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]
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.
| 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 |
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 | – | 156 | 44 | 96 | 16 | — | 104 | — | — | — | [6] | ||
| 2 | Vic Stasiuk | 78 | 22 | 47 | 9 | — | 53 | — | — | — | [7] | |||
| 3 | Bill McCreary | 41 | 9 | 25 | 7 | — | 25 | — | — | — | [8] | |||
| 4 | Phil Maloney | – | 232 | 95 | 105 | 32 | — | 222 | 7 | 1 | 6 | [9] | ||
| 5 | Orland Kurtenbach | – | 125 | 36 | 62 | 27 | — | 99 | — | — | — | [10] | ||
| 6 | Harry Neale | – | 315 | 106 | 144 | 65 | — | 177 | 10 | 2 | 8 | [11] | ||
| 7 | Roger Neilson | – | 133 | 51 | 61 | 21 | — | 123 | 21 | 12 | 9 | [12] | ||
| — | Harry Neale | 32 | 15 | 13 | 4 | — | 34 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | Bill LaForge | 20 | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 10 | — | — | — | [13] | |||
| — | Harry Neale | 60 | 21 | 32 | 7 | — | 49 | — | — | — | ||||
| 9 | Tom Watt | – | 160 | 52 | 87 | 21 | — | 125 | 3 | 0 | 3 | [14] | ||
| 10 | Bob McCammon | – | 294 | 102 | 156 | 36 | — | 240 | 7 | 3 | 4 | [15] | ||
| 11 | Pat Quinn | – | 274 | 138 | 108 | 28 | — | 304 | 55 | 29 | 26 | Jack Adams Award (1992) | [16] | |
| 12 | Rick Ley | – | 124 | 47 | 50 | 27 | — | 121 | 11 | 4 | 7 | [17] | ||
| — | Pat Quinn | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | Tom Renney | – | 101 | 39 | 53 | 9 | — | 87 | — | — | — | [18] | ||
| 14 | Mike Keenan | – | 108 | 36 | 54 | 18 | — | 90 | — | — | — | [19] | ||
| 15 | Marc Crawford | – | 529 | 246 | 189 | 62 | 32 | 586 | 27 | 12 | 15 | [20] | ||
| 16 | Alain Vigneault | – | 540 | 313 | 170 | — | 57 | 683 | 68 | 33 | 35 | Jack Adams Award (2007) | [21] | |
| 17 | John Tortorella | 82 | 36 | 35 | — | 11 | 83 | — | — | — | [22] | |||
| 18 | Willie Desjardins | – | 246 | 109 | 110 | — | 27 | 245 | 6 | 2 | 4 | [23] | ||
| 19 | Travis Green | – | 314 | 133 | 147 | — | 34 | 300 | 17 | 10 | 7 | [24] | ||
| 20 | Bruce Boudreau | – | 103 | 50 | 40 | — | 13 | 113 | — | — | — | [25] | ||
| 21 | Rick Tocchet | –present | 118 | 70 | 35 | — | 13 | 153 | 13 | 7 | 6 | Jack Adams Award (2024) | [26] | |