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Top 20 Winningest Coaches in NHL History
Scotty Bowman Has Done This 9 Different Times (globalspeakers.com)
Scotty Bowman is light years ahead of every other NHL coach in terms of number of regular season wins. He’s nearly 500 wins ahead of Al Arbour, who steered the New York Islanders to four straight Stanley Cups in the early ’80′s.
Bowman has nine Cups in his trophy case: five with the Canadiens, one with the Penguins and three with the Red Wings.
Here are the top 20 coaches with the most wins in NHL history. Active coaches are moving up the charts. They are denoted by the “+” sign.
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| 1. | Scotty Bowman | 1,244 | Blues (110), Canadiens (419), Sabres (210), Penguins (95), Red Wings (410) |
| 2. | Al Arbour | 782 | Blues (42), Islanders (740) |
| 3. | Dick Irvin, Sr. | 692 | Black Hawks (45), Maple Leafs (216), Canadiens (431) |
| 4. | Pat Quinn | 684 | Flyers (141), Kings (75), Canucks (141), Maple Leafs (300), Oilers (27) |
| 5. | Mike Keenan | 672 | Flyers (190), Blackhawks (153), Rangers (52), Blues (75), Canucks (36), Bruins (33), Panthers (45), Flames (88) |
| 6. | Ron Wilson | 639+ | Mighty Ducks (120), Capitals (192), Sharks (206), Maple Leafs (121) |
| 7. | Bryan Murray | 620 | Capitals (343), Red Wings (124), Panthers (17), Mighty Ducks (29), Senators (107) |
| 8. | Jacques Lemaire | 617 | Canadiens (48), Devils (276), Wild (293) |
| 9. | Jacques Martin | 613+ | Blues (66), Senators (341), Panthers (110), Canadiens (96) |
| 10. | Joel Quenneville | 603+ | Blues (307), Avalanche (131), Blackhawks (165) |
| 11. | Ken Hitchcock | 550+ | Stars (277), Flyers (131), Blue Jackets (125), Blues (17) |
| 12. | Marc Crawford | 549 | Nordiques (30), Avalanche (135), Canucks (246), Kings (59), Stars (79) |
| 13. | Lindy Ruff | 544+ | Sabres |
| 14. | Billy Reay | 542 | Maple Leafs (26), Black Hawks (516) |
| 15. | Pat Burns | 501 | Canadiens (174), Maple Leafs (133), Bruins (105), Devils (89) |
| 16. | Toe Blake | 500 | Canadiens |
| 17. | Terry Murray | 499+ | Capitals (163), Flyers (118), Panthers (79), Kings (139) |
| 18. | Glen Sather | 497 | Oilers (464), Islanders (33) |
| 19. | Barry Trotz | 476+ | Predators |
| 20. | Roger Neilson | 460 | Maple Leafs (75), Sabres (39), Canucks (51), Kings (8), Rangers (141), Panthers (53), Flyers (92), Senators (1) |
