For the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois see Pat Quinn (politician)

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Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Nickname(s)	The Big Irishman
Height Weight	ft  in ( m) 215 lb (98 kg)
Pro Clubs	Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Canucks Atlanta Flames
Nationality	Canada
Born	January 29 1943 (1943--) (age 64), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Pro Career	1963 – 1977

John Brian Patrick "Pat" Quinn (born January 29, 1943, in Hamilton, Ontario),^[1] is a former head coach in the National Hockey League, most recently with the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1998 and 2006. He is also a retired NHL defenceman. He has won the junior league's Memorial Cup as both a player and an owner.^[2]

Playing career

J.B. Patrick Quinn was a member of the 1963 Memorial Cup champion Edmonton Oil Kings, where he was a teammate of fellow future NHL player, coach, and manager Glen Sather. After several years in the minor leagues in the EHL, CHL and WHL, he was called up by the Maple Leafs in 1968. During this tenure, he is probably best remembered for an open-ice elbow to the head of Bobby Orr in the 1969 Stanley Cup playoffs against the Boston Bruins which left him unconscious and provoked not only a bench-clearing brawl, but a suspension for Quinn. In 1970, the Vancouver Canucks claimed Quinn in the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft. After two years in Vancouver, he again was left unprotected in the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft, and spent the next five years with the Atlanta Flames (their first in the NHL) before retiring in 1977.

Management

Quinn became an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Flyers in 1977 under Fred Shero, and was named Head Coach of the AHL Maine Mariners (the Flyers farm club) the following season. Quinn returned to the Flyers late that season, however, as Head coach of the NHL club (with McCammon going back to Maine), and during the 1979-80 NHL season (his first full season with the Flyers) Quinn led the team to a record breaking 35-game unbeaten streak that culminated in a trip to the Stanley Cup finals, where they were upset by the New York Islanders in six games. Quinn won the Jack Adams Award for his effort. Quinn stayed with the Flyers two more years, but was replaced late in the season during his fourth year. Quinn briefly left hockey (but remained in the Philadelphia area) at this time to attend law school at Widener University and finished his degree at the University of San Diego while he was also coaching the Los Angeles Kings.

For the 1984-85 season, he was hired by the Los Angeles Kings, and was head coach until 1987. In his first season, he returned them to the playoffs after a two year absence. However, his relationship with superstar Marcel Dionne deteriorated over time. NHL President John Ziegler banned Quinn from coaching the Kings for the rest of the 1986-87 season and coaching the Canucks until 1991. Quinn had signed a contract with Vancouver Canucks, while still under contract with the Kings, maintaining that the Kings had missed a deadline on an option on his contract, which had a clause allowing him to negotiate with other teams. The Kings tried unsuccessfully to sue the Canucks for tampering.[1]

For the 1987-88 season, he moved to the Canucks as general manager. In 1991, with the coaching ban lifted, he took over the head coach position with the Canucks, and in that season, won his second Jack Adams Award as a dramatically improved Canucks succeeded in winning the Smythe division, and they captured the division title again in 1992-93. In 1994, despite a lackluster regular season, Quinn led the Canucks to their first Stanley Cup final in 12 years, out coaching the Maple Leafs' Pat Burns in the conference finals. In the finals, they pushed the first-place New York Rangers to a thrilling seven game series. After this success Quinn gave up his coaching duties to focus on his duties as President and General Manager. In the mid 1990s, the Canucks ownership gradually shifted from the Griffiths family to a new group led by John McCaw. In November 1997, Quinn was shockingly fired by the new ownership, with whom Quinn did not see eye-to-eye.

In that year he moved to Toronto to become head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He assumed the additional duties of general manager a few months later, reportedly because he and Leafs President Ken Dryden did not get along. In his first season as coach the Maple Leafs' record improved dramatically. As a result of Quinn's coaching the Leafs reached the conference finals but lost to the Buffalo Sabres. Pat Quinn was again runner-up for the Jack Adams Award. Under Quinn, the Toronto Maple Leafs had consistently been contenders, but were never able to reach the Stanley Cup finals during his tenure. Quinn's best results were making the Eastern Conference finals in 1999 and 2002.

In the summer of 2003, Quinn relinquished his managerial duties to John Ferguson, Jr. though retaining his position of head coach, while Dryden was shuffled to non-operation role of Vice Chairman and given a seat on MLSE's board of directors.

On April 20, 2006, Quinn was let go along with the Maple Leafs assistant coach and former teammate Rick Ley. Neither were offered another position within the organization. Quinn was dismissed because the Leafs had narrowly failed to reach the playoffs, though others criticized Ferguson's signings, all of which had little impact in the Leaf's late season run to secure a postseason berth. Toronto Marlies coach Paul Maurice was announced as Quinn's successor as coach of the Maple Leafs. Quinn gave his final low-key goodbyes to the Maple Leaf franchise on Thursday, April 27, 2006 in a written statement.[2]

Quinn was the winningest active coach in the NHL and 4th all time with 616 wins and is recognized by the hockey community as one of the top coaches of the NHL. Quinn's NHL coaching record includes 11 first round playoff wins in 16 seasons. An astounding winning percentage of 69%, surpassed only by coaching legend Scotty Bowman, 71%, and ahead of New York Islanders legend Al Arbour, 66%.

Quinn is a part-owner of the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League who won the Memorial Cup in 2007.

He remains the head coach of the Canadian National Hockey Team.

International

At the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, Quinn coached Team Canada to their first Olympic Gold Medal in ice hockey at the Olympic Games since 1952 with a 5-2 victory over the host American team in the gold medal game.

In 2004, Pat Quinn coached Team Canada to victory in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey with a perfect 6-0 record, capping with a 3-2 victory over Finland in the Final. This was prior to the lockout that abolished the 2004-2005 NHL season.

In their quest for Olympic gold, Hockey Canada, the umbrella organization that overseas Canadian Hockey, turned to Quinn to lead Team Canada's effort for a second consecutive Olympic Gold Medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy. Despite top seeding, Canada went 3-2 through the preliminary round, losing to Switzerland and Finland (both by 2-0 shutouts), then lost to Russia (again by a 2-0 score) in the quarter-finals.

In 2006, Pat Quinn resumed his coaching by leading Team Canada to the 2006 Spengler Cup final.

Honours

• 1963 - Memorial Cup - player (Edmonton Oil Kings)
• 1980 - Jack Adams Award – Coach of the year (Philadelphia Flyers)
• 1992 - Jack Adams Award – Coach of the year (Vancouver Canucks)
• 2007 - Memorial Cup - minority owner (Vancouver Giants)

Pat Quinn is a member of the committee that determines who is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

On June 8, 2006, Pat Quinn returned to his hometown in Hamilton, Ontario to accept an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from McMaster University . He addressed the convocation of Social Sciences graduates, saying that "education is a toolbox to make career changes. It is good advice for you to follow your dreams, listen to your heart and obey your passion".

Personal

Quinn is a cousin of former professional wrestler "Big" John Quinn.

Quinn continues to reside in Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife Sandra and daughters Valerie and Kalli.

Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season							Post Season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win %	Result
PHI	1978-79	30	18	8	4	-	40	2nd in Patrick Division	3	5	.375	Quarter-Finalist
PHI	1979-80	80	48	12	20	-	116	1st in Patrick Division	13	6	.648	Stanley Cup Finalist
PHI	1980-81	80	41	24	15	-	97	2nd in Patrick Division	6	6	.500	Quarter-Finalist
PHI	1981-82	72	34	29	9	-	77	3rd in Patrick Division	-	-	-
PHI Total		262	141 53.8%	73 27.9%	48 18.3%	-	330		22	17	.564	3 Playoff Appearances
LA	1984-85	80	34	32	14	-	82	4th in Smythe Division	0	3	.000	Preliminary Round
LA	1985-86	80	23	49	8	-	54	5th in Smythe Division	-	-	-
LA	1986-87	42	18	20	4	-	40	4th in Smythe Division	-	-	-
LA Total		202	75 37.1%	101 50.0%	26 12.9%	-	176		0	3	.000	1 Playoff Appearance
VAN	1990-91	26	9	13	4	-	22	4th in Smythe Division	2	4	.333	Division Semi-finalist
VAN	1991-92	80	42	26	12	-	96	1st in Smythe Division	6	7	.461	Division Finalist
VAN	1992-93	84	46	29	9	-	101	1st in Smythe Division	6	6	.500	Divisional Finalist
VAN	1993-94	84	41	40	3	-	85	2nd Pacific	15	9	.625	Stanley Cup Finalist
VAN	1995-96	6	3	3	0	-	6	1st in Pacific	2	4	.333	Conference Quarter-Finalist
VAN Total		280	141 50.4%	111 39.6%	28 10.0%	-	310		31	30	.508	5 Playoff Appearances
TOR	1998-99	82	45	30	7	-	97	2nd in Northeast	9	8	.529	Conference Finalist
TOR	1999-00	82	45	27	7	3	100	1st in Northeast	6	6	.500	Conference Semi-Finalist
TOR	2000-01	82	37	29	11	5	90	3rd in Northeast	7	4	.636	Conference Semi-Finalist
TOR	2001-02	82	43	25	10	4	100	2nd in Northeast	10	10	.500	Conference Finalist
TOR	2002-03	82	44	28	7	3	98	2nd in Northeast	1	4	.200	Conference Quarter-Finalist
TOR	2003-04	82	45	24	10	3	103	2nd in Northeast	6	7	.462	Conference Semi-Finalist
TOR	2005-06	82	41	33	-	8	90	4th in Northeast	-	-	-
TOR Total		574	300 52.3%	196 34.1%	52 9.1%	26 4.5%	678	-	39	39	.500	6 Playoff Appearances
Total		1,318	657 49.8%	481 36.5%	154 11.7%	26 2.0%	1,494		92	89	.508	15 Playoff Appearances

External links

• Pat Quinn's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Pat Quinn's biography at Legends of Hockey

• CBS Sportsline

References

1. ^ Cole, Stephen (2006). The Canadian Hockey Atlas. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66093-8 (0-385-66093-6). 
2. ^ Giants find a way to beat Tigers in time to win Memorial Cup, By Donna Spencer, Canadian Press, retrieved on May 28, 2007

Preceded by Keith McCreary

Atlanta Flames captains 1975-77

Succeeded by Tom Lysiak

Philadelphia Flyers Head Coaches
Allen • Stasiuk • Shero • McCammon • Quinn • McCammon • Keenan • Holmgren • Dineen • Simpson • Murray • Cashman • Neilson • Ramsay • Barber • Hitchcock • Stevens

Los Angeles Kings Head Coaches
Kelly • Laycoe • Wilson • Regan • Glover • Pulford • Stewart • Berry • MacDonald • Perry • Vachon • Neilson • Quinn • Murphy • Ftorek • Webster • Melrose • Robinson • Murray • Torchetti • Crawford

Vancouver Canucks Head Coaches
Laycoe • Stasiuk • McCreary • Maloney • Kurtenbach • Neale • Neilson • Neale • LaForge • Neale • Watt • McCammon • Quinn • Ley • Quinn • Renney • Keenan • Crawford • Vigneault

Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coaches
ARENAS: D. Carroll • ST. PATS: Heffernan • Sproule • F. Carroll • O'Donoghue • Querrie • Powers • Rodden • MAPLE LEAFS: Romeril • Smythe • Duncan • Irvin • Day • Primeau • Clancy • Meeker • Reay • Imlach • McLellan • Kelly • Neilson • Smith • Duff • Crozier • Nykoluk • Maloney • Brophy • Armstrong • Carpenter • Watt • Burns • Beverley • Murphy • Quinn • Maurice

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