List of Pittsburgh Penguins Head Coaches - Footnotes

Footnotes

  • a Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.
  • b Head coaches with multiple terms are counted once; figures are career totals. For a specific order of the coaches see the Footnotes section.
  • c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
  • d Gene Ubriaco served as the Penguins' head coach to begin the 1989–90 season; the team began with a 10–14–2 record. On December 5, 1989, Craig Patrick replaced Ubriaco as an interim head coach. Under Patrick, the team went 22–26–6 and did not qualify for the playoffs.
  • e After starting the 1996–97 season with a record of 31–26–5, the Penguins went 1–8 in nine consecutive games in February and March 1997. Coach Eddie Johnston was replaced by Craig Patrick, under whom the team finished the season 7–10–3 and lost in the first round of the playoffs four games to one.
  • f Michel Therrien coached the Penguins to a 27–25–5 record to start the 2008–09 season, at which point he was replaced by Dan Bylsma.
  • g Dan Blysma's statistics will be updated upon the completion of the 2008–09 season.

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