Barry Trotz

Barry Trotz is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach born in Dauphin, Canada on July 15, 1962. He is currently the head coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. He was also the head coach for the Washington Capitals and the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League and the Portland Pirates and the Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League. He started his career in hockey as a player for the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League from 1979 to 1982. While playing with the team he played in 191 games and scored 15 goals. He started coaching in 1984 as an assistant coach at the University of Manitoba. The next season he became the head coach and general manager for the Dauphin Kings but returned to the University of Manitoba in 1987 as the head coach and was a part-time scout for the Washington Capitals. In 1992 he became the head coach for the Capitals’ minor league team the Baltimore Skipjacks that relocated the next year and became the Portland Pirates. In 1997 he became the head coach for the Nashville Predators. He won his 500th game with the team on March 30, 2012. Trotz stayed with the team for 15 seasons. In 2014 he became the head coach for the Washington Capitals and with the team won his 700th game on February 28, 2017. In 2018 he was hired by the New York Islanders to be the head coach where he remains to this day.