Barry Trotz'81

NHL Coach

Class of 1981

Dauphin, MB, Canada

Notables

Head Coach New York Islanders (NHL)
Stanley Cup Champion 2018 - Washington Capitals.
Co-Chair of the Notre Dame Centennial Campaign
Played for the WHL’s Regina Pats from 1979-1982 (1980 WHL Champions) and hometown Dauphin, MB Kings (1983 MJHL & Anavet Cup Champions)
Began his coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of Manitoba in 1984. The following season, he became the GM and head coach for the Dauphin Kings.
Trotz has coached hockey at various levels, including the University of Manitoba (CIS), the Dauphin Kings (CJAHL), various clubs in the IHL/AHL, winning the Calder Cup Championship in 1994
Named the head coach of the Nashville Predators in 1997 and won his 500th NHL game with a 4–1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on March 30, 2012
Trotz was an assistant coach for Team Canada at the IIHF World Championships three times: 2002, 2003 (when they won the gold medal) and 2009.

“If you are a parent looking at Notre Dame for your child, just send them. It is life-changing. You’ll see a total transformation of your son or daughter. At Notre Dame you will find the values that put everything back into the right perspective of what should be important in life that gets so clouded over in today’s society; family, friendship, trust, loyalty and honesty, all those things that are great about the human spirit. You simply can’t replicate what Notre Dame has. No one gets it until you’re there.”

~Barry Trotz

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