed Playoffs
CGY	2003–04	82	42	30	7	3	94	3rd in Northwest	Lost in Stanley Cup final
CGY	2005–06	82	46	25	-	11	103	1st in Northwest
LA	2011–12	49	25	13	—	11	95	3rd in Pacific	Won Stanley Cup
LA	2012–13	48	27	16	—	5	59	2nd in Pacific	Lost in Conference Final
LA	2013–14	82	46	28	—	8	100	3rd in Pacific	Won Stanley Cup
LA	2014–15	82	40	27	—	15	95	4th in Pacific	Did not qualify
LA	2015–16	82	48	28	—	6	102	2nd in Pacific	Lost in First Round
TOTAL		1,203	596	432	101	74

External links

• Darryl Sutter's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Mike Keenan	Head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks 1992–1995	Succeeded by Craig Hartsburg
Preceded by Al Sims	Head coach of the San Jose Sharks 1997–2002	Succeeded by Cap Raeder
Preceded by Al MacNeil	Head coach of the Calgary Flames 2003–2006	Succeeded by Jim Playfair
Preceded by Terry Murray	Head coach of the Los Angeles Kings 2012–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Terry Ruskowski	Chicago Black Hawks/Blackhawks captains 1982-87 Bob Murray, 1985–86	Succeeded by Denis Savard