Mike Keenan Calgary Flames - Head Coach

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Mike Keenan became the 13th head coach in Calgary Flames history on June 14, 2007. He joined the Flames with one of the most impressive coaching resumes in the history of the National Hockey League. He is 5th all time in NHL wins (642 wins) behind only Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour, Dick Irvin and Pat Quinn.

During his 19 years behind the bench in the NHL, Keenan has led his teams to the Finals on four occasions capturing the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1994. He was named winner of the Jack Adams Trophy as NHL Coach of the Year in 1985 after leading the Philadelphia Flyers to the Cup Final during his rookie season.

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The native of Bowmanville, ON began his coaching career with the Peterborough Petes of the OHL in 1980 and guided the Petes to the Memorial Cup Final.

The following year he moved to the professional ranks with the Rochester Americans, which he led to an American Hockey League Calder Cup Championship in 1983. For the 1983-84 season, he returned to his alma mater, the University of Toronto, and coached the Varsity Blues to the CIAU title. Following back-to-back championship campaigns, he was offered his first NHL coaching position with the Philadelphia Flyers.

Success followed Keenan with two trips to the Stanley Cup Finals during his four years in Philadelphia. Keenan signed with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1988 and within four seasons guided the Hawks to their first Finals appearance in 19 years. In 1993, he assumed the position as New York Rangers head coach, and led the franchise to its first Stanley Cup title since 1940. Keenan has also coached the St. Louis Blues (1994-96), Vancouver Canucks (1997-98), and Boston Bruins (2000-01). He was named head coach of the Florida Panthers on December 3, 2001 before becoming the Panthers General Manager on May 26, 2004.

His resume includes three President’s Trophies, six division titles, three All-Star Games, three 50-plus win seasons and five 100-plus point seasons. As Canada’s National Team Head Coach in 1987 and 1991, Keenan led Team Canada to two Canada Cup titles. His international coaching career also includes the 1980 World Junior Championships and the 1993 World Championships.

Mike and his wife, Nola, have three children: Gayla, Grant and Reed.

MIKE KEENAN’S CAREER COACHING RECORD

Season	Team	Lge	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pct	Result
1979-80	Peterborough Petes	OHA	68	47	20	1	0	0.699	Lost in Memorial Cup Final
1980-81	Rochester Americans	AHL	80	30	42	8	0	0.425	Out of Playoffs
1981-82	Rochester Americans	AHL	80	40	31	9	0	0.556	Lost in round 2
1982-83	Rochester Americans	AHL	80	46	25	9	0	0.631	Won Championship
1983-84	U. of Toronto	CIAU	24	20	1	3	0	0.896	Won Championship
1984-85	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	80	53	20	7	0	0.706	Lost in Finals
1985-86	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	80	53	23	4	0	0.688	Lost in round 1
1986-87	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	80	46	26	8	0	0.625	Lost in Finals
1987-88	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	80	38	33	9	0	0.531	Lost in round 1
1988-89	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	80	27	41	12	0	0.412	Lost in round 3
1989-90	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	80	41	33	6	0	0.550	Lost in round 3
1990-91	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	80	49	23	8	0	0.662	Lost in round 1
1991-92	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	80	36	29	15	0	0.544	Lost in Finals
1993-94	New York Rangers	NHL	84	52	24	8	0	0.667	Won Championship
1994-95	St. Louis Blues	NHL	48	28	15	5	0	0.635	Lost in round 1
1995-96	St. Louis Blues	NHL	82	32	34	16	0	0.488	Lost in round 2
1996-97	St. Louis Blues	NHL	33	15	17	1	0	0.470
1997-98	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	63	21	30	12	0	0.429	Out of Playoffs
1998-99	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	45	15	24	6	0	0.400
2000-01	Boston Bruins	NHL	74	33	26	7	8	0.547	Out of Playoffs
2001-02	Florida Panthers	NHL	56	16	29	8	3	0.384	Out of Playoffs
2002-03	Florida Panthers	NHL	82	24	36	13	9	0.427	Out of Playoffs
2003-04	Florida Panthers	NHL	15	5	8	2	0	0.400
2007-08	Calgary Flames	NHL	82	42	30	0	10	0.512	Lost in round 1

TOTALS
Regular Season Record: GP – 1304 W – 626 L – 521 T – 147 OTL - 30
Stanley Cup Playoff Record GP – 167 W – 94 L - 73

HIGHLIGHTS
Championships: 1994 Stanley Cup (New York Rangers)
1991 Canada Cup (Team Canada)
1987 Canada Cup (Team Canada)
1984 CIAU National Championship (University of Toronto)
1983 Calder Cup (Rochester Americans)

Championship Finals: 1992 Stanley Cup Finals (Chicago Blackhawks)
1987 Stanley Cup Finals (Philadelphia Flyers)
1985 Stanley Cup Finals (Philadelphia Flyers)
1980 Memorial Cup Finals (Peterborough Petes)

* 1985 Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s Coach of the Year (Philadelphia Flyers)