# John Paddock
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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}
{{About||other people|John Paddock (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = AHL HOF 2010 John Paddock (25551649927).jpg
| caption = Paddock in 2010
| image_size = 230px
| position = [Right wing](/source/Winger_(ice_hockey))
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 190
| played_for = [Washington Capitals](/source/Washington_Capitals)
[Philadelphia Flyers](/source/Philadelphia_Flyers)
[Quebec Nordiques](/source/Quebec_Nordiques)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|6|9}}
| birth_place = [Oak River](/source/Oak_River), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba), Canada
| draft = 37th overall
| draft_year = 1974
| draft_team = [Washington Capitals](/source/Washington_Capitals)
| wha_draft = 57th overall
| wha_draft_year = 1974
| wha_draft_team = [Minnesota Fighting Saints](/source/Minnesota_Fighting_Saints)
| career_start = 1975
| career_end = 1983
| ntl_team = CAN
}}
'''Alvin John Paddock''' (born June 9, 1954) is a Canadian professional [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) coach and former player, currently the senior vice-president of hockey operations of the [Regina Pats](/source/Regina_Pats) of the [Western Hockey League](/source/Western_Hockey_League) (WHL).[{{cite web|title=Regina Pats Announce Structure for the Future!|url=http://reginapats.com/article/regina-pats-announce-structure-for-the-future|publisher=Regina Pats}}] He is a former head coach of the [Winnipeg Jets](/source/Winnipeg_Jets_(1972%E2%80%9396)) and [Ottawa Senators](/source/Ottawa_Senators). During his long career in the [American Hockey League](/source/American_Hockey_League) (AHL), he won five [Calder Cup](/source/Calder_Cup) championships (two as a player, three as a head coach) and was inducted into the AHL's [Hall of Fame](/source/American_Hockey_League) in 2010.[{{Cite web|url=http://flyers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=53071|title=Bio – John Paddock – Philadelphia Flyers – Team|access-date=February 5, 2011|publisher=Philadelphia Flyers}}]
==Playing career==
thumb|1980 postcard of Paddock for Quebec Nordiques
Selected in the [1974 NHL entry draft](/source/1974_NHL_entry_draft) by the [Washington Capitals](/source/Washington_Capitals), Paddock only played eight games with the Capitals before he was traded to the [Philadelphia Flyers](/source/Philadelphia_Flyers).[{{cite news |last1=Fleischman |first1=Bill |title=Flyers Obtain John Paddock |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/185298986/ |access-date=April 28, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=September 2, 1976 |page=49}}] He played a memorable role in the [1980 Stanley Cup Finals](/source/1980_Stanley_Cup_Finals) against the [New York Islanders](/source/New_York_Islanders), scoring the tying goal to send Game 6 of the Finals into overtime. However, [Bob Nystrom](/source/Bob_Nystrom) scored at 7:11 of [overtime](/source/Overtime_(ice_hockey)) to win the [Stanley Cup](/source/Stanley_Cup) for New York.
Throughout his career, Paddock had a difficult time trying to crack the lineup on an NHL team. Playing primarily in the minors, in particular the [Maine Mariners](/source/Maine_Mariners_(AHL)) of the [American Hockey League](/source/American_Hockey_League) (AHL), Paddock retired as a player in 1983–84 and moved to coaching.
==Coaching career==
Paddock began coaching with the Maine Mariners of the AHL, winning the Calder Cup in his first year. He later coached in [Hershey, Pennsylvania](/source/Hershey%2C_Pennsylvania), winning the [Calder Cup](/source/Calder_Cup) as coach of the 1988 AHL champion [Hershey Bears](/source/Hershey_Bears). He was named head coach of the NHL's [Winnipeg Jets](/source/Winnipeg_Jets_(1972%E2%80%9396)) in 1991, becoming the first Manitoba-born coach of the franchise. Later, he would also become its general manager and would relinquish his coaching duties in early 1994. He remained as the general manager—even after the Jets relocated to [Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona), to become the [Phoenix Coyotes](/source/Phoenix_Coyotes)—until December 1996.
After two years as a scout with the [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers), Paddock would return to head coaching in 1999, primarily in the AHL. He was head coach of the [Hartford Wolf Pack](/source/Hartford_Wolf_Pack) from 1999 to 2002, winning his third AHL Championship as a coach in the 1999–2000 season.
Paddock joined the [Ottawa Senators](/source/Ottawa_Senators) organization in 2002 as coach of their AHL affiliate, the [Binghamton Senators](/source/Binghamton_Senators), from 2002 to 2005. In 2002, he was promoted to the assistant coach of the Ottawa Senators. When Ottawa head coach [Bryan Murray](/source/Bryan_Murray_(ice_hockey)) was promoted to general manager in July 2007 following the team's [Stanley Cup Finals](/source/2007_Stanley_Cup_Finals) appearance, Paddock became head coach of Ottawa, the sixth head coach in modern Senators' history.
Paddock's term with Ottawa started extremely well. In the first 17 games of the season, the club set records for the best start in NHL history, winning 15 of their first 17 games. In the [2007–08 season](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_NHL_season), Paddock was the head coach of the [Eastern Conference](/source/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)) team for the [All-Star game](/source/2008_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game) as Ottawa had the best record in the East. However, on February 27, 2008, Murray fired Paddock after several lackluster performances by the team in February, and a generally poor record since the first 17 games of the year. Murray would serve as head coach for the remainder of the 2007–08 season and playoffs, with a 7–9–2 record. The Senators were eliminated in the first round of the [playoffs](/source/2008_Stanley_Cup_playoffs).
In August 2008, Paddock returned to the Philadelphia Flyers organization, hired to be head coach of their AHL affiliate, the [Philadelphia Phantoms](/source/Philadelphia_Phantoms). On July 9, 2009, he was appointed assistant general manager of the Flyers. On June 18, 2014, Paddock was released by the Philadelphia Flyers organization.
On August 6, 2014, Paddock was hired by the [Western Hockey League](/source/Western_Hockey_League) (WHL)'s [Regina Pats](/source/Regina_Pats) as head coach and senior vice-president of hockey operations. Following his first season behind the Pats' bench, Paddock was named the Dunc McCallum Trophy winner as the WHL's 2015 Coach of the Year.
On June 28, 2018, he stepped down as head coach but remained VP of Hockey Operations and GM for The Pats.
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[Regular season](/source/Regular_season)
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[Playoffs](/source/Playoffs)
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [Season](/source/Season_(sports))
! Team
! League
! GP !! [G](/source/Goal_(ice_hockey)) !! [A](/source/Assist_(ice_hockey)) !! [Pts](/source/Point_(ice_hockey)) !! [PIM](/source/Penalty_(ice_hockey))
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [1972–73](/source/1972%E2%80%9373_WCHL_season)
| [Brandon Wheat Kings](/source/Brandon_Wheat_Kings)
| [WCHL](/source/Western_Hockey_League)
| 11 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 6
| 6 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1973–74](/source/1973%E2%80%9374_WCHL_season)
| Brandon Wheat Kings
| WCHL
| 68 || 34 || 49 || 83 || 228
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [1974–75](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_AHL_season)
| [Richmond Robins](/source/Richmond_Robins)
| [AHL](/source/American_Hockey_League)
| 72 || 26 || 22 || 48 || 206
| 7 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 38
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_AHL_season)
| Richmond Robins
| AHL
| 42 || 11 || 14 || 25 || 98
| 8 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 5
|-
| [1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_NHL_season)
| [Washington Capitals](/source/Washington_Capitals)
| [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League)
| 8 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 12
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1976–77](/source/1976%E2%80%9377_AHL_season)
| [Springfield Indians](/source/Springfield_Indians)
| AHL
| 61 || 13 || 16 || 29 || 106
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [1976–77](/source/1976%E2%80%9377_NHL_season)
| [Philadelphia Flyers](/source/Philadelphia_Flyers)
| NHL
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1977–78](/source/1977%E2%80%9378_AHL_season)
| [Maine Mariners](/source/Maine_Mariners_(AHL))
| AHL
| 61 || 8 || 12 || 20 || 152
| 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 25
|-
| [1978–79](/source/1978%E2%80%9379_AHL_season)
| Maine Mariners
| AHL
| 79 || 30 || 37 || 67 || 275
| 10 || 9 || 1 || 10 || 13
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1979–80](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season)
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 32 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 36
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 48
|-
| [1980–81](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_AHL_season)
| Maine Mariners
| AHL
| 22 || 8 || 7 || 15 || 53
| 18 || 10 || 6 || 16 || 48
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1980–81](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_NHL_season)
| [Quebec Nordiques](/source/Quebec_Nordiques)
| NHL
| 32 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 25
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [1981–82](/source/1981%E2%80%9382_AHL_season)
| Maine Mariners
| AHL
| 39 || 6 || 10 || 16 || 123
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 18
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1982–83](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_AHL_season)
| Maine Mariners
| AHL
| 69 || 30 || 23 || 53 || 188
| 13 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 18
|-
| [1982–83](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_NHL_season)
| Philadelphia Flyers
| NHL
| 10 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [1983–84](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_AHL_season)
| Maine Mariners
| AHL
| 17 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 34
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals
! 462 !! 135 !! 147 !! 282 !! 1,235
! 67 !! 26 !! 16 !! 42 !! 165
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 87 !! 8 !! 14 !! 22 !! 86
! 5 !! 2 !! 0 !! 2 !! 48
|}
===Coaching record===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|+NHL coaching record
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="7"|Regular season !! colspan="1"|Postseason
|-
! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !!Finish !! Result
|-
)||[1991–92](/source/1991%E2%80%9392_NHL_season)
|80||33||32||15|| – ||81||4th in Smythe||Lost in division semi-finals
|-
!Winnipeg Jets||[1992–93](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_NHL_season)
|84||40||37||7|| – ||87||4th in Smythe||Lost in division semi-finals
|-
!Winnipeg Jets||[1993–94](/source/1993%E2%80%9394_NHL_season)
|84||24||51||9|| – ||57||6th in Central||Missed playoffs
|-
!Winnipeg Jets||[1994–95](/source/1994%E2%80%9395_NHL_season)
|33||9||18||6|| – ||24||6th in Central||Resigned
|-
||[2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_NHL_season)
|64||36||22|| – ||6||78||2nd in Northeast|| Fired
|-
! colspan="2"|Winnipeg Jets Total ||281||106||138||37|| – ||249||||5-8 (0.385)
|-
! colspan="2"|Ottawa Senators Total ||64||36||22|| – ||6||78||||0-0 (0.000)
|-
! colspan="2"|NHL Total ||345||142||160||37||6||327||||5-8 (0.385)
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats}}
*[http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1974/74037.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]
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{{succession box | before = [Mike Smith](/source/Mike_Smith_(ice_hockey%2C_born_1945)) | title = General Manager of the original Winnipeg Jets / [Phoenix Coyotes](/source/List_of_Phoenix_Coyotes_general_managers) | years = [1994](/source/1993%E2%80%9394_NHL_season)–[96](/source/1996%E2%80%9397_NHL_season) | after = [Bobby Smith](/source/Bobby_Smith_(ice_hockey))}}
{{succession box | before = [Bob Murdoch](/source/Bob_Murdoch_(ice_hockey%2C_born_1946)) | title = Head coach of the original Winnipeg Jets | years = [1991](/source/1991%E2%80%9392_NHL_season)–[95](/source/1994%E2%80%9395_NHL_season) | after = [Terry Simpson](/source/Terry_Simpson)}}
{{succession box | before = [Bryan Murray](/source/Bryan_Murray_(ice_hockey)) | title = [Head coach of the Ottawa Senators](/source/List_of_Ottawa_Senators_head_coaches) | years = [2007–08](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_NHL_season) | after = Bryan Murray}}
{{s-end}}
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