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Ron Wilson; Coach
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-As a coach, Wilson is well-known for integrating technology into his coaching plans. During his stint with the Washington Capitals, he and assistant coach's introduced personal computers into the team's strategy planning and burned DVDs of Capitals games for the team to review. In his stint with the San Jose Sharks, Wilson introduced a tablet PC to be used in the team bench by himself or his assistants to instantly plan out strategies and review plays-Wilson was named the coach of the U.S. national team at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, where he led the Americans to the tournament championship-He is the 11th coach in the history of the NHL to reach 500 victories. Wilson is 8th on the all-time list of the number of games coached, and is ranked third amongst the active coaching list-Wilson was given the role of assistant coach for the NHL All-Star Game for the Western Conference team as the coach of the SJ Sharks for the 2007-08 NHL season.
-WikipediaG 1101 W 522 L 430 T 101 OTL 50
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-Wilson has proven time and time again that he is one of the best Coaches in the league. He can take an average team and show them how to dominate the other team.Ron knows just how to get the most potential out of all his players be them 1st liners or fringe 4th liners veterans and rookies alike. He gets his point across and does it in an educational way. He only makes his teams better and his systems work. Wilson is firm in what he says and stands behind it .He rewards his players who are doing well and the ones that aren't, he makes them realize they're not playing up to his standards.
leafs guru paul
-14 Seasons Coaching-Era: Mid 1990's -Present-8th all time in coaching wins 522-2nd in active wins with 522-4th in active playoff games coached with 95-4th in active playoff wins with 47-500 Winning % Seasons-9-40 Win Seasons+ -7-50 Win Seasons+ -1-100 Point Seasons+-4-1st Place Seasons- 4-Stanley Cup Final Appearances -1

Ron Wilson has been named as the 36th Head Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs . The new 4 yr deal is rumored to add up to 6.5 million.

1993-94 Ana Mighty Ducks NHL Head Coach
84 33 46 5 0 0.423 Out of Playoffs1994-95
Anaheim Mighty D NHL Head Coach 48 16 27 5 0 0.385 Out of Playoffs
1995-96 Anaheim M Ducks NHL Head Coach 82 35 39 8 0 0.476 Out of Playoffs
1996-97 Ana Mighty Ducks NHL Head Coach 82 36 33 13 0 0.518 Lost in round 2
1997-98 Washington Capitals NHL Head Coach 82 40 30 12 0 0.561 Lost in Finals1
998-99 Washington Capitals NHL Head Coach 82 31 45 6 0 0.415 Out of Playoffs
1999-00 Washington Capitals NHL Head Coach 82 44 24 12 2 0.622 Lost in rd 1
2000-01 Washington Capitals NHL Head Coach 82 41 27 10 4 0.585 Lost in rnd 1
2001-02 Washington Capitals Head Coach 82 36 33 11 2 0.518 Out of Playoffs
2002-03 San Jose Sharks NHL Head Coach 57 19 25 7 6 (73) Out of Playoffs
2003-04 San Jose Sharks NHL Head Coach 82 43 21 12 6 0.634 Lost in round 3
2005-06 San Jose Sharks NHL Head Coach 82 44 27 0 11 0.604 Lost in round 2 2006-07 San Jose Sharks NHL Head Coach 82 51 26 0 5 0.652 Lost in round 2
2007-08 San Jose Sharks NHL Head Coach 82 49 23 10 108 Lost in rnd 2
2008-09-Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach

518-446-127 over his 1,091 games
His career win totals rank third among active coaches, behind Bryan Murray and Mike Keenan.

He enjoyed a career season in 1997-98 as head coach of the U.S. National Team at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, and also led the Capitals to the Stanley Cup Final against the Detroit Red Wings. In 1996, he coached the U.S. to victory at the inaugural World Cup of Hockey.

Toronto Arenas
1 Dick Carroll 1917-1919 40 18 22 3 .450
Toronto St. Patricks
2 Frank Heffernan 1919-1920 12 5 7 0 .417
3 Harvey Sproule 1919-1920 12 7 5 0 .583
4 Frank Carroll 1920-1921 24 15 9 0 .625
5 George O'Donoghue 1921-22 to 1922-23 29 15 13 1 .534
6 Charles Querrie 1923-24 43 21 21 1 .500
7 Eddie Powers 1923-1926 66 31 32 3 .492
— Charles Querrie 1926-1927 29 8 17 4 .345
Toronto Maple Leafs
8 Mike Rodden 1927 2 0 2 0 .000
9 Alex Romeril 1927 13 7 5 1 .577
10 Conn Smythe 1927-1931 134 57 57 20 .500
11 Art Duncan 1931-1932 47 21 16 10 .553
12 Dick Irvin 1932-1940 427 216 152 59 .576
13 Hap Day 1940-1950 546 259 206 81 .462
14 Joe Primeau 1951-1953 210 97 71 42 .562
15 King Clancy 1953-1956 210 81 81 49 .498
16 Howie Meeker 1956-1957 70 21 34 15 .407
17 Billy Reay 1957-1959 90 26 50 14 .367
18 Punch Imlach 1959-1967 590 284 208 98 .564
— King Clancy (interim) 1966 10 5 5 0 .500
— Punch Imlach 1966-1969 160 74 61 25 .541
19 John McLellan 1969-1972 216 90 94 32 .491
— King Clancy (interim) 1972 11 6 2 3 .628
— John Mclellan 1972 1 0 1 0 .000
— King Clancy (interim) 1972 4 3 1 0 .750
— John Mclellan 1972-1973 78 27 41 10 .410
20 Red Kelly 1973-1977 318 133 123 62 .516
21 Roger Neilson 1977-1979 160 75 62 23 .541
22 Floyd Smith 1979-1980 68 30 33 5 .477
23 Dick Duff 1980 2 0 2 0 .000
— Punch Imlach 1980 10 5 5 0 .500
24 Joe Crozier 1980-1981 40 13 22 5 .388
25 Mike Nykoluk 1981-1984 280 89 144 47 .402
26 Dan Maloney 1985-1986 160 45 100 15 .328
27 John Brophy 1986-1988 193 64 111 18 .378
28 George Armstrong 1988-1989 47 17 26 4 .404
29 Doug Carpenter 1989-1991 91 39 47 5 .456
30 Tom Watt 1991-1992 149 52 80 17 .406
31 Pat Burns 1992-1956 281 133 107 41 .546
32 Nick Beverley 1996 17 9 6 2 .588
33 Mike Murphy 1996-1998 164 60 87 17 .418
34 Pat Quinn 1998-2006 574 300 196 78 .591
35 Paul Maurice 2006-2008 164 76 66 22 .506 ?
36 Ron Wilson 2008-Present14 5 5 - 4 14 .500

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TSN,Legends of Hockey, Wikipedia, Internet Hockey Database
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Leaf Lander said...

Pat Quinn

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As head coach of the Flyers he lead them too two successful seasons in first and second place in the Campbell Conference. The Flyers recorded an NHL record 35 game winning streak under Quinn, who went on to sign a five-year contract with the team in 1981. But to the amazement of most Flyers fans, he was fired in just the second year of the deal. Quinn responded by enrolling in law school, continuing to draw his Flyers paycheck and keeping abreast of NHL activity by watching games on TV.

Quinns style of coaching emphasising offense, speed, puck-movement, and puck possession.

In 79-80 Pat coached the Flyers to the longest winning streak in professional sports 25 Wins - 10 Ties - 0 Losses.

After being let go from the Flyers, Quinn wasn't finished with controversy in the coaching department. In 1987, back in the coaching game with the Los Angeles Kings, Quinn was suspended from the NHL for several months because he had accepted a $100,000 signing bonus to become president and general manager of the Vancouver Canucks while still under contract with L.A. The Canucks were also fined by league president John Ziegler for paying Quinn the bonus, as were the Kings for not reporting the deal promptly.

Nevertheless, Quinn coached 11 seasons in Vancouver, leading the team to a narrow loss to the New York Rangers in a seven-game Stanley Cup finals in 1994 before coming back to the Maple Leafs for the 1998-99 season. He quickly made his presence felt, telling fans and reporters he had definite plans for his new team, one that had been a little flat in the goal-scoring department in past years.

Vancouver was playing that "free-flowing" hockey out West and everyone marvelled at how it contrasted with the trap-happy hockey being played in the East? As Marc Crawford once said, "That's just Pat Quinn hockey".

Quinn certainly became a big hit in his early days with the team he once played with, leading them to their first playoff appearance since 1996 and their third trip to the conference finals in the 1990s. Quinn also led the team to a club-record 45 wins. He finished the season as runner-up for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year and during the off-season was named general manager of the Leafs as well. A short time later, he was named coach of Canada's Olympic entry for Salt Lake City in 2002. He was named coach of Team Canada for the 2006 Turin Olympics

05-06 was the 7th season where the leafs were coached by Pat. The vultures had started to circle as Pat and the Leafs finally looked like they may be ready to retire as a non contending team. The Leafs of 05-06 were hand cuffed by bad Free Agent acqusitions and MSLE politics. Luckily after Allison Kahanov and Belfour went on the Injured reserve list something happened to the new leafs team.They started to win after speedy youngsters were given more playing time. Under Pats toutiledge the leafs surged at the end of the season getting 20 of a possible 22 points going down the stretch but missed the playoffs.

On black thursday Apr 20th 2006 Pat was relieved of his coaching duties.

Here is Pats record with Toronto. It is worth noting prior to the 05-06 campaign Quinn hadn't coached a non-playoff entry since 1987 when he was behind the Los Angeles Kings' bench.

1998-99 Toronto 82 45 30 7 .591 17 9 8 .529
1999-00 Toronto 82 45 30 7(3) .591 12 6 6 .500
2000-01 Toronto 82 37 29 11 5 90 .518 Lost Conference Semi-Final 11 7-4
2001-02 Toronto 82 43 25 10 4 100 .585 Lost Conference Final 20- 10-10
2002-03 Toronto 82 44 28 7 3 98 .579 Lost first rnd 7- 3-4
2003-04 Toronto 82 45 24 10 3 103 .610 Lost 2nd rnd 13 -6 -7
2004-05 NHL Owners locked out the union -no season
2005-06 Toronto 82 41 33 8 90 Missed the Playoffs

Toronto 574 300 199 52 8

NHL TOTALS Games 1316 Wins -657 Losses-484 Ties 154 OT21

Playoff Totals Games 183 Wins 94 Losses 79

-1980 Jack Adams Award – Coach of the year (Philadelphia Flyers)
-1992 Jack Adams Award – Coach of the year (Vancouver Canucks)
-2002 Team Canada Olympic Winter Gold
-2004 Team Canada World Cup Title
-2008 Team Canada IIHF World U18 Championship Title
-2008 was named the head coach of the Canadian Junior National team.
-1994 Coached Vancouver to the Finals vs a stacked NY Rangers squad.
-1980 Quinn led the Flyers to a record breaking 35-game unbeaten streak
-1980 Quin coached the Flyers to the Finals vs the NY Islanders dynasty team
-Era-Late 70's mid 2000
-Seasons Coaching -19
-40 win seasons-12
-90 point seasons-11
-100 point seasons-5
-1st place teams-5
-2nd all time games in TML Franchise history-574
-2nd all time wins in Leafs Franchise history-300
-Highest winning % for the Maple Leafs -591%

February 22, 2009 at 2:37 AM
Leaf Lander said...

Paul Maurice (born ca. 1967 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a professional hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.


Paul MauriceIn 1985, Paul played defence for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. He was struck in the eye by a puck, which had ricocheted off his stick, during a charity hockey game in which he was participating. He still has a blind spot and suffers fuzziness on the right side of his field of vision. When goalie Pat Jablonski was sent down by the St. Louis Blues, the Windsor Spitfires were therefore in excess number of players. At this point he was given the option by team owner Peter Karmanos to be traded or step behind the bench. He thus began his coaching career with the Detroit Jr. Red Wings (a team Karmanos operated) of the OHL from 1993 to 1995, leading the team to the J. Ross Robertson Cup and a second place finish in Memorial Cup in 1995.

He was then hired to coach the Hartford Whalers (later the Carolina Hurricanes) of the NHL in 1995, at the remarkably young age of 28. Throughout much of his tenure, he was the youngest active coach in the NHL. The high point of his NHL career came in the 2001-02 NHL season, when the Hurricanes reached the Stanley Cup finals, losing to the Detroit Red Wings. After coaching 604 regular season games he was fired by the Hurricanes in 2003, after the team started the first 20 games 8-12.

On June 24, 2005 he was hired to coach the Toronto Marlies, after the team had relocated from St. John's, Newfoundland. In the 2005-06 season, the Marlies qualified for fourth playoff spot in their division. They were subsequently eliminated by the Grand Rapids Griffins in the first round.

On May 12, 2006, The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Paul Maurice as the head coach of the team starting in the 2006-07 NHL season, replacing former head coach Pat Quinn, who was fired on April 20, 2006.



After 2 straight seasons out of the playoffs Maurice was released of his duties as Head Coach by Leafs interm GM Cliff Fletcher on May 7 2008.

The main reasons for the firing to give Paul a chance to find new employment.The leafs are in a transitional period and a new GM will most lilley wnat to hirehis own coach. Also the Leafs have now missed the playoffs for the third year in a row, something that hasn’t happened since 1928.

He incorporates many ideas into his gameplay such as heart monitors on the benches. He favours short (30 second) shifts over longer ones.
Maurice's 2-man forecheck system, a key to Offensive Success..
Has anybody not been impressed with Maurice's 2 man forecheck system ? When's the last time we played the sens for 2 straight games totalling 74 shots with relenteless offensive pressure ? Usually it's the other way around.. Even in the playoffs when we had a goalie to bail us out from total defensive self-destruction..

We did not see this under Quinn.. We have a coach now who follows trends around the league and implements a system that best helps the team succeed. Which is very refreshing for a change ..

The leafs have good defensive centers (Sundin, Peca etc) to allow the wingers to ATTACK the offensive zone with abandon.. When's the last time the leafs forwards have caused so many turnovers in the offensive side of the ice ? The Sens were turning the puck over left, right and center. And it was because of the 2 man forecheck system Maurice has instilled in this team..

Couple the two-man forecheck with a much stronger defense, and mobile defensemen who can retrieve and control the puck well after picking up the turnovers caused by the forwards, and the leafs will be a much tougher team to play against.. So far, I am liking what I am seeing from the coaching staff on down to the waterboy ...

It was also a delight to see a leaf head coach instructing his players and communicating with his troops during a game when situations on the ice changed (such as a penalty or a game changing momentum play) .. Unlike before when we had a coach do Nothing when the momentum was changing in a game but chew gum and look at the camera befuddled.

It is refreshing to say the least .. Let's see if this development and strategy stays effective.. Which I think it will because the players are definitely buying into this new system we are seeing.. It is a much MUCH more entertaining product on the ice out there compared to what we witnessed last season..

what I love about this new strategy (and system) is it makes the leafs very hard to play against.. Opposing defenseman have to be VERY alert because they have 2 forecheckers barreling down on them all game long..

That's not easy..

It will be harder for teams to just stroll their way into our zone like they used to do consistently.. They have to think about how to get the puck out of their own end first !

we have the right kind of team to have an effective 2-man forecheck.. The make-up of the team is perfect for it.

#1. We have good defensive centers to cover defensively for the rushing wingers.. Sundin, Peca, Stajan, even Pohl is terrific defensively.

#2. We have good mobile defensemen with good puck handling skills to retrieve and control the pucks caused by the wingers creating the turnovers..

Maurice is definitely onto something here..


Coaching Record
Season Team Lge Type GP W L T OTL Pct Result
1993-94 Detroit Jr. Red Wings OHL Head Coach 66 42 20 4 0 0.667
1994-95 Detroit Jr. Red Wings OHL Head Coach 66 44 18 4 0 0.697
1995-96 Hartford Whalers NHL Assistant Coach
1996-97 Hartford Whalers NHL Head Coach 82 32 39 11 0 0.457 Out of Playoffs
1997-98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL Head Coach 82 33 41 8 0 0.451 Out of Playoffs
1998-99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL Head Coach 82 34 30 18 0 0.524 Lost in round 1
1999-00 Carolina Hurricanes NHL Head Coach 82 37 35 10 0 0.512 Out of Playoffs
2000-01 Carolina Hurricanes NHL Head Coach 82 38 32 9 3 0.537 Lost in round 1
2001-02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL Head Coach 82 35 26 16 5 0.555 Lost in Finals
2002-03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL Head Coach 82 22 43 11 6 0.372 Out of Playoffs
2003-04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL Head Coach† 30 8 12 8 2 0.433
2005-06 Toronto Marlies AHL Head Coach 80 41 29 0 10 0.575 Lost in round 1
2006-07 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Head Coach 82 40 31 0 11 0.555 Out of Playoffs
2007-08 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL Head Coach 82 36 35 7 4 83 . 501Out of Playoffs

February 22, 2009 at 2:39 AM

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