List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches

Rick Tocchet was the head coach of the Canucks from 2023 to 2025.

The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canucks are a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The Canucks currently play home games at Rogers Arena. The Canucks joined the NHL in 1970 as an expansion team, along with the Buffalo Sabres.[2] They have advanced to the Stanley Cup finals three times but were defeated by the New York Islanders in 1982, the New York Rangers in 1994, and the Boston Bruins in 2011.[3] The Canucks are owned by Francesco Aquilini, and Patrik Allvin is their general manager, and Adam Foote is their head coach.[4][5]

There have been 22 head coaches for the Canucks. The franchise's first head coach was Hal Laycoe, who coached the Canucks for two seasons. Alain Vigneault coached the most games of any Canucks head coach with 540 games and has the most points all-time with the Canucks with 683 points, he also has the most points in a season of any Canucks coach, with 117 in the 2010–11 season. He is followed by Marc Crawford, who has 586 points all-time with the Canucks Roger Neilson is the only Hockey Hall of Fame inductee to coach the Canucks. Pat Quinn, Vigneault and Rick Tocchet are the three Canucks head coaches to win a Jack Adams Award with the team. Bill LaForge, who coached the start of the 1984–85 season, has the fewest points with the Canucks (10). Harry Neale served the most terms as head coach of the Canucks with three while Pat Quinn served two.

Key

# Number of coaches[a]
GC Games coached
W Wins = 2 points
L Losses = 0 points
T Ties = 1 point
OT Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point [b]
PTS Points
* Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Canucks

Coaches

Pat Quinn was the head coach of the Canucks for five seasons.
Marc Crawford was the head coach of the Canucks from 1999 to 2006.

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2024–25 season.

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L T OTL PTS GC W L
1 Hal Laycoe 1970–1972 156 44 96 16 — 104 — — — [6]
2 Vic Stasiuk 1972–1973 78 22 47 9 — 53 — — — [7]
3 Bill McCreary 1973–1974 41 9 25 7 — 25 — — — [8]
4 Phil Maloney* 1974–1977 232 95 105 32 — 222 7 1 6 [9]
5 Orland Kurtenbach* 1977–1978 125 36 62 27 — 99 — — — [10]
6 Harry Neale 1978–1982 315 106 144 65 — 177 10 2 8 [11]
7 Roger Neilson 1982–1984 133 51 61 21 — 123 21 12 9 [12]
— Harry Neale 1984 32 15 13 4 — 34 4 1 3 [11]
8 Bill LaForge* 1984 20 4 14 2 — 10 — — — [13]
— Harry Neale 1984–1985 60 21 32 7 — 49 — — — [11]
9 Tom Watt 1985–1987 160 52 87 21 — 125 3 0 3 [14]
10 Bob McCammon 1987–1991 294 102 156 36 — 240 7 3 4 [15]
11 Pat Quinn 1991–1994 274 138 108 28 — 304 55 29 26 Jack Adams Award (1992) [16]
12 Rick Ley 1994–1996 124 47 50 27 — 121 11 4 7 [17]
— Pat Quinn 1996 6 3 3 0 — 6 6 2 4 [16]
13 Tom Renney 1996–1997 101 39 53 9 — 87 — — — [18]
14 Mike Keenan 1997–1999 108 36 54 18 — 90 — — — [19]
15 Marc Crawford 1999–2006 529 246 189 62 32 586 27 12 15 [20]
16 Alain Vigneault 2006–2013 540 313 170 — 57 683 68 33 35 Jack Adams Award (2007) [21]
17 John Tortorella[c] 2013–2014 82 36 35 — 11 83 — — — [22]
18 Willie Desjardins 2014–2017 246 109 110 — 27 245 6 2 4 [23]
19 Travis Green 2017–2021 314 133 147 — 34 300 17 10 7 [24]
20 Bruce Boudreau 2021–2023 103 50 40 — 13 113 — — — [25]
21 Rick Tocchet 2023–2025 200 108 65 — 27 243 13 7 6 Jack Adams Award (2024) [26]
22 Adam Foote 2025–present —

Notes

  • a A running total of the number of coaches of the Canucks. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • b Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.[27]
  • c Mike Sullivan acted as interim head coach of the Canucks for six games during their 2013–14 season, while Tortorella was serving a suspension.

References

General
  • "Vancouver Canucks Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  • "Vancouver Canucks: All-Time Records" (PDF). The Vancouver Canucks Limited Partnership and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
Specific
  1. ^ "Standings". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  2. ^ "NHL Expansion & Relocation Since 1967". AndrewsStarsPage.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  3. ^ "Stanley Cup Champions and Finalists". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  4. ^ "Front Office". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  5. ^ "Roster". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  6. ^ "Hal Laycoe Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  7. ^ "Vic Stasiuk Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  8. ^ "Bill McCreary Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  9. ^ "Phil Maloney Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  10. ^ "Orland Kurtenbach Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  11. ^ a b c "Harry Neale Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  12. ^ "Roger Neilson Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  13. ^ "Bill LaForge Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  14. ^ "Tom Watt Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  15. ^ "Bob McCammon Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  16. ^ a b "Pat Quinn Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  17. ^ "Rick Ley Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  18. ^ "Tom Renney Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  19. ^ "Mike Keenan Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  20. ^ "Marc Crawford Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  21. ^ "Alain Vigneault Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  22. ^ "John Tortorella Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
  23. ^ "Willie Desjardins Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  24. ^ "Travis Green Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  25. ^ "Bruce Boudreau Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  26. ^ "Rick Tocchet Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  27. ^ "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-12-05.

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