With the Winnipeg Jets picking up a 1-0 win over the Oilers on Sunday, Head Coach Paul Maurice became only the 7th coach in NHL history to win 700 games.
"When you're starting young, you're thinking, 'Wow, if I could coach 500 games in this league, that would be a milestone,'" Maurice said. "You don't even consider coaching 1,000 games. It's really since I've been in Winnipeg (2014) and come to Winnipeg that the numbers have really started to pile up."
It's quite an achievement for Maurice, who is the youngest coach to ever reach the 1000 games (2010) AND 1500 games (2019) coached mark in the NHL.
"The last few years, I started to coach the best teams I've ever coached here, so you win more hockey games. It's nice. I'm still a young man. Would like to do it for a while."
Maurice is 52-years young, with an NHL career record that stands at 700-624-116 and 99 ties.
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