Mystery Hockey Coach

I am a hockey coach known for my creativity and hockey IQ.

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I once put a defenseman in my empty net to defend a penalty shot, a move so effective the NHL immediately changed the rules to forbid it.

The OHL honors my former career as a schoolteacher with an annual award in my name, given to the top academic post-secondary player in the league.

I shared an NHL record for coaching the most different franchises, having served as the head coach for eight separate teams during my career.

I instructed my goaltender to shoot the puck down the ice for an icing call just to get a line change, forcing the NHL to amend the rule book.

I discovered a loophole that allowed teams to decline a penalty shot in favor of a power play, prompting the NHL to change the rule before I used it.

I started the Vancouver Canucks' 'Towel Power' tradition by waving a white towel on a stick to protest officiating during the 1982 conference finals.

My only Stanley Cup championship came in 1989 when I served as an assistant coach for the Calgary Flames.

Though I was a Jack Adams Award finalist with three different franchises—the Sabres, Canucks, and Rangers—I never won coach of the year.

To ensure I coached my 1,000th game, the Ottawa Senators organization promoted me from assistant to head coach for the final two games of the 2001-02 season.

On November 19, 1977, I became the first NHL coach to wear a microphone for a live national television broadcast while behind the Toronto bench.