John Paddock
| John Paddock | |||
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| Born |
June 9, 1954 Oak River, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Washington Capitals Philadelphia Flyers Quebec Nordiques |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 37th overall, 1974 Washington Capitals |
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| WHA Draft | 57th overall, 1974 Minnesota Fighting Saints |
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| Playing career | 1975–1983 | ||
Alvin John Paddock (born June 9, 1954) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Paddock is currently the Head Coach and Senior Vice-President of Hockey Operations for the Western Hockey League's Regina Pats. He is a former head coach of the Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators. During his long career in the American Hockey League he won five Calder Cup championships (two as a player, three as a head coach) and was inducted into the AHL's Hall of Fame in 2010.
Selected in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals, Paddock only played 8 games with the Capitals before he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers. He played a memorable role in the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals, scoring the tying goal to send game 6 of the Finals into overtime. Unfortunately for the Flyers, Bob Nystrom scored at 7:11 of overtime to win the Stanley Cup.
Throughout his career he had a difficult time trying to crack the lineup on an NHL team. Playing primarily in the minors, in particular the Maine Mariners, Paddock retired as a player in 1983–84 and moved to the coaching side.
Paddock began coaching with the Maine Mariners of the American Hockey League. He later coached in Hershey, Pennsylvania, winning the Calder Cup as coach of the 1988 AHL champion Hershey Bears. He was named head coach of the Winnipeg Jets in 1991, becoming the first Manitoba-born coach of the franchise. Later he would also become general manager of the Jets, and would relinquish his coaching duties in early 1994. He remained as the general manager, even after the Jets relocated to Phoenix, until December 1996.
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