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The current Bruins coach, Claude Julien, began his tenure in 2007 after Dave Lewis was dismissed

The Boston Bruins, a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, has had 27 head coaches in their team history.[1] The franchise is a member of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1924 and entered the NHL as the first American-based expansion team. It is an Original Six team, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Chicago Blackhawks.[1] Its home arena is the 17,565-person capacity TD Banknorth Garden, where it has played since 1995, after leaving the Boston Garden.[1]

Art Ross served four terms as the Bruins head coach.[2] Ross, Cy Denneny, Lynn Patrick, Milt Schmidt, and Mike Milbury have all been inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Harry Sinden, Gerry Cheevers, Tom Johnson, and Frank Patrick are in Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, and spent their entire coaching careers with the Bruins. Cooney Weiland, Dit Clapper, Terry O'Reilly, Steve Kasper, Mike O'Connell, and Mike Sullivan also coached only for the Bruins.[3][4][5][6][7]

Statistically, Tom Johnson was the best coach, with a winning percentage of .738.[8] He is followed by Harry Sinden, who, averaging his two terms, had a winning percentage of .689.[9] The worst coach statistically was Phil Watson, who, with a winning percentage of .268, only won 16 out of the 84 games he coached.[10] Claude Julien, the current coach of the Bruins, took over after Lewis was dismissed in 2007.[11][12]

Key

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Art Ross, the first coach of the Bruins, led them to a Stanley Cup championship.
# Number of coaches[A]
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
W–L % Win–Loss percentage
 *  Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
 †  Spent entire professional head coaching career with the Bruins.
 *†  Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame and spent entire professional head coaching career with the Bruins.

Coaches

Frank Patrick led his team into the playoffs in every season of his Bruins coaching career.
# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L T W–L % GC W L T
1 Art Ross* 1924–1928 154 64 72 18 .474 — — — — [2]
2 Cy Denneny* 1928–1929 44 26 13 5 .648 5 5 0 0 [13]
— Art Ross* 1929–1934 232 124 76 32 .603 6 2 4 0 [2]
3 Frank Patrick *† 1934–1936 96 48 36 12 .563 6 2 4 0 [14]
— Art Ross* 1936–1939 144 89 39 16 .674 18 9 9 0 [2]
4 Cooney Weiland† 1939–1941 96 58 20 18 .698 17 10 7 0 [15]
— Art Ross* 1941–1945 198 84 90 24 .485 21 9 12 0 [2]
5 Dit Clapper† 1945–1949 230 102 88 40 .530 25 8 17 0 [16]
6 Georges Boucher 1949–1950 70 22 32 16 .429 — — — — [17]
7 Lynn Patrick* 1950–1955 310 117 130 63 .479 40 16 23 1 [18]
8 Milt Schmidt* 1955–1961 460 172 203 75 .455 34 15 19 0 [19]
9 Phil Watson 1961–1963 84 16 55 13 .268 — — — — [10]
— Milt Schmidt* 1962–1966 266 73 157 46 .361 — — — — [19]
10 Harry Sinden*† 1966–1970 296 136 105 55 .552 28 18 10 0 [9]
11 Tom Johnson*† 1970–1973 208 142 43 23 .738 22 15 7 0 [8]
12 Bep Guidolin 1973–1974 104 72 23 9 .736 21 11 10 0 [20]
13 Don Cherry 1974–1979 400 231 105 64 .658 55 31 24 0 1976 Jack Adams Award Winner [21]
14 Fred Creighton 1979–1980 73 40 20 13 .637 — — — — [22]
— Harry Sinden*† 1979–1980 7 6 1 0 .857 10 4 6 0 [9]
15 Gerry Cheevers*† 1980–1984 376 204 126 46 .604 34 15 9 0 [23]
— Harry Sinden*† 1984–1985 24 11 10 3 .521 5 2 3 0 [9]
16 Butch Goring 1985–1986 93 42 38 13 .522 3 0 3 0 [24]
17 Terry O'Reilly† 1986–1989 227 115 86 26 .564 37 17 19 1 [25]
18 Mike Milbury* 1989–1991 160 90 49 21 .628 40 23 17 0 [26]
19 Rick Bowness 1991–1992 80 36 32 12 .525 15 8 7 0 [27]
20 Brian Sutter 1992–1995 216 120 73 23 .609 22 7 15 0 [28]
21 Steve Kasper† 1995–1996 164 66 78 20 .463 5 1 4 0 [29]
22 Pat Burns 1997–2000 254 105 103 46 .504 18 8 10 0 1998 Jack Adams Award Winner [30]
23 Mike Keenan 2000–2001 74 33 34 7 .547 — — — — [31]
24 Robbie Ftorek 2001–2003 155 76 65 14 .577 6 2 4 0 [32]
25 Mike O'Connell† 2002–2003 9 3 3 3 .500 5 1 4 0 [33]
26 Mike Sullivan† 2003–2006 164 70 79 15 .543 7 3 4 0 [7]
27 Dave Lewis 2006–2007 82 35 41 6 .463 — — — — [34]
28 Claude Julien 2007–present 82 41 29 0 — — — — — [12]

See also

Notes

  • A A running total of the number of coaches of the Bruins. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "Art Ross". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. ^ "List of honored Builders". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  4. ^ "List of honored Officials". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  5. ^ "List of honored Players". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  6. ^ "List of honored Players by Position". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  7. ^ a b "Mike Sullavin". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  8. ^ a b "Tom Johnson". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  9. ^ a b c d "Harry Sinden". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  10. ^ a b "Phil Watson". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  11. ^ "Dave Lewis ousted as Bruins coach". CBC Sports. cbc.ca. Retrieved 2008-06-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  12. ^ a b "Claude Julien". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  13. ^ "Cy Denney". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  14. ^ "Frank Patrick". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  15. ^ "Cooney Weiland". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  16. ^ "Dit Clapper". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  17. ^ "Georges Boucher". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  18. ^ "Lynn Patrick". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  19. ^ a b "Milt Schmidt". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  20. ^ "Bep Guidolin". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  21. ^ "Don Cherry". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  22. ^ "Fred Creighton". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  23. ^ "Gerry Cheevers". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  24. ^ "Butch Goring". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  25. ^ "Terry O'Reilly". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  26. ^ "Mike Milbury". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  27. ^ "Rick Bowness". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  28. ^ "Brian Sutter". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  29. ^ "Steve Kasper". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  30. ^ "Pat Burns". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  31. ^ "Mike Keenan". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  32. ^ "Robbie Ftorek". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  33. ^ "Mike O'Connell". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  34. ^ "Dave Lewis". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
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