List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches

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Rick Tocchet is the current head coach of the Canucks

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, Patrik Allvin is their general manager, and Rick Tocchet is the Head Coach. [4] [5]

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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 [a]
GCGames coached
WWins = 2 points
LLosses = 0 points
TTies = 1 point
OTOvertime/shootout losses = 1 point [b]
PTSPoints
*Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Canucks

Coaches

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

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2023–24 season.

#NameTerm Regular season Playoffs AwardsReference
GCWLTOTLPTSGCWL
1 Hal Laycoe 1970–1972 156449616—104——— [6]
2 Vic Stasiuk 1972–1973 7822479—53——— [7]
3 Bill McCreary 1973–1974 419257—25——— [8]
4 Phil Maloney* 1974–1977 2329510532—222716 [9]
5 Orland Kurtenbach* 1977–1978 125366227—99——— [10]
6 Harry Neale 1978–1982 31510614465—1771028 [11]
7 Roger Neilson 1982–1984 133516121—12321129 [12]
—Harry Neale 1984 3215134—34413 [11]
8 Bill LaForge* 1984 204142—10——— [13]
—Harry Neale 1984–1985 6021327—49——— [11]
9 Tom Watt 1985–1987 160528721—125303 [14]
10 Bob McCammon 1987–1991 29410215636—240734 [15]
11 Pat Quinn 1991–1994 27413810828—304552926 Jack Adams Award (1992) [16]
12 Rick Ley 1994–1996 124475027—1211147 [17]
—Pat Quinn 1996 6330—6624 [16]
13 Tom Renney 1996–1997 10139539—87——— [18]
14 Mike Keenan 1997–1999 108365418—90——— [19]
15 Marc Crawford 1999–2006 5292461896232586271215 [20]
16 Alain Vigneault 2006–2013 540313170—57683683335Jack Adams Award (2007) [21]
17 John Tortorella [c] 2013–2014 823635—1183——— [22]
18 Willie Desjardins 2014–2017 246109110—27245624 [23]
19 Travis Green 2017–2021 314133147—3430017107 [24]
20 Bruce Boudreau 2021–2023 1035040—13113——— [25]
21 Rick Tocchet 2023–present1187035—131531376Jack Adams Award (2024) [26]

Notes

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