Doug Carpenter
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Doug Carpenter (born July 1, 1942, in Cornwall, Ontario) is a former head coach in the National Hockey League, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the International Hockey League and the American Hockey League, and is a former hockey player in the Eastern Hockey League and the International Hockey League.
As a player from 1964-1974, he played for the Greensboro Generals and Roanoke Valley Rebels in the EHL and for the Flint Generals in the IHL. He became a head coach for the Flint Generals in 1974, where he coached until 1978. He then became head coach of the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL for the 1979-80 season. Following stints with the New Brunswick Hawks and St. Catharines Saints of the AHL, he landed his first NHL head coach position with the New Jersey Devils. Later he coached the Toronto Maple Leafs. Also, in the AHL he coached the Halifax Citadels twice, and the New Haven Nighthawks. He ended his coaching career in 1993.
Carpenter consulted in the programming of the game Wayne Gretzky Hockey 2.
01Coaching record
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Finish | W | L | Win % | Result | ||
| NJD | 1984-85 | 80 | 22 | 48 | 10 | - | 54 | 5th in Patrick | , | , | , | Missed playoffs |
| NJD | 1985-86 | 80 | 28 | 49 | 3 | - | 59 | 6th in Patrick | , | , | , | Missed playoffs |
| NJD | 1986-87 | 80 | 29 | 45 | 6 | - | 64 | 6th in Patrick | , | , | , | Missed playoffs |
| NJD | 1987-88 | 50 | 21 | 24 | 5 | - | 47 | (fired) | , | , | , | Missed playoffs |
| TOR | 1989-90 | 80 | 38 | 38 | 4 | - | 80 | 3rd in Norris | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost in division semifinals (STL) |
| TOR | 1990-91 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | 3 | (fired) | , | , | , | Missed playoffs |
| NJD Total | 290 | 100 | 166 | 24 | - | 224 | , | , | , | , | ||
| TOR Total | 91 | 39 | 47 | 5 | - | 83 | 1 | 4 | .200 | |||
| Total | 381 | 139 | 213 | 29 | - | 307 | 1 | 4 | .200 | |||
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