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Thrashers Sign Head Coach Bob Hartley to Contract Extension
Wednesday, Aug. 31st, 2005
The Atlanta Thrashers have signed Head Coach Bob Hartley to a contract extension through the 2006-07 season, according to Executive Vice President and General Manager Don Waddell.
“We feel that with Bob’s leadership, professionalism and winning track record, he is the coach that will guide this team to success for many years,” said Waddell. “We are pleased to have him leading our team and look forward to the future of the franchise with him behind the bench.”
Hartley, who is the second head coach in team history, is entering his third season with the Thrashers since being named to the position on Jan. 14, 2003. He has guided Atlanta to a 52-56-13 record in one-and-a-half seasons behind the bench, including a franchise-best 33-37-8-4 record in his first full season with the team in 2003-04. Hartley has posted an overall record of 245-174-61-6 and a .574 winning percentage in 480 games as a head coach in the NHL with the Thrashers and Colorado Avalanche. In 16 seasons as a head coach in the NHL, minor leagues and juniors, he has led his teams to a combined 603-446-107 record, 14 playoff appearances and has won league championships at every level.
The native of Hawkesbury, Ontario, served as Colorado's head coach from 1998-2002 and guided them to the 2001 Stanley Cup Championship, four Northwest Division titles and four consecutive trips to the Western Conference Finals (1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002). In 359 regular-season games with the Avalanche, he earned a 193-118-48 record and a 49-31 record in 80 post-season games. Named as their head coach on June 30, 1998, he currently ranks as the Avalanche's all-time coaching leader in wins.
Prior to joining Colorado, Hartley served as the head coach of the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League for two seasons (1996-1998) and holds the distinction of being one of only four head coaches to win the Stanley Cup and the AHL's Calder Cup, which he claimed with the Bears in 1997. Before his stint in Hershey, he served as the head coach of the Cornwall Aces of the AHL for two seasons (1994-96). In four seasons as an AHL head coach, he earned an overall record of 151-136-33 and four consecutive playoff appearances.
Hartley spent two seasons as the head coach of the Laval Titans of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (1991-93), compiling an 81-52-7 record. In 1993 he led Laval to the QMJHL and Memorial Cup championships. From 1987-1991 he was head coach for Hawkesbury of the Central Junior Hockey League, where he won league championships in 1990 and 1991.
During last year's NHL lockout, Hartley entrenched himself in the Atlanta hockey community, spending countless hours helping to develop the game, providing on-ice instruction for players at all levels, including those in the Junior Thrashers Program. In addition, he hosted clinics for ice and in-line coaches, and participated in USA Hockey's 2005 National Hockey Coaches Symposium and Hockey Canada’s Advanced II Level National Coaching Certification Program. Hartley also established the international youth hockey tournament, called the Friendship Cup, and played a key role in developing and running the April 2005 event that featured teams from Atlanta, Florida, Canada and Russia, as well as and a visit by the Stanley Cup.
“We feel that with Bob’s leadership, professionalism and winning track record, he is the coach that will guide this team to success for many years,” said Waddell. “We are pleased to have him leading our team and look forward to the future of the franchise with him behind the bench.”
Hartley, who is the second head coach in team history, is entering his third season with the Thrashers since being named to the position on Jan. 14, 2003. He has guided Atlanta to a 52-56-13 record in one-and-a-half seasons behind the bench, including a franchise-best 33-37-8-4 record in his first full season with the team in 2003-04. Hartley has posted an overall record of 245-174-61-6 and a .574 winning percentage in 480 games as a head coach in the NHL with the Thrashers and Colorado Avalanche. In 16 seasons as a head coach in the NHL, minor leagues and juniors, he has led his teams to a combined 603-446-107 record, 14 playoff appearances and has won league championships at every level.
The native of Hawkesbury, Ontario, served as Colorado's head coach from 1998-2002 and guided them to the 2001 Stanley Cup Championship, four Northwest Division titles and four consecutive trips to the Western Conference Finals (1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002). In 359 regular-season games with the Avalanche, he earned a 193-118-48 record and a 49-31 record in 80 post-season games. Named as their head coach on June 30, 1998, he currently ranks as the Avalanche's all-time coaching leader in wins.
Prior to joining Colorado, Hartley served as the head coach of the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League for two seasons (1996-1998) and holds the distinction of being one of only four head coaches to win the Stanley Cup and the AHL's Calder Cup, which he claimed with the Bears in 1997. Before his stint in Hershey, he served as the head coach of the Cornwall Aces of the AHL for two seasons (1994-96). In four seasons as an AHL head coach, he earned an overall record of 151-136-33 and four consecutive playoff appearances.
Hartley spent two seasons as the head coach of the Laval Titans of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (1991-93), compiling an 81-52-7 record. In 1993 he led Laval to the QMJHL and Memorial Cup championships. From 1987-1991 he was head coach for Hawkesbury of the Central Junior Hockey League, where he won league championships in 1990 and 1991.
During last year's NHL lockout, Hartley entrenched himself in the Atlanta hockey community, spending countless hours helping to develop the game, providing on-ice instruction for players at all levels, including those in the Junior Thrashers Program. In addition, he hosted clinics for ice and in-line coaches, and participated in USA Hockey's 2005 National Hockey Coaches Symposium and Hockey Canada’s Advanced II Level National Coaching Certification Program. Hartley also established the international youth hockey tournament, called the Friendship Cup, and played a key role in developing and running the April 2005 event that featured teams from Atlanta, Florida, Canada and Russia, as well as and a visit by the Stanley Cup.
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