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The Los Angeles Kings named Peter Laviolette as the team’s new head coach on Tuesday. Laviolette is the Kings’ 32nd coach in franchise history and was formerly the head coach of the New York Rangers.
Mar 22, 2025; New York, New York, USA; New York Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette speaks with the media after a 5-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Danny Wild-Imagn Images
“We are thrilled to name Peter Laviolette as the next Head Coach of the LA Kings,” said Vice President and General Manager Ken Holland in the Kings’ press release. “We evaluated a strong group of candidates and Peter’s experience, his championship pedigree, and his proven ability to get the most out of his players set him apart. He’s been to the top of this league, he knows what it takes, and we’re confident he’s the right person to lead us there.”
Before spending two seasons with the Rangers, Laviolette was the coach of the New York Islanders (2001-03), Carolina Hurricanes (2003-09), Philadelphia Flyers (2009-2014), Nashville Predators (2014-20) and Washington Capitals (2020-23).
His 846-562-186 career record is the seventh-best in NHL history and most regular-season wins by an American-born hockey coach in league history. Laviolette won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2006 and has made four Stanley Cup Final appearances with four different franchises.
Laviolette was the coach of the United States Men’s National Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He is also a two-time finalist for the NHL’s Coach of the Year Award.
Laviolette and Holland will participate in an introductory press conference on Wednesday at 1:00 pm PT at Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo.
Full Press Release
Peter Laviolette Named LA Kings Head Coach
NHL’s Seventh-Winningest Head Coach to Become 32nd Head Coach in Franchise History;
Introductory Press Conference Set For June 10
LAKings.com: Click Here
LOS ANGELES (June 9, 2026) – The LA Kings have named Peter Laviolette as the club’s 32nd head coach in franchise history, it was announced today by Vice President and General Manager Ken Holland.
“We are thrilled to name Peter Laviolette as the next Head Coach of the LA Kings,” said Holland. “We evaluated a strong group of candidates and Peter’s experience, his championship pedigree, and his proven ability to get the most out of his players set him apart. He’s been to the top of this league, he knows what it takes, and we’re confident he’s the right person to lead us there.”
Holland and Laviolette will take part in a 1:00p.m. press conference on Wednesday, June 10, at Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo, Calif. Further details will be provided to members of the media in a separate communication. The availability will also be live streamed on the LA Kings YouTube Channel and LAKings.com.
Laviolette, 61, joins the Kings as the seventh-winningest coach in NHL history with an all-time record of 846-562-186 (.531 PTS %) spanning 23 seasons between the New York Islanders (2001-03), Carolina Hurricanes (2003-09), Philadelphia Flyers (2009-2014), Nashville Predators (2014-20), Washington Capitals (2020-23) and New York Rangers (2023-25). His 846 regular-season wins behind the bench are the seventh-most in League history while his 1,594 games coached are the ninth-most, which both rank first and second among U.S.-born coaches, respectively.
Leading Carolina to a Stanley Cup Championship in 2006, Laviolette has guided 14 different teams to the Stanley Cup Playoffs while accumulating an all-time postseason record of 88-82 in 170 games, the ninth-most playoff games coached behind the bench. Laviolette is joined by Scotty Bowman, Dick Irvin and Mike Keenan as the only four coaches in NHL history to reach the Stanley Cup Final with three different franchises having also done so with Philadelphia (2010) and Nashville (2017). He is also one of four coaches to win five consecutive Game 7’s in Stanley Cup Playoff history.
A native of Franklin, Mass., Laviolette has coached his teams to the 50-win plateau three times and the 100-point mark in eight different seasons, including the 2017-18 campaign where he led the Predators to a franchise-best 117 points with 53 wins (53-18-11) to earn his first President’s Trophy as a head coach. His second came in 2023-24 after guiding the Rangers to 55 wins, the most in a single season of his coaching career, with 114 points. Over the course of his coaching career, Laviolette has been named a Jack Adams Finalist twice (2006, 2015) and an NHL All-Star Coach on four occasions (2011, 2015, 2018, 2024).
Prior to entering the NHL coaching ranks, Laviolette served as head coach for the Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) in 1997-98. He then spent two seasons (1998-00) as the head coach of the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL), capturing the 1999 Calder Cup Championship and earning AHL Coach of the Year honors in his first season after coaching the Bruins to an AHL-best 56-16-4-4 following their 19-49-7-5 record the year prior to his arrival. Laviolette was promoted to an assistant for Boston in 2000-01.
Internationally, Laviolette has served on several coaching staffs for the United States, including the 2014 Olympic Games, three IIHF World Championships (2004 – bronze, 2005, 2014) and one World Cup of Hockey (2005). As a player, he appeared in 12 career NHL games with the New York Rangers in 1988-89 and has played in parts of 11 seasons of minor professional hockey between the AHL and International Hockey League (IHL).
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Mar 22, 2025; New York, New York, USA; New York Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette speaks with the media after a 5-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Danny Wild-Imagn Images
“We are thrilled to name Peter Laviolette as the next Head Coach of the LA Kings,” said Vice President and General Manager Ken Holland in the Kings’ press release. “We evaluated a strong group of candidates and Peter’s experience, his championship pedigree, and his proven ability to get the most out of his players set him apart. He’s been to the top of this league, he knows what it takes, and we’re confident he’s the right person to lead us there.”
Laviolette Is One of the Winningest Coaches in NHL History
Before spending two seasons with the Rangers, Laviolette was the coach of the New York Islanders (2001-03), Carolina Hurricanes (2003-09), Philadelphia Flyers (2009-2014), Nashville Predators (2014-20) and Washington Capitals (2020-23).
His 846-562-186 career record is the seventh-best in NHL history and most regular-season wins by an American-born hockey coach in league history. Laviolette won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2006 and has made four Stanley Cup Final appearances with four different franchises.
Laviolette was the coach of the United States Men’s National Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He is also a two-time finalist for the NHL’s Coach of the Year Award.
Laviolette and Holland will participate in an introductory press conference on Wednesday at 1:00 pm PT at Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo.
Full Press Release
Peter Laviolette Named LA Kings Head Coach
NHL’s Seventh-Winningest Head Coach to Become 32nd Head Coach in Franchise History;
Introductory Press Conference Set For June 10
LAKings.com: Click Here
LOS ANGELES (June 9, 2026) – The LA Kings have named Peter Laviolette as the club’s 32nd head coach in franchise history, it was announced today by Vice President and General Manager Ken Holland.
“We are thrilled to name Peter Laviolette as the next Head Coach of the LA Kings,” said Holland. “We evaluated a strong group of candidates and Peter’s experience, his championship pedigree, and his proven ability to get the most out of his players set him apart. He’s been to the top of this league, he knows what it takes, and we’re confident he’s the right person to lead us there.”
Holland and Laviolette will take part in a 1:00p.m. press conference on Wednesday, June 10, at Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo, Calif. Further details will be provided to members of the media in a separate communication. The availability will also be live streamed on the LA Kings YouTube Channel and LAKings.com.
Laviolette, 61, joins the Kings as the seventh-winningest coach in NHL history with an all-time record of 846-562-186 (.531 PTS %) spanning 23 seasons between the New York Islanders (2001-03), Carolina Hurricanes (2003-09), Philadelphia Flyers (2009-2014), Nashville Predators (2014-20), Washington Capitals (2020-23) and New York Rangers (2023-25). His 846 regular-season wins behind the bench are the seventh-most in League history while his 1,594 games coached are the ninth-most, which both rank first and second among U.S.-born coaches, respectively.
Leading Carolina to a Stanley Cup Championship in 2006, Laviolette has guided 14 different teams to the Stanley Cup Playoffs while accumulating an all-time postseason record of 88-82 in 170 games, the ninth-most playoff games coached behind the bench. Laviolette is joined by Scotty Bowman, Dick Irvin and Mike Keenan as the only four coaches in NHL history to reach the Stanley Cup Final with three different franchises having also done so with Philadelphia (2010) and Nashville (2017). He is also one of four coaches to win five consecutive Game 7’s in Stanley Cup Playoff history.
A native of Franklin, Mass., Laviolette has coached his teams to the 50-win plateau three times and the 100-point mark in eight different seasons, including the 2017-18 campaign where he led the Predators to a franchise-best 117 points with 53 wins (53-18-11) to earn his first President’s Trophy as a head coach. His second came in 2023-24 after guiding the Rangers to 55 wins, the most in a single season of his coaching career, with 114 points. Over the course of his coaching career, Laviolette has been named a Jack Adams Finalist twice (2006, 2015) and an NHL All-Star Coach on four occasions (2011, 2015, 2018, 2024).
Prior to entering the NHL coaching ranks, Laviolette served as head coach for the Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) in 1997-98. He then spent two seasons (1998-00) as the head coach of the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL), capturing the 1999 Calder Cup Championship and earning AHL Coach of the Year honors in his first season after coaching the Bruins to an AHL-best 56-16-4-4 following their 19-49-7-5 record the year prior to his arrival. Laviolette was promoted to an assistant for Boston in 2000-01.
Internationally, Laviolette has served on several coaching staffs for the United States, including the 2014 Olympic Games, three IIHF World Championships (2004 – bronze, 2005, 2014) and one World Cup of Hockey (2005). As a player, he appeared in 12 career NHL games with the New York Rangers in 1988-89 and has played in parts of 11 seasons of minor professional hockey between the AHL and International Hockey League (IHL).
Photo Credit: Danny Wild-Imagn Images
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