Al Arbour
Alger Joseph Arbour, "Radar"
Born: November 1, 1932
Sudbury, ON Canada
Deceased: August 28, 2015
Sarasota, FL USA
Coaching Career: 1970-2007
Elected to Hockey Hall of Fame in 1996.
Al Arbour compiled a record of 782 wins and 577 losses and 248 ties in his coaching career with the St. Louis Blues and New York Islanders. He began coaching during the 1970 season and last coached during the 2007 campaign. Arbour was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1996.
Coaching Record:
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | League | Team | G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Pts% | Win% | G | W | L | Win% | ||
| 1970-71 | NHL | St. Louis Blues | 50 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 77 | .513 | .560 | ||||||
| 1971-72 | NHL | St. Louis Blues | 44 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 63 | .477 | .500 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 | ||
| 1972-73 | NHL | St. Louis Blues | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | .282 | .346 | ||||||
| 1973-74 | NHL | New York Islanders | 78 | 19 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 75 | .321 | .359 | ||||||
| 1974-75 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 121 | .504 | .550 | 17 | 9 | 8 | .529 | ||
| 1975-76 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 42 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 143 | .596 | .631 | 13 | 7 | 6 | .538 | ||
| 1976-77 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 153 | .638 | .663 | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | ||
| 1977-78 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 48 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 159 | .663 | .694 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | ||
| 1978-79 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 51 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 167 | .696 | .725 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .600 | ||
| 1979-80 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 130 | .542 | .569 | 21 | 15 | 6 | .714 | ||
| 1980-81 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 48 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 158 | .658 | .688 | 18 | 15 | 3 | .833 | ||
| 1981-82 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 172 | .717 | .738 | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | ||
| 1982-83 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 138 | .575 | .600 | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | ||
| 1983-84 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 50 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 154 | .642 | .650 | 21 | 12 | 9 | .571 | ||
| 1984-85 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 126 | .525 | .538 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | ||
| 1985-86 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 129 | .538 | .563 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
| 1988-89 | NHL | New York Islanders | 53 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 66 | .415 | .425 | ||||||
| 1989-90 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 104 | .433 | .456 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | ||
| 1990-91 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 25 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 85 | .354 | .375 | ||||||
| 1991-92 | NHL | New York Islanders | 80 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 113 | .471 | .494 | ||||||
| 1992-93 | NHL | New York Islanders | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 127 | .504 | .518 | 18 | 9 | 9 | .500 | ||
| 1993-94 | NHL | New York Islanders | 84 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 120 | .476 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | ||
| 2007-08 | NHL | New York Islanders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | interim | |||||
| Totals | 1607 | 782 | 577 | 248 | 0 | 2594 | .538 | .564 | 209 | 123 | 86 | .589 | ||||
Awards
1978 - Jack Adams
