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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 its 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

# 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

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Art Ross, the first coach of the Bruins, led them to a Stanley Cup championship.
Frank Patrick led his team into the playoffs in every season of his Bruins coaching career.
Dave Lewis coached the Bruins during the 2006–07 season.
# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Championships/Awards won Reference
GC W L T W–L % GC W L T
1 Art Ross* 1924–28 154 64 72 18 .474 — — — — [2]
2 Cy Denneny* 1928–29 44 26 13 5 .648 5 5 0 0 1 Stanley Cup Championship (1929) [13]
— Art Ross* 1929–34 232 124 76 32 .603 6 2 4 0 [2]
3 Frank Patrick *† 1934–36 96 48 36 12 .563 6 2 4 0 [14]
— Art Ross* 1936–39 144 89 39 16 .674 18 9 9 0 1 Stanley Cup Championship (1939) [2]
4 Cooney Weiland† 1939–41 96 58 20 18 .698 17 10 7 0 [15]
— Art Ross* 1941–45 198 84 90 24 .485 21 9 12 0 [2]
5 Dit Clapper† 1945–49 230 102 88 40 .530 25 8 17 0 [16]
6 Georges Boucher 1949–50 70 22 32 16 .429 — — — — [17]
7 Lynn Patrick* 1950–55 310 117 130 63 .479 40 16 23 1 [18]
8 Milt Schmidt* 1954–61 460 172 203 75 .455 34 15 19 0 [19]
9 Phil Watson 1961–62 84 16 55 13 .268 — — — — [10]
— Milt Schmidt* 1962–66 266 73 157 46 .361 — — — — [19]
10 Harry Sinden*† 1966–70 296 136 105 55 .552 28 18 10 0 1 Stanley Cup Championship (1970) [9]
11 Tom Johnson*† 1970–73 208 142 43 23 .738 22 15 7 0 1 Stanley Cup Championship (1972) [8]
12 Bep Guidolin 1972–74 104 72 23 9 .736 21 11 10 0 [20]
13 Don Cherry 1974–79 400 231 105 64 .658 55 31 24 0 1976 Jack Adams Award Winner [21]
14 Fred Creighton 1979–80 73 40 20 13 .637 — — — — [22]
— Harry Sinden*† 1979–80 7 6 1 0 .857 10 4 6 0 [9]
15 Gerry Cheevers*† 1980–85 376 204 126 46 .604 34 15 9 0 [23]
— Harry Sinden*† 1984–85 24 11 10 3 .521 5 2 3 0 [9]
16 Butch Goring 1985–87 93 42 38 13 .522 3 0 3 0 [24]
17 Terry O'Reilly† 1986–89 227 115 86 26 .564 37 17 19 1 [25]
18 Mike Milbury* 1989–91 160 90 49 21 .628 40 23 17 0 [26]
19 Rick Bowness 1991–92 80 36 32 12 .525 15 8 7 0 [27]
20 Brian Sutter 1992–95 216 120 73 23 .609 22 7 15 0 [28]
21 Steve Kasper† 1995–97 164 66 78 20 .463 5 1 4 0 [29]
22 Pat Burns 1997–00 254 105 103 46 .504 18 8 10 0 1998 Jack Adams Award Winner [30]
23 Mike Keenan 2000–01 74 33 34 7 .547 — — — — [31]
24 Robbie Ftorek 2001–03 155 76 65 14 .577 6 2 4 0 [32]
25 Mike O'Connell† 2001–03 9 3 3 3 .500 5 1 4 0 [33]
26 Mike Sullivan† 2004–06 164 70 79 15 .543 7 3 4 0 [7]
27 Dave Lewis 2006–07 82 35 41 6 .463 — — — — [34]
28 Claude Julien 2007–present 82 41 29 12 — — — — — [12]

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

General

  • "Boston Bruins Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  • "Boston Bruins - History". NHL.com. Retrieved 2008-06-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Specific

  1. ^ a b c "Boston Bruins - History". NHL.com. Retrieved 2008-06-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  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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