TheNew York Islanders are an American professionalice hockey team based inElmont, New York. They play in theMetropolitan Division of theEastern Conference in theNational Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1972, and won their firstStanley Cup championship in 1980. The Islanders play their home games atUBS Arena in Elmont.[1]Jon Ledecky andScott D. Malkin are the Islanders' majority owners,Mathieu Darche is theirgeneral manager,Patrick Roy is the head coach andAnders Lee is theteam captain.[2][3]
There have been 19 head coaches for the Islanders franchise. The team's first head coach wasPhil Goyette, who coached the team for part of the1972–73 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 Islanders coach to have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.[5] He and Trotz are the only Islanders coaches to have won theJack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach.[5] The franchise has participated in theStanley Cup Finals five times, coached by Arbour each time; they wonStanley Cup four of those times. Arbour,Terry Simpson,Peter Laviolette,Steve Stirling,Ted Nolan,Jack Capuano,Barry Trotz, andLane Lambert are the coaches who coached the team into the Stanley Cup playoffs.[5][6][7][8][9]
| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins = 2 points |
| L | Losses = 0 points |
| T | Ties = 1 point |
| PTS | Points |
| Win% | Winning percentage[c] |
| † | Elected to theHockey Hall of Fame as abuilder |
| * | Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Islanders |
Note: Statistics are correct through the2023–24 season.
| # | Name | Term[d] | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | OTL | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||
| 1 | Phil Goyette* | 1972–1973 | 48 | 6 | 38 | 4 | — | .167 | — | — | — | — | [4] | |
| 2 | Earl Ingarfield* | 1973 | 30 | 6 | 22 | 2 | — | .233 | — | — | — | — | [10] | |
| 3 | Al Arbour† | 1973–1986 | 1,038 | 552 | 317 | 169 | — | .613 | 171 | 109 | 62 | .637 | Stanley Cup champions (1980,1981,1982,1983) Jack Adams Award (1979) | [5] |
| 4 | Terry Simpson | 1986–1988 | 187 | 81 | 82 | 24 | — | .497 | 20 | 9 | 11 | .450 | [6] | |
| — | Al Arbour† | 1988–1994 | 461 | 187 | 220 | 54 | — | .464 | 27 | 10 | 17 | .370 | [5] | |
| 5 | Lorne Henning | 1994–1995 | 48 | 15 | 28 | 5 | — | .365 | — | — | — | — | [11] | |
| 6 | Mike Milbury | 1995–1997 | 127 | 35 | 73 | 19 | — | .350 | — | — | — | — | [12] | |
| 7 | Rick Bowness | 1997–1998 | 100 | 38 | 50 | 12 | — | .440 | — | — | — | — | [13] | |
| — | Mike Milbury | 1998–1999 | 66 | 22 | 39 | 5 | — | .371 | — | — | — | — | [12] | |
| 8 | Bill Stewart* | 1999 | 35 | 10 | 18 | 7 | — | .386 | — | — | — | — | [14] | |
| 9 | Butch Goring | 1999–2001 | 143 | 41 | 89 | 14 | 4 | .338 | — | — | — | — | [15] | |
| — | Lorne Henning | 2001 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .294 | — | — | — | — | [11] | |
| 10 | Peter Laviolette | 2001–2003 | 164 | 77 | 62 | 19 | 6 | .546 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | [7] | |
| 11 | Steve Stirling* | 2003–2006 | 118 | 56 | 51 | 11 | 6 | .520 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | [8] | |
| 12 | Brad Shaw* | 2006 | 40 | 18 | 18 | — | 4 | .500 | — | — | — | — | [16] | |
| 13 | Ted Nolan | 2006–2007 | 82 | 40 | 30 | — | 12 | .561 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | [9] | |
| — | Al Arbour†[e] | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | [5] | |
| — | Ted Nolan | 2007–2008 | 81 | 34 | 38 | — | 9 | .475 | — | — | — | — | [9] | |
| 14 | Scott Gordon | 2008–2010 | 181 | 64 | 94 | — | 23 | .417 | — | — | — | — | [17] | |
| 15 | Jack Capuano* | 2010–2017 | 483 | 227 | 192 | — | 64 | .536 | 24 | 10 | 14 | .417 | [18] | |
| 16 | Doug Weight* | 2017–2018 | 122 | 59 | 49 | — | 14 | .541 | — | — | — | — | [19] | |
| 17 | Barry Trotz | 2018–2022 | 288 | 152 | 102 | — | 34 | .587 | 49 | 28 | 21 | .571 | Jack Adams Award (2019) | [20] |
| 18 | Lane Lambert | 2022–2024 | 127 | 61 | 46 | — | 20 | .559 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | [21] | |
| 19 | Patrick Roy | 2024–present | 37 | 20 | 12 | — | 5 | .608 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | [22] | |
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