Paul Maurice
Canadian ice hockey player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul Maurice (born January 30, 1967) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). At age 43, Maurice became the youngest coach in NHL history to coach 1,000 games, reaching the milestone on November 28, 2010.[1] He also holds a record for the most losses by an NHL coach with 713.
Paul Maurice | |||
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Born |
(1967-01-30) January 30, 1967 (age 57) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada | ||
Current NHL coach | Florida Panthers | ||
Coached for |
Hartford Whalers Carolina Hurricanes Toronto Maple Leafs Winnipeg Jets | ||
Coaching career | 1988–present |
Originally a defenceman in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Maurice played four years of junior ice hockey prior to suffering an eye injury. Maurice formerly coached the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes franchise from 1995 to 2003 and the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2006 to 2008. On December 3, 2008, Maurice was re-hired by the Hurricanes after the firing of Peter Laviolette, who had replaced him in 2003. On November 28, 2011, the Carolina Hurricanes announced that he had been fired for a second time, whereupon, after a brief stint coaching Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), he joined the Winnipeg Jets in January 2014. After his resignation from the Jets in December 2021, Maurice was named head coach of the Florida Panthers in June 2022, and coached the Panthers to an appearance in the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals, his second Stanley Cup appearance as a head coach.