Keenan passes Quinn in coaching wins

by James Mirtle on Feb 13, 2009 12:45 AM CST Comment 4 comments

Pat Quinn needs to get back into the NHL to continue this battle. Here's a look at the leaders in all-time coaching wins after Mike Keenan moved into fourth place Thursday night:

Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	GC	W
1	Scotty Bowman*	1968	2002	30	2141	1244
2	Al Arbour*	1971	2008	23	1607	782
3	Dick Irvin*	1929	1956	27	1449	692
4	Mike Keenan	1985	2009	20	1358	658
5	Pat Quinn	1979	2006	19	1318	657
6	Bryan Murray	1982	2008	17	1239	620
7	Billy Reay	1958	1977	16	1102	542
8	Ron Wilson	1994	2009	15	1145	538
9	Jacques Lemaire*	1984	2009	15	1102	528
10	Jacques Martin	1987	2008	14	1098	517
11	Pat Burns	1989	2004	14	1019	501
12	Toe Blake*	1956	1968	13	914	500
13	Glen Sather*	1980	2004	13	932	497
14	Ken Hitchcock	1996	2009	13	955	496
15	Marc Crawford	1995	2008	13	987	470
16	Joel Quenneville	1997	2009	12	887	467
17	Roger Neilson*	1978	2002	16	1000	460
18	Brian Sutter	1989	2004	13	1028	451
19	Lindy Ruff	1998	2009	11	875	425
20	Jack Adams*	1928	1947	20	964	413

*- Hall of Famer

It's a pretty impressive group, albeit with a few surprises on there (Crawford). Quinn is the highest-ranked coach to have never won the Cup.

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It’s funny to see how few of them are really above .500
Bowman not only has the highest numbers of games played and wins, he also has the best winning %. He stands at .581, while the closest one in this list is Toe Black with a .547 record.

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by Grrrreg on Feb 13, 2009 5:05 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

By Black, I meant Blake. Shame on me…

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by Grrrreg on Feb 13, 2009 5:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but it should be noted that a coach needs quite a margin of wins versus losses to offset all the ties and win over .500.

by Malurous on Feb 13, 2009 6:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Crawford isn’t too much of a surprise. He had the Nords/Avs when they were just starting their run as an elite team, and he coached the Canucks at the peak of the West Coast Express.

Billy Reay I had to look up, however. I see he coached some really solid Hawks teams in the 60s and 70s.

by Doogie2K on Feb 13, 2009 7:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs