Ken Hitchcock ranks among the more successful coaches in NHL history
Ken Hitchcock will go down as one of the most successful head coaches over the last 20 years, regardless of whether or not he gets another chance in the league.
Hitchcock was fired Wednesday by the St. Louis Blues. He leaves his fourth NHL coaching stop with 781 career victories, trailing only Scotty Bowman, Joel Quenneville and Al Arbour.
Only Bowman, Arbour, Quenneville, and Lindy Ruff have coached more regular-season NHL games than Hitchcock, who’s piled up 1,454.
A detailed look at Hitchcock’s track record over two decades in the NHL: