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 | Cooper played his 1000th NHL regular season game in charge of Tampa Bay - 5th in NHL history for longest tenure with one club.16-03-2026 |
Cooper played his 1000th game in charge of Tampa in the NHL regular season. Tampa head coach John Cooper played his 1000th game at the helm of the club in the NHL regular season. The anniversary game was the game with Anaheim (4:3 OT).
Cooper became the fifth coach in NHL history to lead one club for 1, 000 games or more.
He`s ahead of Al Arbor (Islanders, 1, 500 games), Lindy Ruff (Buffalo, 1, 286 games and counting), Barry Trotz (Nashville, 1, 196) and Billy Reay (Chicago, 1, 012).
Tampa`s coach has the record for 1, 000-game wins among these professionals with 595. Al Arbor is second with 531 wins.
Cooper has led the Lightning since the 2012-13 season. Under his leadership, the team won the Stanley Cup twice (2020, 2021).
Vasilevskiy provided an assist on Tampa`s game-winning goal in overtime, his 23rd assist in the NHL. The goalie also stopped 25 of Anaheim`s 28 shots