Bruce Boudreau

Bruce Boudreau
Boudreau with the Anaheim Ducks in 2012
Born (1955-01-09) January 9, 1955 (age 69)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Minnesota Fighting Saints
Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Black Hawks
Coached for Washington Capitals
Anaheim Ducks
Minnesota Wild
Vancouver Canucks
NHL draft 42nd overall, 1975
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 1975–1992
Coaching career 1992–present

Bruce Allan Boudreau (/bdr/ BUU-droh; born January 9, 1955) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He previously served as head coach of the Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks, Minnesota Wild, and Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). As a player, Boudreau played professionally for 20 seasons, and was a third round pick (42nd overall) of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. He played 141 games in the NHL with the Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks, and 30 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Minnesota Fighting Saints. Boudreau played most of his career in the American Hockey League (AHL) for various teams where he was known for his goals and point-scoring abilities, recording 316 goals and 483 assists for 799 points in 634 games.

After his playing career Boudreau went into coaching and won the Jack Adams Award for the NHL's most outstanding head coach in the 2007–08 NHL season during his tenure with the Capitals. Boudreau is the owner of two junior ice hockey teams, Minnesota Blue Ox and Hershey Cubs, in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL).

As of 2021, Boudreau has the second-highest winning percentage in NHL history for a coach who has coached at least 900 games.[1]

  1. ^ "NHL Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2021.