NOW YOU KNOW

Mike Keenan was hired as coach of 7-15-2-3 Florida on Sunday: A look at his career coaching record and comment on each of the teams he has coached:

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Team Years Games W L T Pct. Stanley Cups PHILADELPHIA 1984-88 320 190 102 28 .638 0

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* Lost the Stanley Cup Finals to the Oilers in ’85 and ’87 and was fired the next season after the Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs.

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Team Years Games W L T Pct. Stanley Cups CHICAGO 1988-92 320 153 126 41 .542 0

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* After four tumultuous seasons, Keenan was fired after the Blackhawks lost to the Penguins in the 1992 Stanley Cup finals.

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Team Years Games W L T Pct. Stanley Cups N.Y. RANGERS 1993-94 84 52 24 8 .667 1

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* After leading the Rangers to a Stanley Cup, Keenan’s reign as the hero of New York lasted only a couple of weeks as he bolted for St. Louis, claiming that the Rangers’ management ran him out of town.

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Team Years Games W L T Pct. Stanley Cups ST. LOUIS 1994-97 163 75 66 22 .528 0

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* Keenan was fired midway through his third season with St. Louis, but not before chasing away Wayne Gretzky and leaving the Blues in a state of financial ruin.

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Team Years Games W L T Pct. Stanley Cups VANCOUVER 1997-99 108 36 54 18 .417 0

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* Cursed from the beginning, it took only a season and a half before Keenan alienated his players and was shown the door.

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Team Years Games W L T Pct. Stanley Cups BOSTON 2000-01 74 33 34 7 .493 0

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* It didn’t take long for the Bruins’ management combination of Harry Sinden and Mike O’Connell to butt heads with Keenan.

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Seasons Games W L T Pct. Stanley Cups CAREER TOTALS 15 1,123 593 406 124 .583 1

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