John Paddock
Encyclopedia
Alvin John Paddock is a Canadian former professional ice hockey
player and the former head coach of the Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators
of the National Hockey League
(NHL). During his long career in the American Hockey League
he won five Calder Cup
championships (two as a player, three as a head coach) and was inducted into the AHL's Hall of Fame in 2010. Paddock is currently the assistant General Manager of the Philadelphia Flyers
.
, Paddock only played 8 games with the Capitals before he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers
. He played a memorable role in the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals
, scoring the tying goal to send game 6 of the Finals into overtime. Unfortunately for the Flyers, Bob Nystrom
scored at 7:11 of overtime
to win the Stanley Cup
.
Throughout his career he had a difficult time trying to crack the lineup on an NHL team. Playing primarily in the minors, in particular the Maine Mariners
, Paddock retired as a player in 1983–84 and moved to the coaching side.
of the American Hockey League
. He later coached in Hershey, Pennsylvania, winning the Calder Cup
as coach of the 1988 AHL champion Hershey Bears
. He was named head coach of the Winnipeg Jets in 1991, becoming the first Manitoba-born coach of the franchise. Later he would also become general manager of the Jets, and would relinquish his coaching duties in early 1994. He remained as the general manager, even after the Jets relocated to Phoenix, until December 1996.
After two years as a scout with the New York Rangers
, Paddock would return to head coaching in 1999, primarily in the AHL. He was head coach of the Hartford Wolf Pack
from 1999–2002, winning his second AHL Championship in the 1999–2000 season.
Paddock joined the Ottawa Senators organization in 2002 as coach of the AHL Binghamton Senators
from 2002–2005. In 2002, he was promoted to the assistant coach of the Ottawa Senators
. When Ottawa head coach Bryan Murray was promoted to general manager in July 2007, Paddock became head coach of Ottawa, the sixth head coach in modern Senators' history.
Paddock's term with Ottawa started extremely well. In the first 17 games of the season, the club set records for the best start in NHL history, winning 15 of their first 17 games. In the 2007–08 season, Paddock was the head coach of the Eastern Conference
team for the All-Star game
as Ottawa had the best record in the East.
However it was not to last. On February 27, 2008, Murray fired Paddock after several lackluster performances by the team in February, and a generally poor record since the first 17 games of the year. Murray would serve as head coach for the remainder of the 2007–08 season and playoffs. The Senators were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.
Paddock did not stay out of work for long. In August 2008, Paddock returned to the Philadelphia Flyers
organization. He was hired to be head coach to their AHL team the Philadelphia Phantoms
, returning Paddock to the league where he has had his most success. On July 9, 2009, he was appointed assistant General Manager of the Flyers.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player and the former head coach of the Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL). During his long career in the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
he won five Calder Cup
Calder Cup
The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. The trophy is the world's second oldest continuous professional ice hockey championship, having first been awarded in 1937 following the 1936-37 AHL season, and continuously being awarded every year.The cup...
championships (two as a player, three as a head coach) and was inducted into the AHL's Hall of Fame in 2010. Paddock is currently the assistant General Manager of the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
.
Playing career
Selected in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington CapitalsWashington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
, Paddock only played 8 games with the Capitals before he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. He played a memorable role in the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals
1980 Stanley Cup Finals
-See also:* List of Stanley Cup champions* 1979–80 NHL season* 1980 NBA Finals* 1980 World Series* Super Bowl XV-Notes:...
, scoring the tying goal to send game 6 of the Finals into overtime. Unfortunately for the Flyers, Bob Nystrom
Bob Nyström
Robert Thore Nystrom is a retired professional ice hockey right winger. He played for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League from 1972 to 1986. He is best remembered as having scored the winning goal at the 7:11 mark of overtime to give the New York Islanders the 1980 Stanley Cup...
scored at 7:11 of overtime
Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...
to win the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
.
Throughout his career he had a difficult time trying to crack the lineup on an NHL team. Playing primarily in the minors, in particular the Maine Mariners
Maine Mariners
The Maine Mariners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Portland, Maine, USA at the Cumberland County Civic Center.-History:...
, Paddock retired as a player in 1983–84 and moved to the coaching side.
Coaching career
Paddock began coaching with the Maine MarinersMaine Mariners
The Maine Mariners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Portland, Maine, USA at the Cumberland County Civic Center.-History:...
of the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
. He later coached in Hershey, Pennsylvania, winning the Calder Cup
Calder Cup
The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. The trophy is the world's second oldest continuous professional ice hockey championship, having first been awarded in 1937 following the 1936-37 AHL season, and continuously being awarded every year.The cup...
as coach of the 1988 AHL champion Hershey Bears
Hershey Bears
The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of...
. He was named head coach of the Winnipeg Jets in 1991, becoming the first Manitoba-born coach of the franchise. Later he would also become general manager of the Jets, and would relinquish his coaching duties in early 1994. He remained as the general manager, even after the Jets relocated to Phoenix, until December 1996.
After two years as a scout with the New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
, Paddock would return to head coaching in 1999, primarily in the AHL. He was head coach of the Hartford Wolf Pack
Hartford Wolf Pack
The Connecticut Whale is a professional ice hockey team based in Hartford, Connecticut. They play in the American Hockey League . They play their home games at the XL Center....
from 1999–2002, winning his second AHL Championship in the 1999–2000 season.
Paddock joined the Ottawa Senators organization in 2002 as coach of the AHL Binghamton Senators
Binghamton Senators
The Binghamton Senators are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . Nicknamed the B-Sens, they play in Binghamton, New York at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Along with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL, the B-Sens are minor league affiliates of the Ottawa Senators...
from 2002–2005. In 2002, he was promoted to the assistant coach of the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. When Ottawa head coach Bryan Murray was promoted to general manager in July 2007, Paddock became head coach of Ottawa, the sixth head coach in modern Senators' history.
Paddock's term with Ottawa started extremely well. In the first 17 games of the season, the club set records for the best start in NHL history, winning 15 of their first 17 games. In the 2007–08 season, Paddock was the head coach of the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (NHL)
The Eastern Conference is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Western Conference....
team for the All-Star game
56th National Hockey League All-Star Game
The 56th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held on January 27, 2008 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, home of the Atlanta Thrashers, during the 2007–08 NHL season....
as Ottawa had the best record in the East.
However it was not to last. On February 27, 2008, Murray fired Paddock after several lackluster performances by the team in February, and a generally poor record since the first 17 games of the year. Murray would serve as head coach for the remainder of the 2007–08 season and playoffs. The Senators were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.
Paddock did not stay out of work for long. In August 2008, Paddock returned to the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
organization. He was hired to be head coach to their AHL team the Philadelphia Phantoms
Philadelphia Phantoms
The Philadelphia Phantoms were a professional ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League from 1996 to 2009. The club was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and played most of its home games at the Spectrum. During schedule conflicts or some Calder Cup playoff games, games were...
, returning Paddock to the league where he has had his most success. On July 9, 2009, he was appointed assistant General Manager of the Flyers.
NHL Coaching record
| Team | |Regular Season | WIN Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets were a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They began play in the World Hockey Association in 1972, moving to the National Hockey League in 1979 following the collapse of the WHA... |
1991–92 | 80 | 33 | 32 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 4th in Smythe | Lost in first round | |||||
| WIN Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets were a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They began play in the World Hockey Association in 1972, moving to the National Hockey League in 1979 following the collapse of the WHA... |
1992–93 | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | ||
| 87 | 4th in Smythe | Lost in first round | |||||
| WIN Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets were a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They began play in the World Hockey Association in 1972, moving to the National Hockey League in 1979 following the collapse of the WHA... |
1993–94 | 84 | 24 | 51 | 9 | ||
| 57 | 6th in Central | Missed playoffs | |||||
| WIN Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets were a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They began play in the World Hockey Association in 1972, moving to the National Hockey League in 1979 following the collapse of the WHA... |
1994–95 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 6 | ||
| (39) | 6th in Central | (fired) | |||||
| OTT Ottawa Senators The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
2007–08 | 64 | 36 | 22 | |||
| 6 | (94) | 2nd in Northeast | (fired) | ||||
| Total | 343 | 112 | 160 | 37 | 6 | ||