John Brian Patrick "Pat" Quinn, OC - Born January 29, 1943 in Hamilton, Ontario – Died November 23, 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia was a Canadian ice Hockey defenceman, head coach, general manager and executive.

- Memorial Cup Champion 1963 with Edmonton Oil Kings and 2007 as part owner of Vancouver Giants.

- Abbott Memorial Cup Champion 1963 with Edmonton Oil Kings.

- Lester Patrick Cup Champion 1967 with Seattle Totems

- Adams Cup Champion 1968 with Tulsa Oilers.

- Jack Adams Award winner as NHL coach of the year in 1980 with Philadelphia Flyers and 1992 with Vancouver Canucks.

- Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Champion 1994 with Vancouver Canucks (coach/gm).

Stanley Cup finalist in 1980 with Philadelphia Flyers and 1994 with Vancouver Canucks.

- Winter Olympics Gold Medal Winner 2002 as coach of Team Canada.

- World Cup of Hockey Champion 2004 as coach of Team Canada.

- Spengler Cup finalist 2006 as coach of Team Canada.

- IIHF U18 Gold Medal Winner 2008 as coach of Team Canada.

- IIHF U20 Gold Medal Winner 2009 as coach of Team Canada.

Quinn played his junior Hockey with Hamilton Tiger Cubs, Hamilton Bees and the Edmonton Oil Kings, who he helped win the 1963 Memorial Cup championship with.

Quinn turned pro with Knoxville Knights for the 1963-64 EHL season, then joined the Tulsa Oilers for a season, the Memphis Wings in 1965-66, then the Houston Apollos before being sent to Seattle Totems in 1967, helping them win the Lester Patrick Cup.

Quinn was back in Tulsa for the 1967-68 season, helping them win the Adams Cup in 1968.

Quinn made his NHL debut with Toronto Maple Leafs on October 13, 1968 vs Detroit Red Wings at Detroit Olympia in a 2-1 Toronto win.

Quinn scored his 1st NHL goal vs Roger Crozier of Detroit Red Wings at 19:11 of 2nd period on December 21, 1968 at Maple Leaf Gardens in a 8-3 Toronto win.

Quinn, the Maple Leafs rookie would set the standard for how he played and later coached, when during the 1969 NHL playoffs, he crunched Bobby Orr with a shoulder check that knocked the legendary Bruins player out cold. Leading 6-0 in the first game of Toronto vs Boston at Boston Garden, Orr was rushing with the puck from his own end, head down when Quinn rocked him with a big bodycheck along the boards just before the blueline. Quinn was penalized for 5 minutes for elbowing and sent to the dressing room as the Boston fans were all over him in the penalty box. 9 months later, Quinn and Orr would square off in a fight, with Orr getting a solid right punch that knocked Quinn on his ass. They later later buried the hatchet, with Quinn saying Orr was the best Hockey player he ever saw.

Quinn was later claimed by Vancouver Canucks in NHL expansion draft on June 10, 1970, and again in June 1972 by Atlanta Flames in NHL expansion draft, where he finished his pro playing days in 1977 as Flames captain.

Quinn played in 606 regular season NHL games, scoring 18 goals (3 GWG), 113 assists with 952 penalty minutes and 11 NHL playoff games with 1 assist and 21 penalty minutes.

Quinn then turned to coaching with AHL Maine Mariners in 1978, before the Philadelphia Flyers signed him in 1979, where he coached until 1982. Quinn was the coach when the Flyers set the record breaking 35-game unbeaten streak during the 1979-80 season.

The Los Angeles Kings then signed Quinn to coach the Kings in 1984.

The Vancouver Canucks then secretly signed Quinn to be their general manager and president in December 1986, which resulted in a NHL suspension, fines and banned Quinn from the NHL until June 1987 when he officially became the Canucks general manager. He was also not allowed to coach in the NHL until 1990.

Quinn would become the Canucks coach twice while also being their general manager. He directed the Canucks to the Stanley Cup final in 1994.

The Canucks fired Quinn in November 1997 and the Toronto Maple Leafs named him coach in June 1998, later naming him general manager in July 1999. The Maple Leafs later fired Quinn in April 2006. During this time, Quinn was coach of Canada's Men's team at 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics, 2004 World Cup of Hockey, 2006 Spengler Cup. He also coached the junior team for Canada at 2018 U18 championships and the 2009 World Junior Championships, winning Gold at both events.

Quinn finished his coaching career with the Edmonton Oilers for the 2009-10 season.

Quinn was also part of the ownership group that started the Vancouver Giants in 2000.

Quinn was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2012.

Quinn was a member of the committee that determines who is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2013, he was named the Chairman of the committee.

On March 17, 2015, before the NHL game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Vancouver Canucks, the city of Vancouver, British Columbia officially unveiled the new name of the 700-block of Abbott Street located just outside Rogers Arena to "Pat Quinn Way"

Pat Quinn was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2016.

Pat Quinn was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2016.

NOTE
Pat Quinn is credited with popularizing the terms "upper body injury" and "lower body injury" to describe injuries to his players, terms which are now commonplace around the NHL.