Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville took sole possession of second place on the NHL's all-time coaching wins list Thursday after his team defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 2-1, per Chris Peters of CBS Sports.
His 783rd victory broke a tie with former New York Islanders coach Al Arbour, although Quenneville has some work to do if he wants to catch Scotty Bowman and his 1,244 wins, per Sportsnet Stats:
The 57-year-old coach accomplished the feat in his 19th season, while Arbour was at the helm for 23 years and Bowman coached for 30 years.
Quenneville has been with the Blackhawks since the 2008-09 season after winning 307 games with the St. Louis Blues and another 131 with the Colorado Avalanche.
To say he's had a good run in Chicago would be an understatement. In his second season, the Blackhawks were 52-22-8 and won the 2010 Stanley Cup. They won it again in a strike-shortened 2012-13 season and yet again last season.
The Blackhawks had just three Stanley Cup victories in the history of the franchise, the latest coming in 1961, befor ...
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Joel Quenneville Passes Al Arbour for 2nd in All-Time NHL Coaching Wins
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