Barry Trotz gets 900th coaching win as Islanders beat Jets
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Barry Trotz completed his 900th win in the National Hockey League (NHL) when winger Josh Bailey scored twice for the New York Islanders in a 5-2 victory against the Winnipeg Jets at UBS Arena on Friday.
With this accomplishment, Trotz (900-659-166 with 60 ties) became the third coach in NHL history to get 900 wins, joining the elite list with Scotty Bowman (1,244) and Joel Quenneville (969) above him. The 59-year-old, who is in his fourth season with New York, was earlier associated for 15 editions with the Nashville Predators (1998-2014) and four with the Washington Capitals (2014-18).
Trotz looked overwhelmed on achieving this milestone while saying that he has good players on his side, resulting the games in their favour.
“This means I’ve been around a long time,” said Trotz, whose NHL coaching career started with the expansion Predators in 1998 and who led the Capitals to the Stanley Cup in 2018. “I’ve had some good players and we’ve been able to win some games.”
Trotz wants to rotate his personnel as much as possible
The Islanders are scheduled to play as many as seven games in 11 days, and reacting the this Trotz said he wants to rotate his players as much as possible.
“Z probably could have played [Thursday],” Trotz said. “I said, ‘You’re coming back from an injury, so instead of putting you in a back-to-back, let’s put you in one.’ There was even a chance that Mathew could have played [Thursday]. Let’s just start with one.”
“I’m going to try to keep people fresh,’’ he said. “Sunday to Sunday this next week, we’ve got five [games]. I’m trying to keep everybody involved. I know there’s going to be times when some guys are going to not have the juice. I’m going to mix it up probably from now until the end. You’ll see different lineups all the time.”
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