List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches since 1970:
1. Hal Laycoe (1970-1972)
2. Vic Stasiuk (1972-73)
3. Bill McCreary (1973-74)
4. Phil Maloney (1974-1977)
5. Orland Kurtenbach (1977-78)
6. Harry Neale (1978-1982, 1984, 1984-85)
7. Roger Neilson (1982-1984)
8. Bill LaForge (1984)
9. Tom Watt (1985-1987)
10. Bob McCammon (1987-1991)
11. Pat Quinn (1991-1994, 1996)
12. Rick Ley (1995-96)
13. Tom Renney (1996-97)
14. Mike Keenan (1997-1999)
15. Marc Crawford (1999-2006)
16. Alain Vigneault (2006-2013)
17. John Tortorella (2013-14)
18. Willie Desjardins (2014-2017)
19. Travis Green (2017-2021)
20. Bruce Boudreau (2021-2023)
21. Rick Tocchet (2023-present)
by Human-Skin-7804
10 Comments
1997-1999 never happened
Why would you put Kennan there…
‘82-‘85 is crazy. From Neale’s Wikipedia article:
> Hired by the Vancouver Canucks in 1978, Neale coached the Canucks for almost four seasons. Late in the 1981–82 season, Neale was involved in an altercation with fans during a game in Quebec City against the Nordiques and was suspended for ten games. Assistant coach Roger Neilson was promoted to interim coach during the suspension. When the Canucks went unbeaten in the next 10 games, he was given the job full-time as the team advanced to the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals. At season’s end, Neale was promoted to general manager (an arrangement made prior to the suspension).
> Neale returned to the Canucks bench in January 1984 after firing Neilson and again in November 1984 after firing Bill LaForge twenty games into the season. The Canucks fired Neale from his posts as vice president, general manager, and head coach in April 1985
Mike Keenan can suck an egg 🥚
Good God, Bill LaForge.
Paul Stastny one of the all time great coaches of this organization
They’re all cool, besides Mike Keenan, fuck Mike Keenan
That’s quite the picture of torts lol
I always kind of thought of us as having reasonable stable coaching but 21 coaches in 54 years ain’t great.
Fuck Keenan !