List of New York Islanders head coaches

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Al Arbour led the Islanders to four consecutives Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983 Al Arbour 1977.jpg
Al Arbour led the Islanders to four consecutives Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983

The New York Islanders are an American professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. They play in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1972, and won their first Stanley Cup championship in 1980. The Islanders play their home games at UBS Arena in Elmont. [1] Jon Ledecky and Scott D. Malkin are the Islanders' majority owners, Lou Lamoriello is their general manager, Patrick Roy is the head coach and Anders Lee is the team captain. [2] [3]

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There have been 19 head coaches so far for the Islanders franchise. The team's first head coach was Phil Goyette, who coached the team for part of the 1972–73 season. [4] Al Arbour is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (1,500) and the most regular season game wins (740); he is also the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (198), and the most playoff game wins (119). [5] Arbour is the only coach so far to have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. [5] He and Trotz are the only coaches so far to have won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach. [5] The franchise has participated in the Stanley Cup finals five times so far, coached by Arbour each time; they won Stanley Cup four of those times. Arbour, Terry Simpson, Peter Laviolette, Steve Stirling, Ted Nolan, Jack Capuano, Barry Trotz, and Lane Lambert are the coaches who coached the team into the Stanley Cup playoffs. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Key

#Number of coaches [a]
GCGames coached
WWins = 2 points
LLosses = 0 points
TTies = 1 point
PTS Points
Win% Winning percentage [c]
†Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder
*Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Islanders

Coaches

Butch Goring coached the Islanders from 1999 to 2001 ButchGoring.jpg
Butch Goring coached the Islanders from 1999 to 2001
Peter Laviolette coached the Islanders from 2001 to 2003 Peter Laviolette 2012-04-07.JPG
Peter Laviolette coached the Islanders from 2001 to 2003
Jack Capuano coached the Islanders from 2010 to 2017 Jack Capuano 2013-05-09.JPG
Jack Capuano coached the Islanders from 2010 to 2017

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

#NameTerm [d] Regular seasonPlayoffsAchievementsNotes
GCWLTOTLWin%GCWLWin%
1 Phil Goyette* 1972–1973 486384—.167———— [4]
2 Earl Ingarfield* 1973 306222—.233———— [10]
3 Al Arbour† 1973–1986 1,038552317169—.61317110962.637 Stanley Cup champions (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Jack Adams Award (1979)		 [5]
4 Terry Simpson 1986–1988 187818224—.49720911.450 [6]
 —Al Arbour† 1988–1994 46118722054—.464271017.370 [5]
5 Lorne Henning 1994–1995 4815285—.365———— [11]
6 Mike Milbury 1995–1997 127357319—.350———— [12]
7 Rick Bowness 1997–1998 100385012—.440———— [13]
 — Mike Milbury 1998–1999 6622395—.371———— [12]
8 Bill Stewart* 1999 3510187—.386———— [14]
9 Butch Goring 1999–2001 1434189144.338———— [15]
 — Lorne Henning 2001 1741120.294———— [11]
10 Peter Laviolette 2001–2003 1647762196.5461248.333 [7]
11 Steve Stirling* 2003–2006 1185651116.520514.200 [8]
12 Brad Shaw* 2006 401818—4.500———— [16]
13 Ted Nolan 2006–2007 824030—12.561514.200 [9]
 —Al Arbour† [e] 2007 110—01.000———— [5]
 —Ted Nolan 2007–2008 813438—9.475———— [9]
14 Scott Gordon 2008–2010 1816494—23.417———— [17]
15 Jack Capuano* 2010–2017 483227192—64.536241014.417 [18]
16 Doug Weight* 2017–2018 1225949—14.541———— [19]
17 Barry Trotz 2018–2022 288152102—34.587492821.571Jack Adams Award (2019) [20]
18 Lane Lambert* 2022–2024 1276146—20.559624.333 [21]
19 Patrick Roy 2024–present372012—5.608514.200 [22]

Notes

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