List of Dallas Stars head coaches
The Dallas Stars are an American professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The team joined the NHL in 1967 as an expansion team as the Minnesota North Stars, but moved to Dallas in 1993.[2] The Stars won their first Stanley Cup championship in 1999.[3] Having first played at the Reunion Arena, the Stars have played their home games at the American Airlines Center since 2001.[4] The Stars are owned by Tom Gaglardi, Jim Nill is their general manager, and Jamie Benn is the team captain.[5][6]
There have been seven head coaches for the Stars team. The team's first head coach was Bob Gainey, who has coached for four seasons. In the middle of the 1995–96 season, Gainey, who was then also the general manager for the Stars, fired himself as head coach and hired Ken Hitchcock to take over.[7] Hitchcock is the team's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (503), the most regular-season game wins (277), the most regular-season points (626), the most playoff games coached (80), and the most playoff-game wins (47). Hitchcock is the only Stars coach to have won the Presidents' Trophy, winning it in 1997–98 and 1998–99, the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, winning it in 1998–99 and 1999–2000, and the Stanley Cup, winning it in the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals against the Buffalo Sabres.[8][9][3] None of the Stars coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder.[10] Rick Wilson and Glen Gulutzan have each spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Stars. The current head coach of the Stars is Lindy Ruff.
Key
| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins = 2 points |
| L | Losses = 0 points |
| T | Ties = 1 point |
| OT | Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point[b] |
| PTS | Points |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| * | Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Stars |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the 2015-16 season.
| # | Name | Term[c] | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Reference | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T/OT | PTS | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||
| 1 | Bob Gainey | 1993–1996 | 171 | 70 | 71 | 30 | 170 | .497 | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | [11] | |
| 2 | Ken Hitchcock | 1996–2002 | 503 | 277 | 154 | 72 | 626 | .622 | 80 | 47 | 33 | .588 | Presidents' Trophy winner (1998, 1999)[8] Stanley Cup championship* (1999)[3] Clarence S. Campbell Bowl winners (1999, 2000)[9] |
[12] |
| 3 | Rick Wilson* | 2002 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 34 | .531 | — | — | — | — | [13] | |
| 4 | Dave Tippett | 2002–2009 | 492 | 271 | 156 | 65 | 607 | .617 | 47 | 21 | 26 | .447 | [14] | |
| 5 | Marc Crawford | 2009–2011 | 164 | 79 | 60 | 25 | 183 | .558 | — | — | — | — | [15] | |
| 6 | Glen Gulutzan* | 2011–2013 | 130 | 64 | 57 | 9 | 137 | .527 | — | — | — | — | [16] | |
| 7 | Lindy Ruff | 2013–present | 246 | 131 | 85 | 30 | 292 | .593 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | [17] | |
Notes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Stars. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.[18]
- c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
References
- General
- "Dallas Stars Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- Specific
- ↑ "Teams". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ Showers, Bob (2007). Minnesota North Stars: History and Memories with Lou Nanne. Beaver's Pond Press. ISBN 1-59298-197-6.
- 1 2 3 "Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "Dallas Stars". American Airlines Center. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "Front Office". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "Roster". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ Drape, Joe (1998-05-24). "The Stanley Cup Playoffs; Not Just a Pretty Face". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- 1 2 "Presidents' Trophy". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- 1 2 "Clarence S. Campbell Bowl". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "List of honoured builders". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "Bob Gainey Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "Ken Hitchcock Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "Rick Wilson Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "Dave Tippett Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "Marc Crawford Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ "Glen Gulutzan Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ↑ "Lindy Ruff Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
- ↑ "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
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