John Muckler

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John "Mucks" Muckler (born April 3, 1934) is the General Manager of the Ottawa Senators NHL ice hockey Club. A five-time Stanley Cup winner, Muckler has more than 50 years of professional hockey experience as a part owner, general manager, director of player personnel, director of hockey operations, head coach, assistant coach and player.

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[edit] Early Years

Born in Midland, Ontario, and raised in nearby Paris, Muckler was a defenceman in the minor leagues for 13 seasons, playing the bulk of his career in the old Eastern Hockey League (EHL).

Muckler began his professional coaching career as a playe/coach in 1959 with the EHL's New York Rovers. He then spent the next 20 years with the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars and Vancouver Canucks before joining the Edmonton Oilers organization in 1981. During those 20 years, Muckler served briefly as head coach of the Minnesota North Stars in 1968-69 and won multiple regular-season titles, playoff championships and league coach-of-the-year honours in the minor leagues. For his successes, The Sporting News named him the top coach in all of minor-league hockey in 1979.

While with the Oilers, Muckler served as an assistant coach with the Stanley Cup winners in 1984 and 1985 and was designated co-coach during the 1987 and 1988 championship seasons. Muckler became the team's head coach in 1989 and led the club to its fifth Stanley Cup in seven years in 1990.

In 1991, Muckler left the Oilers for the Buffalo Sabres. Initially the club's director of hockey operations, he quickly stepped behind the bench and coached the Sabres for the next four seasons. He also assumed the role of general manager in 1993. A finalist for NHL coach of the year in 1994, Muckler stepped down from coaching in 1995 to focus on his front-office duties and was named NHL executive of the year by The Sporting News for the 1996-97 season.

Prior to joining the Senators on June 12, 2002, Muckler last worked in the NHL as head coach of the New York Rangers from 1997-98 to 1999-2000. He has a 276-288-84 career record as an NHL head coach, a 233-167-53-7 career record as an NHL general manager and has been a head coach or general manager for more than 2,000 professional games. His résumé also includes three appearances at the NHL all-star game and two stints (1984 and '87) with Canada Cup-winning coaching staffs for Team Canada.

[edit] Major trades and signings

[edit] Buffalo

[edit] Ottawa

[edit] Personal

John is married to wife Audrey and they have 5 children.

Preceded by:
Glen Sather		 Head Coaches of the Edmonton Oilers
1989–1990		 Succeeded by:
Ted Green
Edmonton Oilers Head Coaches
Kinasewich • Hunter • Shaw • Drake • Guidolin • Sather • Watson • Muckler • Green • Burnett • Low • Lowe • MacTavish
Buffalo Sabres Head Coaches
Imlach • Smith • Crozier • Pronovost • Inglis • Bowman • Neilson • Roberts • Schoenfeld • Ramsay • Sator • Dudley • Muckler • Nolan • Ruff
New York Rangers Head Coaches
Patrick • Boucher • L. Patrick • Colville • Cook • M. Patrick • Watson • Pike • Harvey • Sullivan • Francis • Geoffrion • Popein • Stewart • Ferguson • Talbot • Shero • C. Patrick • Brooks • Sator • Webster • Esposito • Bergeron • Neilson • Smith • Keenan • Campbell • Muckler • Tortorella • Low • Trottier • Sather • Renney
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