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List of Johnstown Chiefs head coaches

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The Johnstown Chiefs were an American professional ice hockey team based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They played in the East Coast Hockey League (eventually shortened to ECHL). The franchise was originally established in January 1988 as a member of the All-American Hockey League. In June 1988, the franchise would become one of the five new franchises of the ECHL. Since their foundation in 1988, the Chiefs have played their home games at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena. The Chiefs were last owned by former New York Rangers general manager Neil Smith. Although the Chiefs franchise was moved to Greenville, the name, records, logos and all names identifying the Johnstown history have been retained by a non-profit organization.

Coaching History

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There have been 10 head coaches for the Chiefs franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Joe Selenski, who held the position while the team was a member of the AAHL. Former NHL player Steve Carlson - also famous for his role in the movie Slap Shot (movie) as one of the Hanson brothers - was the only coach who took the Chiefs to the then-Riley Cup Finals, losing four games to three to the Carolina Thunderbirds. Ed Johnstone coached the Chiefs to three consecutive thirty-win seasons, but only advanced past the first round of the playoffs once. Former NHL enforcer Nick Fotiu coached the Chiefs from 1995 to 1997, managing 47 wins in his first two seasons. He started the 1997-98 ECHL season with six wins in his first thirty games, and eventually was replaced by assistant coach Scott Allen. Allen experienced the longest and most successful runs of all the previous Chiefs coaches, having coached the team for 324 regular season games, and taking the team to the second round of the playoffs three of his four full seasons as head coach. Former Chiefs goaltender Toby O'Brien would assume the role of coach in 2003. Despite missing the postseason two of his three years, O'Brien would also lead the Chiefs to the best record in their 22-year history, going 45-20-7. During the final five years, the Chiefs would go through three more coaches (Frank Anzalone, Ian Herbers, and Jeff Flanagan) before owner Neil Smith stepped down to the bench for the final thirty seven games in Chiefs history.

Key

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# Number of coaches
Term Years spent as coach
Games Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
OTL Overtime/shootout losses
Win% Winning percentage
PG Playoff games coached
PW Playoff wins
PL Playoff losses
PWin% Playoff winning percentage
Coached in the ECHL All-Star game

Coaches

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# Name[b] Term[c] Games W L T OTL Win% PG PW PL PWin% Achievements Ref
1 Joe Selenski 19871988 26 13 13 0 .500 coached Chiefs during only season in AAHL [1]
2 Steve Carlson 19881992 149 123 106 20 .535 14 14 13 .519 [2]
3 Ed Johnstone 19921995 200 102 82 16 .550 14 3 5 .375 [3]
4 Nick Fotiu 19951997 170 51 97 22 .364 Fired 12-26-97[4] [5]
5 Scott Allen 19972002 324 144 150 33 .495 12 7 12 .368 [6]
6 Toby O'Brien 20022005 216 95 89 32 .514 1 0 1 .000 [7]
7 Frank Anzalone 2005-2007 144 63 59 22 .514 7 2 5 .285 [8]
8 Ian Herbers 20072009 144 73 60 11 .545 6 2 4 .333 [9]
9 Jeff Flanagan 2009-2010 35 9 19 7 .357 [10]
10 Neil smith 2009-2010 37 9 24 0 .297 [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Joe Selenski Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. ^ "Steve Carlson Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  3. ^ "Ed Johnstone Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  4. ^ "Former Chiefs Coach Lands Job with Islanders". Mike Mastovich. Tribune-Democrat.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  5. ^ "Nick Fotiu Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  6. ^ "Scott Allen Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  7. ^ "Toby O'Brien Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  8. ^ "Frank Anzalone Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  9. ^ "Ian Herbers Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  10. ^ "Jeff Flanagan Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  11. ^ "Neil Smith Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.