Ted Nolan
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Ted Nolan (born April 7, 1958, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a First Nations Canadian former NHL left-wing hockey player and coach.
As a player, he played for the Ontario Hockey Association's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, the Kansas City Red Wings of the Central Hockey League, the Adirondack Red Wings of the American Hockey League, the Rochester Americans the Baltimore Skipjacks of the AHL. He also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings, throughout the early 1970s to the mid-1980s.
He became head coach of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 1988, as a mid-season replacement and coached there until the end of the 1994 season. He was hired before the 1994 regular season as an assistant coach by the Hartford Whalers for one season. He was then hired by the Buffalo Sabres before the 1995 season as the head coach where he had his best success. In his second season in Buffalo, he lead the team to a strong regular season and he was rewarded with the Jack Adams Award, however, his relationship with superstar goalie Dominik Hasek and management was strained. He was offered a one year contract after his best season but he felt it was unfair and left. As of 2004, he has not since been hired again in the NHL.
| Preceded by: John Muckler | Head Coaches of the New York Islanders 1995–1997 | Succeeded by: Lindy Ruff |