John Tortorella Becomes The Winningest Head Coach in Blue Jackets Franchise History

By Rob Mixer on March 29, 2018 at 11:43 pm
Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella
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He won't talk about it. But we will.

John Tortorella became the winningest coach in Blue Jackets history tonight, as Columbus took down Calgary 5–1 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The win, punctuated by a Pierre-Luc Dubois hat trick, is the 128th behind the Columbus bench for Tortorella, who assumed the job on Oct. 21, 2015.

Tortorella passes Todd Richards, who previously held the team's coaching wins record. Tortorella is 128–86–21 in 234 games as Blue Jackets head coach, including one (possibly soon to be two) trip to the postseason and a Jack Adams Award in 2017.

Coach Years GC W L T OTL Win %
JOHN TORTORELLA 2015–CURRENT 234 128 86 21 .544
TODD RICHARDS 2012–15 260 127 112 21 .488
KEN HITCHCOCK 2006–10 284 125 123 9 .440
DAVE KING 2000–03 204 64 106 21 13 .397
GERARD GALLANT 2003–07 142 56 76 4 6 .430

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