Travis Green

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Representing Canada
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Spengler Cup

Travis Green
Travis Green
	Green in 2010
Born	December 20, 1970 (age 53); Creston, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	New York Islanders; Anaheim Ducks; Phoenix Coyotes; Toronto Maple Leafs; Boston Bruins
Current NHL coach	Ottawa Senators
Coached for	Vancouver Canucks; New Jersey Devils
National team	Canada
NHL draft	23rd overall, 1989; New York Islanders
Playing career	1990–2008
Coaching career	2008–present

Travis Vernon Green (born December 20, 1970) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Green formerly served as head coach for the Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils of the NHL, as well as the American Hockey League's Utica Comets, Vancouver's top minor league affiliate. Drafted 23rd overall in 1989, Green played for five different NHL teams in his 14-year career.

Playing career

Green started with the Spokane Chiefs in the Western Hockey League (WHL), playing with them from 1986 to 1989. In the middle of the 1989–90 season, he was traded to the Medicine Hat Tigers, where he completed his junior career. While with the Chiefs, he scored 137 goals and 165 assists for a total of 302 points. He added 15 goals, 24 assists, and 39 points with the Tigers.

Green was drafted 23rd overall by the New York Islanders in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. Green played 857 career games, scoring 182 goals and 249 assists for 431 points. His best season statistically was the 1995–96 season, when he scored 25 goals and 45 assists for 70 points in only 69 games. On June 30, 2006, the final year of his contract with the Boston Bruins was bought out. On August 10, 2006, he was signed by the Anaheim Ducks, the team he had previously played for from 1998 to 1999. However, he played only seven games in his return to the Ducks, before being claimed on waivers by another former team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, in January 2007.

Green was a member of Team Canada at the 2007 Spengler Cup.^[1]

Coaching career

After finishing his playing career, Green was hired by the Portland Winterhawks as an assistant coach and assistant general manager in 2008.^[1]^[2] Midway through the 2012–13 season, head coach and general manager Mike Johnston was suspended by the WHL for player-benefit violations.^[3] Green took over as interim head coach, finishing with a 37–8–0–2 record in the final 47 games.^[4] In the playoffs Portland advanced to the final where they defeated the Edmonton Oil Kings in six games to win the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions and secure a berth in the Memorial Cup tournament.^[5] In the tournament Portland lost in the final to the Halifax Mooseheads.^[1]

In the 2013 off-season, Green was hired as the head coach of the American Hockey League's (AHL) Utica Comets, the top minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Vancouver Canucks.^[4] In the 2014–15 season, he led them to the Calder Cup finals where they lost in five games to the Manchester Monarchs. On April 26, 2017, he was named head coach of the Vancouver Canucks.^[6] On December 5, 2021, Green was fired as the head coach of the Canucks along with general manager Jim Benning after leading the team to an 8–15–2 record.^[7]^[8]

On June 22, 2023, the New Jersey Devils hired Green as associate coach in head coach Lindy Ruff's staff.^[9] He was named the team's interim head coach after Ruff was fired on March 4, 2024.^[10]

On May 7, 2024, Green was named head coach of the Ottawa Senators.^[11]

Personal life

Green and his wife have one daughter and two sons.^[12] One of his sons was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old.^[13]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1986–87	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	64	8	17	25	27	3	0	0	0	0
1987–88	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	72	33	53	86	42	15	10	10	20	13
1988–89	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	72	51	51	102	79	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Spokane Chiefs	WHL	50	45	44	89	90	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	25	15	24	39	19	3	0	0	0	2
1990–91	Capital District Islanders	AHL	73	21	34	55	26	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Capital District Islanders	AHL	71	23	27	50	10	7	0	4	4	21
1992–93	Capital District Islanders	AHL	20	12	11	23	39	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	New York Islanders	NHL	61	7	18	25	43	12	3	1	4	6
1993–94	New York Islanders	NHL	83	18	22	40	44	4	0	0	0	2
1994–95	New York Islanders	NHL	42	5	7	12	25	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	New York Islanders	NHL	69	25	45	70	42	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	New York Islanders	NHL	79	23	41	64	38	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	New York Islanders	NHL	54	14	12	26	66	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	22	5	11	16	16	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	79	13	17	30	81	4	0	1	1	4
1999–00	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	78	25	21	46	45	5	1	2	3	2
2000–01	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	69	13	15	28	63	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	82	11	23	34	61	20	3	6	9	34
2002–03	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	75	12	12	24	67	4	2	1	3	4
2003–04	Boston Bruins	NHL	64	11	5	16	67	7	0	1	1	8
2005–06	Boston Bruins	NHL	82	10	12	22	79	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	7	1	1	2	6	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	24	0	0	0	21	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	EV Zug	NLA	29	9	11	20	126	6	0	3	3	12
NHL totals			970	193	262	455	764	56	10	11	21	60

International

Year	Team	Event	Result	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996	Canada	WC		8	5	3	8	8
1997	Canada	WC		11	3	6	9	12
1998	Canada	WC	6th	6	0	3	3	2
Senior totals				25	8	12	20	22

Head coaching record

NHL

Team	Year	Regular season						Postseason
Team	Year	G	W	L	OTL	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win %	Result
VAN	2017–18	82	31	40	11	73	7th in Pacific	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
VAN	2018–19	82	35	36	11	81	5th in Pacific	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
VAN	2019–20	69	36	27	6	78	3rd in Pacific	10	7	.588	Lost in Second Round (VGK)
VAN	2020–21	56	23	29	4	50	7th in North	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
VAN	2021–22	25	8	15	2	(18)	(fired)	—	—	—	—
VAN total		314	133	147	34			10	7	.588	1 playoff appearance
NJD	2023–24	21	8	12	1	(17)	7th in Metropolitan	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
NJD total		21	8	12	1			—	—	—
Total		335	141	159	35			10	7	.588	1 playoff appearance

Other leagues

Team	Year	Regular season						Postseason
Team	Year	G	W	L	OTL	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win %	Result
POR	2012–13	47	37	8	2	117	1st in West	16	5	.762	Won Championship Lost Memorial Cup
WHL total		47	37	8	2			16	5	.762	1 playoff appearance
UTI	2013–14	76	35	32	9	79	3rd in North	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
UTI	2014–15	76	47	20	7	103	1st in North	12	11	.522	Lost in Calder Cup Final
UTI	2015–16	76	38	26	8	88	3rd in North	1	3	.250	Lost in Division Semifinals
UTI	2016–17	76	35	32	9	79	5th in North	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
AHL total		304	155	110	33			13	14	.481	2 playoff appearances

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Pitarresi, John (July 11, 2013). "NHL veteran Travis Green named coach of Utica Comets". Observer-Dispatch. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ "Travis Green Assistant General Manager/Assistant Coach". Portland Winterhawks. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ "Winterhawks punished for violations". Fox Sports. November 28, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Travis Green leaving Winterhawks to become coach of AHL's Utica Comets". The Oregonian. July 11, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
^ "Winterhawks win WHL championship". The Columbian. May 12, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
^ "Travis Green named Canucks head coach". NHL.com. April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
^ "Canucks Make Significant Leadership & Coaching Changes". NHL.com. December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
^ Shilton, Kristen (December 5, 2021). "Lowly Vancouver Canucks hire Bruce Boudreau to replace Travis Green as coach amid major management shake-up". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
^ "Travis Green Named Devils Associate Coach". NHL.com. June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
^ "Travis Green Named Devils Interim Head Coach". NHL.com. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
^ "Got Our Guy". Ottawa Senators. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
^ "Travis Green named Canucks head coach".
^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Canucks Autism Network | Travis Green's Story". YouTube.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Willie Desjardins	Head coach of the Vancouver Canucks 2017–2021	Succeeded by Bruce Boudreau
Preceded by Lindy Ruff	Head coach of the New Jersey Devils (interim) 2024	Succeeded by Sheldon Keefe
Preceded by Jacques Martin (interim)	Head coach of the Ottawa Senators 2024–present	Incumbent