page_title: List of New York Islanders head coaches
section_title: Coaches
hierarchical_section_title: List of New York Islanders head coaches / Coaches
caption_attribution_description: Butch Goring English: by Alan Rease
context_page_description: The New York Islanders are an American professional ice hockey team based in Brooklyn and Uniondale, New York. They play in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League. The team joined the NHL in 1972, and won their first Stanley Cup championship in 1980. The Islanders play their home games at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale. Jon Ledecky and Scott D. Malkin are the Islanders' majority owners, Lou Lamoriello is their general manager, Barry Trotz is the head coach and Anders Lee is the team captain.
  There have been 17 head coaches so far for the Islanders franchise. The team's first head coach was Phil Goyette, who coached the team for part of the 1972–73 season. Al Arbour is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached and the most regular season game wins; he is also the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached, and the most playoff game wins. Goyette, Earl Ingarfield, Bill Stewart, Scott Gordon and Jack Capuano are the only coaches who spent their entire careers with the Islanders and have not been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
context_section_description: Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2017–18 season.
caption: Butch Goring coached the Islanders from 1999 to 2001
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