Paul Maurice

Paul Maurice (born January 30, 1967) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). At age 43, Maurice became the youngest coach in NHL history to coach 1,000 games, reaching the milestone on November 28, 2010. He also holds a record for the most losses by an NHL coach with 736.

Originally a defenceman in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Maurice played four years of junior ice hockey prior to suffering an eye injury. Maurice formerly coached the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes franchise from 1995 to 2003 and the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2006 to 2008. On December 3, 2008, Maurice was re-hired by the Hurricanes after the firing of Peter Laviolette, who had replaced him in 2003. On November 28, 2011, the Carolina Hurricanes announced that he had been fired for a second time, whereupon, after a brief stint coaching Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), he joined the Winnipeg Jets in January 2014. After his resignation from the Jets in December 2021, Maurice was named head coach of the Florida Panthers in June 2022, and led the Panthers to consecutive appearances in the 2023 and 2024 Stanley Cup Finals, his second and third Finals appearances as a head coach. On June 24, 2024, Maurice coached the Panthers to the team's first Stanley Cup championship, winning the series in seven games after taking a 3–0 lead against the Edmonton Oilers. He did so in his 26th season as head coach, the most seasons coached for a first-time champion. Provided by Wikipedia