List of Atlanta Thrashers head coaches

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The Thrashers played their home games at the Philips Arena since their inaugural season. PhilipsArenafrom303.jpg
The Thrashers played their home games at the Philips Arena since their inaugural season.

The Atlanta Thrashers were an American professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They played in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL) for its entire history. They moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 2011 and became the 2nd Incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets. [1] The team joined the NHL in 1999 as an expansion team. The Thrashers played their home games at the Philips Arena since their inaugural season. [2] The Thrashers were owned by Atlanta Spirit, LLC, and Rick Dudley was their general manager. [3]

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There were five Thrashers head coaches during their existence. The team's first head coach was Curt Fraser, who coached for three seasons. Bob Hartley is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (291), the most regular-season game wins (136), the most regular-season points (309), and the only Thrashers head coach to coach any post-season games (4). All of the Thrashers head coaches except for Hartley have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Thrashers. John Anderson was the head coach of the Thrashers from 2008 to 2010. [4] Craig Ramsay was the last the head coach of the Thrashers. [5]

Key

#Number of coaches [a]
GCGames coached
WWins = 2 points
LLosses = 0 points
TTies = 1 point
OT Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point [b]
PTS Points
Win% Winning percentage
*Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Thrashers

Coaches

Craig Ramsay, pictured in 2014, was the last head coach of the Thrashers 20140927-CraigRamsay2.jpg
Craig Ramsay, pictured in 2014, was the last head coach of the Thrashers
#NameTerm [c] Regular seasonPlayoffsAchievementsReference
GCWLT/OTPTSWin%GCWLWin%
1 Curt Fraser* 1999–2002 2796416946174.312———— [6]
2 Don Waddell* 2002–2003 104519.450———— [7]
3 Bob Hartley 2003–2007 29113611837309.531404.000 [8]
—Don Waddell* 2007–2008 763434876.500———— [7]
4 John Anderson* 2008–2010 164707519159.482———— [9]
5 Craig Ramsay 2010–2011 8234361280.488———— [10]

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ "Teams". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  2. ↑ "Thrashers Franchise Timeline". Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Front Office / Staff Listing". Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  4. ↑ "Atlanta Thrashers Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  5. ↑ http://thrashers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=532663%5B%5D in English
  6. ↑ "Curt Fraser Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  7. 1 2 "Don Waddell Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  8. ↑ "Bob Hartley Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  9. ↑ "John Anderson Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  10. ↑ "Craig Ramsay Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
  11. ↑ "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
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