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Michel Therrien

Michel Therrien was the Penguins' head coach from 2005 to 2009.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are an American professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was established as one of six new franchises of the 1967 NHL expansion.[1] Since their foundation, the Penguins have played their home games at the Mellon Arena, which is scheduled to be replaced by the Consol Energy Center in 2010.[2] The franchise is co-owned by Ronald Burkle and Mario Lemieux—the only player/owner in the NHL's modern era.[3] According to Forbes, the Penguins were the 18th most valuable NHL franchise, at $195 million, in 2008.[4]

There have been 20 head coaches for the Penguins franchise.[5] The franchise's first head coach was Red Sullivan, former New York Rangers captain and coach.[6] Sullivan was replaced by future Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Red Kelly, after two seasons. Kelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player,[7] and head coaches Craig Patrick, Bob Johnson, Scotty Bowman, and Herb Brooks were inducted as builders.[8] Eddie Johnston—who along with Patrick and Ken Schinkel served two tenures as head coach—leads Penguins' coaches in games coached (516), wins (232), losses (224), and ties (60). Bowman leads coaches in winning percentage (.628) and playoff victories (33). Johnson led the Penguins to their first Stanley Cup victory in 1991, but was forced to retire due to health problems after the season—he died later that year.[9] Bowman succeeded Johnson and coached the team to its second Stanley Cup victory the following season. Michel Therrien won the Prince of Wales Trophy, as Eastern Conference champion, during the 2007–08 season.[10] Therrien was replaced the following season by current head coach Dan Bylsma.[11] Blysma would lead the Penguins to their third Stanley Cup championship that same season.

Key[]

# Number of coaches
Term Years spent as coach
Games Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
OTL Overtime/shootout losses[a]
Win% Winning percentage
PG Playoff games coached
PW Playoff wins
PL Playoff losses
PWin% Playoff winning percentage
* or Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame († denotes induction as a builder, * denotes induction as a player)

Coaches[]

Scottybowman-2006awards

Scotty Bowman was the Penguins' head coach from 1991 to 1993

Note: Statistics are updated through the 2008–09 season.

# Name[b] Term[c] ! Games W L T OTL Win% PG PW PL PWin% Achievements Ref
1 George "Red" Sullivan 19671969 150 47 79 24 .393 [12]
2 Red Kelly* 19691973 274 90 132 52 .423 14 6 8 .429 [13]
3 Ken Schinkel 19731974,
19761977
203 83 92 28 .478 [14]
4 Marc Boileau 19741976 151 66 61 24 .517 9 5 4 .555 [15]
5 Johnny Wilson 19771980 240 91 105 44 .471 12 4 8 .333 [16]
6 Eddie Johnston 19801983,
19931997
516 232 224 60 .508 46 22 24 .478 [17]
7 Lou Angotti 1983–1984 80 16 58 6 .232 [18]
8 Bob Berry 19841987 240 88 127 25 .419 [19]
9 Pierre Creamer 1987–1988 80 36 35 9 .506 [20]
10 Gene Ubriaco 19881989 106 50 47 9 .514 11 7 4 .636 [21]
11 Craig Patrick 1989–1990,[d]


1997[e]

74 29 36 9 .453 5 1 4 .200 [22]
12 Bob Johnson 1990–1991 80 41 33 6 .550 24 16 8 .667 1991 Stanley Cup championship [23]
13 Scotty Bowman 19911993 164 95 53 16 .628 33 23 10 .696 1992 Stanley Cup championship [24]
14 Kevin Constantine 19971999 189 86 67 35 4 .511 19 8 11 .421 [25]
15 Herb Brooks 1999–2000 57 29 24 5 2 .570 11 6 5 .545 [26]
16 Ivan Hlinka 20002001 86 42 32 9 3 .558 18 9 9 .500 [27]
17 Rick Kehoe 20012003 160 55 81 14 10 .419 [28]
18 Ed Olczyk 20032005 113 31 64 14 4 .274 [29]
19 Michel Therrien 20052009[f] 272 135 105 32 .502 25 15 10 .600 2008 Prince of Wales Trophy championship [30]
20 Dan Bylsma 2009–present[g] 25 18 3 4 .800 24 16 8 .666 2009 Stanley Cup championship [11][31]

Footnotes[]

  • a  Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.[32]
  • b  Head coaches with multiple terms are counted once; figures are career totals. For a specific order of the coaches see the Footnotes section.
  • c  Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
  • d  Gene Ubriaco served as the Penguins' head coach to begin the 1989–90 season; the team began with a 10–14–2 record.[33] On December 5, 1989, Craig Patrick replaced Ubriaco as an interim head coach.[5][34] Under Patrick, the team went 22–26–6 and did not qualify for the playoffs.[33]
  • e  After starting the 1996–97 season with a record of 31–26–5,[35] the Penguins went 1–8 in nine consecutive games in February and March 1997.[34] Coach Eddie Johnston was replaced by Craig Patrick, under whom the team finished the season 7–10–3 and lost in the first round of the playoffs four games to one.[35]
  • f  Michel Therrien coached the Penguins to a 27–25–5 record to start the 2008–09 season, at which point he was replaced by Dan Bylsma.[11]
  • g  Dan Blysma's statistics will be updated upon the completion of the 2008–09 season.

References[]

General
Notes
  1. Cooper, Bruce C. (1994). in Michael L. LaBlanc: Professional Sports Team Histories: Hockey. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Inc, 322. ISBN 978-0810388628. 
  2. Consol Energy Center. PittsburghPenguins.com. Retrieved on 6 January 2009.
  3. Front Office. Executive Staff. PittsburghPenguins.com. Retrieved on 6 January 2009.
  4. Rossi, Rob. "Forbes rates Pens 18th most valuable NHL team", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2008-10-30. Retrieved on 2008-10-30. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 General Managers and Coaches. Coaches. PittsburghPenguins.com. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
  6. O'Brien, Jim (1994). Penguin Profiles. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: James P. O'Brien - Publishing, 242–44. ISBN 0916114163. 
  7. Red Kelly Playing Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  8. Builders. The Legends. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  9. Bob Johnson Biography. The Legends. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
  10. Associated Press. "Eastern Finals: Game Five recap", Pittsburgh Penguins. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Therrien fired, Blysma in as Penguins' interim head coach", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 February 2009. Retrieved on 15 February 2009. 
  12. Red Sullivan Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  13. Red Kelly Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  14. Ken Schinkel Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  15. Marc Boileau Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  16. Johnny Wilson Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  17. Eddie Johnston Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  18. Lou Angotti Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  19. Bob Berry Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  20. Pierre Creamer Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  21. Gene Ubriaco Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  22. Craig Patrick Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  23. Bob Johnson Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  24. Scotty Bowman Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  25. Kevin Constantine Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  26. Herb Brooks Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  27. Ivan Hlinka Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  28. Rick Kehoe Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  29. Ed Olczyk Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  30. Michel Therrien Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  31. Dan Blysma Coaching Record. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved on 2009-02-23.
  32. Official Rules (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved on 2008-12-21.
  33. 33.0 33.1 1989-90 Pittsburgh Penguins. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC.. Retrieved on 6 January 2009.
  34. 34.0 34.1 "Penguins' Fire Johnston; Patrick Is Interim Coach", The New York Times, 4 March 1997. Retrieved on 6 January 2009. 
  35. 35.0 35.1 1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins. Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC.. Retrieved on 6 January 2009.
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