Pat Quinn

Former Head Coach of Team Canada & Toronto Maple Leafs

Pat Quinn coached Team Canada to its fifth straight victory in the World Junior Hockey Championships in 2009. He is former Head Coach of Team Canada's gold medal-winning World Cup of Hockey team in September of 2004 and Team Canada's Men's Hockey team at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. It was Canada's first Olympic gold medal in Men's Hockey since 1952. Pat was selected as Head Coach of Team Canada on November 8, 2000. His success behind the bench also earned him the Head Coach position for the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.

Pat completed six seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs as Head Coach and also was the team's General Manager for four of those seasons from 1999 - 2003.

During his tenure, the Maple Leafs advanced at least as far as the second round of the National Hockey Playoffs five times and the Eastern Conference Final on two occasions. Quinn and Punch Imlach were the only Leafs to hold the head coach and general manager duties. As of the end of the 2002-2003 season, Quinn ranked first in all-time winning percentage among Leaf Head Coaches with a .591 winning percentage.

A standout defenceman during his playing career, Pat has coached 16 seasons in the National Hockey League with Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Toronto and is now head coach of the Edmonton Oilers.

Pat's coaching highlights include Stanley Cup Final appearances in 1980 with Philadelphia and in 1994 with Vancouver. He won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's Coach of the Year in 1991-92 with the Canucks and 1979-80 with the Flyers. Quinn, Scotty Bowman and Pat Burns are the only coaches in league history to win the Adams Award with two different teams.

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Former Head Coach of Team Canada & Toronto Maple Leafs

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