#02...Joel Quenneville.............823 W...1494 GC
#03...Al Arbour....................782 W...1607 GC
#04...Ken Hitchcock................775 W...1439 GC
#05...Lindy Ruff...................717 W...1447 GC
#06...Dick Irvin...................692 W...1449 GC
#07...Pat Qunnn....................684 W...1400 GC
#08...Barry Trotz..................678 W...1393 GC
#09...Mike Keenan..................672 W...1386 GC
Head Coach Barry Trotz has won 678 games of the 1393 games he coached, putting him firmly in the #8 slot all-time. With another seven wins, he will top Pat Quinn.
Pat Quinn coached several seasons in the NHL, for:
- Philadelphia (1978-1982)
- Los Angeles (1984-1987)
- Vancouver (1990-1996)
- Toronto (1998-2005)
- Edmonton (2009-2010)
He passed away November 23, 2014 after a long illness, having been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on the 17th of that month. Quinn coached two teams - the 1979-80 Flyers and the 1993-94 Canucks - to the Stanley Cup finals; neither team won the coveted trophy. He coached Team Canada to an Olympic gold medal at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City; in 2004, his Team Canada won the World Cup of Hockey with a record of 6-0. As a player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Quinn leveled Bobby Orr in the 1969 playoffs against the Boston Bruins, starting a bench-clearing brawl. A left-shot defenseman, he played in 606 career games, scored 18 goals, and 113 assists, and spent 950 minutes in the penalty box.
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