Joel Quenneville

This was the first Blackhawks' championship win on home ice since 1938.

With his third win, Quenneville became the third coach in Chicago sports history to win three championships, after Halas and Jackson.

Joel Norman Quenneville (born September 15, 1958) is a Canadian–American ice hockey coach and former player in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Nicknamed "Coach Q", he is second in NHL coaching wins at 969 behind Scotty Bowman.

As a player, Quenneville was drafted 21st overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft.

A defenceman, he played for the OHA's Windsor Spitfires, the New Brunswick Hawks, Baltimore Skipjacks and St. John's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League (AHL), and the Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies/New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers and Washington Capitals of the NHL.

He has also been a player/assistant coach of St. John's, head coach of the AHL's Springfield Indians, and assistant coach of the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche.

Quenneville also served as the head coach of the St. Louis Blues from 1996 to 2004, the Colorado Avalanche from 2005 to 2008, and the Florida Panthers from 2019 to 2021.

Quenneville won the Stanley Cup as an assistant coach with the Avalanche in 1996.

He then moved to the St. Louis Blues franchise, becoming head coach midway through the next season after Mike Keenan was fired.

He led St. Louis to seven straight playoff berths.

His best season was in 1999–2000, when he led the Blues to a franchise-record 51 wins and their first Presidents' Trophy for the league's best regular season record.

However, they were upset in the playoffs, losing to the San Jose Sharks in the first round.

In Quenneville's 2004 season with the Blues, the team started poorly and late in the year was in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in a quarter century.

As a result, Quenneville was fired.

Quenneville was hired to coach the Avalanche in June 2004, before the 2004–05 NHL lockout resulted in the season's cancellation.

In his first year with the Avalanche, he led the team to the playoffs and a first round upset of the Dallas Stars.

He became one of only seven currently active coaches to reach 750 games as of the 2006–07 season.

On March 25, 2007, Quenneville coached his 750th career game.

Quenneville coached his 400th win on October 26, 2007, a 3–2 overtime game against the Calgary Flames.

Quenneville achieved his greatest success as head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, a team he coached from 2008 to 2018.

On May 9, 2008, the Avalanche announced that Quenneville was leaving the organization.

Quenneville was hired as a pro scout by the Chicago Blackhawks in September 2008.

On October 16, 2008, Quenneville was promoted to head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, replacing former Blackhawk Denis Savard.

On December 1, 2009, he received his 500th win as a coach in an 11-round shootout battle against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

In his first two seasons with Chicago, he led the team to the 2009 Western Conference Final and the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals.

With the Blackhawks' victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the latter, Quenneville earned his first Stanley Cup as a head coach.

He led the Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup titles between 2010 and 2015.

The team's championship victory in 2010 was the Blackhawks' first since 1961, ending the then-longest Stanley Cup drought.

On March 10, Quenneville coached in his 1,608th regular season game and passed Arbour for second most on NHL all-time games coached list.

On December 18, 2011, he earned his 600th career coaching win, winning 4–2 against the Calgary Flames.

Quenneville earned his second championship as a head coach against the Boston Bruins during the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals, cementing his status as one of a handful of Chicago head coaches with multiple championships (the others are George Halas of the Chicago Bears, Phil Jackson of the Chicago Bulls, and Frank Chance of the Chicago Cubs).

On March 19, 2014, Quenneville became just the third head coach in NHL history to record 700 wins.

On March 23, 2015, Quenneville reached 750 wins as a coach.

His team won the Stanley Cup for the third time on June 15, 2015, with a 2–0 shutout over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

On January 14, 2016, Quenneville earned his 783rd win, passing Al Arbour for second all-time among NHL coaches.

On April 3, 2016, Quenneville earned his 800th win, in a 6–4 victory over the Boston Bruins, and joined Scotty Bowman as the only two coaches with at least 800 wins.

On February 21, 2017, the Blackhawks defeated the Minnesota Wild 5–3, helping Quenneville become the second coach in Blackhawks history to win 400 games.

On February 21, 2018, Quenneville became the third coach in NHL history to coach 1,600 games as the Blackhawks won 3–2 over the Ottawa Senators.

On November 6, 2018, the Blackhawks fired Quenneville after a 6–6–3 start in the 2018–19 season.