List of Nashville Predators head coaches
The Predators have played their home games at the Bridgestone Arena since their inaugural season.
The Nashville Predators are an American professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The team joined the NHL in 1998 as an expansion team. The Predators have played their home games at the Bridgestone Arena since their inaugural season.[2] The Predators are owned by Predators Holdings LLC, David Poile is their general manager.[3][4]
Until the end of the 2013-14 season, the Predators franchise had only had one head coach, Barry Trotz. The team's current head coach is Peter Laviolette.
Key
| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins = 2 points |
| L | Losses = 0 points |
| T | Ties = 1 point |
| OT | Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point[b] |
| PTS | Points |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| * | Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Predators |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2015-16 NHL season.
| # | Name | Term[c] | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Reference | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T/OT | PTS | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||
| 1 | Barry Trotz | 1998–2014 | 1196 | 557 | 479 | 160 | 1274 | .533 | 50 | 19 | 31 | .380 | [5] | |
| 2 | Peter Laviolette | 2014–present | 164 | 88 | 52 | 24 | 200 | .610 | 20 | 9 | 11 | .450 | [6] | |
Notes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Predators. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.[7]
- c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
References
- General
- "Nashville Predators Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- Specific
- ↑ "Teams". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ↑ "10th Anniversary - History: Franchise Timeline". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ↑ "Team - Front Office". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ↑ "Team - Roster". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ↑ "Barry Trotz Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ↑ "Peter Laviolette Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
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