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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Vancouver Canucks Head Coaches

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). 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. 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. The Canucks are owned by Francesco Aquilini, Patrik Allvin is their general manager, and Rick Tocchet is the Head Coach.

There have been 21 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. Quinn and Vigneault are the only two 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
GC Games coached
W Wins = 2 points
L Losses = 0 points
T Ties = 1 point
OT Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point
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 2023–24 season.

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L T OTL PTS GC W L
1 Hal Laycoe 19701972 156 44 96 16 104
2 Vic Stasiuk 1972–1973 78 22 47 9 53
3 Bill McCreary 1973–1974 41 9 25 7 25
4 Phil Maloney* 19741977 232 95 105 32 222 7 1 6
5 Orland Kurtenbach* 19771978 125 36 62 27 99
6 Harry Neale 19781982 315 106 144 65 177 10 2 8
7 Roger Neilson 19821984 133 51 61 21 123 21 12 9
Harry Neale 1984 32 15 13 4 34 4 1 3
8 Bill LaForge* 1984 20 4 14 2 10
Harry Neale 1984–1985 60 21 32 7 49
9 Tom Watt 19851987 160 52 87 21 125 3 0 3
10 Bob McCammon 19871991 294 102 156 36 240 7 3 4
11 Pat Quinn 19911994 274 138 108 28 304 55 29 26 Jack Adams Award (1992)
12 Rick Ley 19941996 124 47 50 27 121 11 4 7
Pat Quinn 1996 6 3 3 0 6 6 2 4
13 Tom Renney 19961997 101 39 53 9 87
14 Mike Keenan 19971999 108 36 54 18 90
15 Marc Crawford 19992006 529 246 189 62 32 586 27 12 15
16 Alain Vigneault 20062013 540 313 170 57 683 68 33 35 Jack Adams Award (2007)
17 John Tortorella 2013–2014 82 36 35 11 83
18 Willie Desjardins 20142017 246 109 110 27 245 6 2 4
19 Travis Green 20172021 314 133 147 34 300 17 10 7
20 Bruce Boudreau 20212023 103 50 40 13 113
21 Rick Tocchet 2023–present 118 70 35 13 153 13 7 6 Jack Adams Award (2024)