List of Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) head coaches

This is a complete list of head coaches of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Quakers in the National Hockey League (NHL). Granted a franchise by the NHL in 1925, the Pirates played in Pittsburgh from 1925 to 1930 and then moved to Philadelphia and became the Philadelphia Quakers. After their only season in Philadelphia, the franchise was cancelled due to financial problems. Both cities were awarded expansion teams over a quarter of a century later (the Flyers and Penguins).

Frank Fredrickson was the Pirates coach during the team's last season in Pittsburgh, 1929–30.
Hockey Hall of Famer (HHOF)
No. Number of coaches
G Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
P Points
P% Points percentage
W% Winning percentage

Coaches

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Cooper Smeaton was the head coach during the franchise's lone season in Philadelphia.
No. Name Seasons G W L T P P% G W L T W% Notes Ref
Regular season Playoffs
1 Odie Cleghorn 4 (192529) 168 62 86 20 144 .429 4 1 2 1 .375 [1]
2 Frank Fredrickson 1 (1929–30) 44 5 36 3 13 .148 HHOF 1958[note 1] [3]
3 Cooper Smeaton 1 (1930–31) 44 4 36 4 12 .136 HHOF 1961[note 2] [5]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Frank Fredrickson was inducted as a player in 1958.[2]
  2. ^ Cooper Smeaton was inducted as an on-ice official the first year that category was created.[4]

References

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General

  • "Pittsburgh Pirates Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  • "Philadelphia Quakers Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2015.

Specific

  1. ^ "Odie Cleghorn". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  2. ^ Frank Fredrickson biography at Legends of Hockey
  3. ^ "Frank Fredrickson". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  4. ^ "The Legends – Honoured Official – Smeaton, Cooper". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "Cooper Smeaton". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2011.