Jon cooper won an nhlrecord tying 62 games last season. Cooper spent a total of five seasons coaching in the nahl before moving on to coach the green bay gamblers of the united states hockey league. Is jon cooper the next unemployed tampa bay lightning coach. After his team was swept out of the first round of the stanley cup playoffs by the columbus blue jackets on tuesday, tampa bay lightning head coach jon cooper said the bolts recordsetting season played a role in their demise. Subscribe to the play index and get access to more data than you can imagine. Redemption is still possible, but lightning players are. Lightning coach jon cooper understands that success is often built on failure.
Unless the lightning keep struggling, hell get the rest of the season to prove his value. Boston ap lightning coach jon cooper came to boston with a plan to steal back the homeice advantage that the bruins took away with their game 1 win in tampa. The immediate answer is, of course, yes, as cooper has done more in his tenure as head coach than just about anyone else in the franchises 25 years in the nhl. The tampa bay lightning have signed head coach jon cooper to a multiyear contract extension, the club announced tuesday. Nhl tampa bay lightning coach jon cooper might be the. The bolts 31 win over montreal in the seventhtolast. With coopers tampa bay lightning cruising toward winning. Lightning coach jon cooper never played a hockey game at a meaningful level, although he played ncaa lacrosse for four years scoring 74 goals and played on hofstra universitys club hockey team. The blues craig berube, who took over the eventual cup winners in midseason, and jon cooper, who led the lightning to an nhl recordtying 62 wins, are the other jack adams nominees. Its also available for football, basketball and baseball. Lightning sign head coach jon cooper to multiyear contract extension.
Lightning want to push bruins to brink with 21 series. He led the team in 200809 and 200910 to a record of 84279. Jon cooper is an nhl hockey coach with a winning record for the tampa bay lightning. Lightning sniper steven stamkoss discomfort in jon coopers system may be worsened by the coachs new contract extension. On august 9, 2010, brisebois hired future lightning head coach, jon cooper to be the norfolk admirals head coach. Leagueleading lightning sign coach jon cooper to multiyear extension the tampa bay lightning announced a multiyear contract extension tuesday for coach jon cooper amid a. On march 30, 2018, cooper recorded his 240th career nhl win against the new york. After a solid start, vancouver headed south in a big way. Cooper born august 23, 1967 is a canadianamerican professional ice hockey. Lightnings record season was a blessing and a curse. Wilds bruce boudreau favored to be next nhl coach fired.
Cooper was the coach of the united states hockey league ushls green bay gamblers starting in 2008. Lightning coach cooper still hoping for playoffs prince george. Leagueleading lightning sign coach jon cooper to multi. Did the lightning just complete the most pitiful playoff. You could place the blame in a number of areas but the reality is tampa bay became the fifth team in nhl history to finish with the leagues best regular season record and get swept in their. A closer look at the tampa bay lightning head coach. The league announced on friday that trotz, the lightnings jon cooper cal clutterbuck couldnt imagine the islanders barry trotz not being a finalist for the jack adams award as the nhls. About 10 minutes after the 2015 stanley cup final was in the books. Cooper has led the lightning, who have the nhls best record this season, to the eastern conference finals three of the past four seasons.
A year ago monday, jon cooper was waking up the day after his norfolk admirals won their 20th consecutive game a streak that would eventually. Behind the scenes with tampa bay lightnings jon cooper. In 201112, cooper led norfolk to a franchiserecord 55 wins and the calder cup. Who the heck is jon cooper, new tampa bay lightning head. No one was expecting much from the canucks this season, so its doubtful travis green is in any trouble. Scotty bowman marvels at jon cooper and tampas record during an era of parity by pierre lebrun apr 10, 2019 19 tampa, florida the 62win nhl coaching fraternity is a small one. Scotty bowman marvels at jon cooper and tampas record. This is a fivealarm fire matt duchene had four points on the evening while sergei bobrovsky made 23 saves as the columbus blue jackets beat the tampa bay. Lightning coach jon cooper is making a name for himself in nhl record books, but tampa bay is still on a quest for a stanley cup title after. Coach jon cooper and his squad have a 12point lead in the atlantic division with a leagueleading goal differential of plus53, 23 goals higher than. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits.
Cooper agrees to contract extension with lightning the. The lightning are 59144 and have clinched the presidents trophy. Jon cooper was named the eighth head coach in lightning franchise history on march 25, 20. The 2020 nfl draft is in the books, and here are the players who benefit the most for fantasy. Nhl scoring leader nikita kucherov had a goal and an assist to help the lightning earn their 50th victory of the season in their 66th game by beating. Islanders barry trotz is jack adams award finalist as nhl. He made his nhl coaching debut at amalie arena on march 29, 20 in a 5. Redemption is still possible, but lightning players are running out of. The norfolk admirals just returned home from toronto on monday after capturing the american hockey leagues calder cup, and more celebrations are set for wednesday. Cooper and the bolts continued to build on their successes in 201718, earning the eastern conferences best record of 54235. Theres also plenty of praise for the jobs that jon cooper and. Norfolk finished the season on a 28game winning streak. This is a list of franchise records for the tampa bay lightning of the national hockey league updated though april 17, 2019. Lightning reward coach jon cooper with multiyear contract.
Every nhl teams biggest question at the quarter mark. Well, through the quarter mark, gerard gallants men have used a strong home record 810 to get off to an historic start. Lightning ties nhl record with 62nd win, beat bruins 63. In todays nhl rumors there is news on taylor halls exit from new jersey, sidney crosby return news, the blackhawks and bruins plus jon coopers hot seat. Lightning reward head coach jon cooper with multiyear. Hofstra alumnus jon cooper leads tampa bay lightning. Jon cooper and todd reirden were coaching at the allstar game in january when the topic of winning the presidents trophy came up. Lightning coach jon cooper said it would be asinine to. Coach jon cooper told reporters, lot of it with him was about rest, joe.
Lightning coach jon cooper said kucherov stood out as a committed worker, even among other professionals, pointing to his offseason work in florida with personal coaches. Jon cooper is the nhls secondlongest tenured coach and his lightning are the toast of the league. Series schedule information hempstead, ny hofstra university alumnus jon cooper 89, the head coach of the tampa bay lightning of the national hockey league, will lead his squad into the eastern conference finals starting this week with the hopes of advancing to the stanley cup finals. Lightnings nikita kucherov is in line for mvp with his leaguehigh 128 points this season while jon cooper coached the team to a. Cooper has a 30115744 record in sixplus seasons with tampa bay. Lightning win 50th of season, tie for fastest in nhl. The lightnings recordsetting season seeks a stanley cup. Norfolk admirals coach jon cooper could be on caps radar.
Along the way, tampa bay set franchise records for wins 54, road wins 25, points 1, road points 53, goals 290, home goals 145 and road goals 145. A native of wilcox, saskatchewan, cooper started out on wall street, then pursued a career in lawwith hopes of maybe becoming a sports agent. Scotty bowman offered congratulations to jon cooper, the only two men from the. The first quarter of the 201920 nhl season is in the books, and we are starting to get an idea of where every team stands, what they need to improve on and what they might be capable of. Tampa bay lightning head coach jon cooper talks hockey canada and usa hockey, the iihf world championships, and missing the nhl playoffs by. Prince georges jon cooper is head coach of the national hockey. Lightning coach jon cooper said it would be asinine to bench bishop for sundays game 5 against the rangers, tom gulitti of the record reports. The admirals would then go on and win the calder cup championship that season. Tampa bay lightning coach jon cooper given contract. With a 521 record, the sharks have been the best road team in. Why tampa bays jon cooper is hockeys most interesting coach. Cooper became only the second coach in nhl history to record 60 wins in a. Lightning coach jon cooper is making a name for himself in nhl record books, but tampa bay is still on a quest for a stanley cup title after seven years of nearmisses. Jon cooper didnt set out to be an nhl hockey coach.
He didnt even plan on becoming a championshipwinning junior league hockey coach. Instead, he wound up as a public defender in lansing, michigan. Atop the national hockey leagues standings from the getgo, the bolts campaign has been nothing short of relentless, as jon coopers men demonstrate a consistent ability to marry offensive. The team also appeared in the 2015 stanley cup final. During the 201112 season the admrials went on a 28game win streak to set the record for the longest win streak in professional hockey.