Pat Quinn (ice hockey)


John Brian Patrick Quinn, OC was a Canadian ice hockey player, head coach, and executive. Known by the nickname The Big Irishman, he coached for the National Hockey Leagues Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Edmonton Oilers, reaching the Stanley Cup Finals twice, with the Flyers in 1980 and the Canucks in 1994. Internationally, Quinn coached Team Canada to gold medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships and 2009 World Junior Championship, as well as World Cup championship in 2004.

Quinn was born in 1943 in and grew up in east Hamilton, Ontario. He was a cousin of former professional wrestler Big John Quinn.

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