Bruce Boudreau Bruce Boudreau ( born January 9 , 1955 in Toronto , Ontario ) is the current head coach of the Anaheim Ducks . As a player , Boudreau played professionally for 20 seasons , logging 141 games in the National Hockey League and 30 games in the World Hockey Association . He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Chicago Blackhawks , and Minnesota Fighting Saints . Playing career . While Boudreau ' s major professional career was modest , he had a long career in the minor leagues , and was one of the most prolific minor league scorers of all time , largely in the American Hockey League . Spending most of the early part of his career with Maple Leaf farm teams ( Dallas Black Hawks , New Brunswick Hawks and St . Catharines Saints ) , Boudreau also spent significant time playing for the Springfield Indians ( for whom he won his only scoring championship , in 1988 ) , the Fort Wayne Komets and the Nova Scotia Oilers . He remained a star and top scorer right through his final season in 1992 . His final game came in Springfield , where he had been signed by the Adirondack Red Wings as an emergency injury replacement during their first round Calder Cup playoff series against the Indians . Boudreau remains the 14th leading all - time goal scorer in the AHL with 316 , also currently 11th in assists with 483 and 11th in points with 799 . For the minor leagues as a whole , Boudreau is 8th all time with 1368 points , and 13th in both goals and assists with 548 and 820 respectively . Coaching career . After his playing days were over he began a successful coaching career . Boudreau has coached the Muskegon Fury , the Fort Wayne Komets , the Mississippi Sea Wolves , the Lowell Lock Monsters , the Manchester Monarchs and most recently , the Hershey Bears . Under Boudreau ' s leadership , the Hershey Bears won the 2006 American Hockey League Calder Cup Championship . The Bears made it all the way back to the Calder Cup Finals under Coach Boudreau again in 2007 , ultimately falling to the Hamilton Bulldogs . Previously , Boudreau coached the Mississippi Sea Wolves to the ECHL Championship in 1999 , and also led the Fort Wayne Komets to the IHL Finals in 1994 . On November 27 2007 , Bruce Boudreau left his functions of head coach of the Hershey Bears ; he had just been called up to replace Glen Hanlon , who had just been fired , behind the bench of the Washington Capitals . Initially called up as interim , on December 26 , the Caps changed their mind and made him their permanent head coach . It was a much understandable move that paid off - Boudreau finished his rookie campaign behind the Caps ' bench with a 37 – 17 – 7 record , a particularly impressive feat as he inherited of a lacklustre team that had a 6 - 14 - 1 record prior to his tenure . Boudreau ' s good work continued on the next season , as he helped the Caps not only secure a first playoffs spot in five years , but he did it brilliantly with a Southeast Division title on top of it , a first for Washington in seven years . Washington lost in seven games to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round , but it was the beginning of brighter days for the franchise . Boudreau saw his good work being highlighted when he was nominated for , and won the Jack Adams Award . Miscellaneous . While playing for the Johnstown Jets early in his career , Boudreau had a minor role in the hit hockey movie " SlapShot " , appearing briefly wearing the green sweater ( # 7 ) of the opposing Presidents against the Hanson brothers ' Chiefs .