Jack Capuano will assume the role behind the Islanders bench on Wednesday.
It is the 18th new coaching assignment for the Islanders (Arbour, Milbury and Henning each had two stints; I'm not counting Arbour's 1-game cameo in 2007).
The Isles are 6-9-2 in their first game for a new coach. This is the 8th time that the Isles have made an in-season change, and the Isles are 4-3-0 in the first game after the previous 7 changes (including 3 straight wins).
Earl Ingarfeld 1/31/1973 L 5-3 @ Toronto (replaced Phil Goyette)
Al Arbour II 12/9/1989 L 6-5 @ New Jersey (replaced Terry Simpson)
Rick Bowness 1/24/1997 W 5-2 @ Hartford (replaced Mike Milbury)
Mike Milbury II 3/12/1998 L 2-1 Washington (replaced Rick Bowness)
Bill Stewart 1/21/1999 W 5-2 @ Pittsburgh (replaced Mike Milbury)
Lorne Henning II 3/4/2001 W 5-2 @ New York Rangers (replaced Butch Goring)
Brad Shaw 1/12/2006 W 3-2 Vs. Calgary (replaced Steve Stirling)
Jack Capuano 11/17/2010 Tampa Bay (replaced Scott Gordon)
It is the 18th new coaching assignment for the Islanders (Arbour, Milbury and Henning each had two stints; I'm not counting Arbour's 1-game cameo in 2007).
The Isles are 6-9-2 in their first game for a new coach. This is the 8th time that the Isles have made an in-season change, and the Isles are 4-3-0 in the first game after the previous 7 changes (including 3 straight wins).
Earl Ingarfeld 1/31/1973 L 5-3 @ Toronto (replaced Phil Goyette)
Al Arbour II 12/9/1989 L 6-5 @ New Jersey (replaced Terry Simpson)
Rick Bowness 1/24/1997 W 5-2 @ Hartford (replaced Mike Milbury)
Mike Milbury II 3/12/1998 L 2-1 Washington (replaced Rick Bowness)
Bill Stewart 1/21/1999 W 5-2 @ Pittsburgh (replaced Mike Milbury)
Lorne Henning II 3/4/2001 W 5-2 @ New York Rangers (replaced Butch Goring)
Brad Shaw 1/12/2006 W 3-2 Vs. Calgary (replaced Steve Stirling)
Jack Capuano 11/17/2010 Tampa Bay (replaced Scott Gordon)
Gordon, like most of the seven before him, lost his final game as coach. Overall, Isles coaches are 1-6-1 in their last game before an in-season change. The one win was from Mike Milbury's first stint, when he replaced himself after an 8-1 win over Edmonton.
Capuano will become the third Islander coach to debut against Tampa Bay:
| Butch Goring | 10/2/1999 | L 4-2 @ Tampa Bay | |
| Peter Laviolette | 10/5/2001 | W 3-2 @ Tampa Bay |
The change, only 17 games into the season, is the earliest coaching change in a season in Islander history. Terry Simpson was 7-18-2 when he was replaced by Al Arbour in 1989. Like Gordon (0-9-1 in his final 10 games), the Isles were in the midst of a long winless streak when Simpson was fired, having lost his last 8 games and 11 of his last 12.
Capuano will attempt to become a trend-breaker. The Isles have never made the playoffs during a season which they made a coaching change.
Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since 1982. Visit my blog: forever1940.blogspot.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick
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