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Lindy Cameron Ruff (born February 17, 1960) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Ruff was previously the head coach of the Sabres from 1997 to 2013, winning the Jack Adams Award in 2006, and has also served as head coach of the Dallas ...
At 16+ seasons (1997–2013, 2024–present), Lindy Ruff has the longest tenure of any coach in Sabres history. The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo , New York . They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
This is a list of New Jersey Devils head coaches.The Devils had 20 different head coaches since the team moved to New Jersey in the 1982–83, with Jacques Lemaire serving as coach three times and Tom McVie, Larry Robinson, and Lou Lamoriello each serving twice.
Back for a second stint as Sabres coach, Lindy Ruff appeared a little grayer Tuesday, said he’s a bit wiser and sounded more motivated than ever to restore success to a franchise that’s known ...
As a result of the successful 2006–07 campaign, Vigneault received his second Jack Adams Award nomination and beat out Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabres and Michel Therrien of the Pittsburgh Penguins in voting to win the coach of the year on June 14, 2007. The Canucks failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2008 and GM Dave Nonis was fired.
Ruff has spent parts of 22 NHL seasons with Buffalo (1997-98 to 2012-13), Dallas (2013-14 to 2016-17) and New Jersey. He led the Sabres to the 1999 Stanley Cup Final.
Rather than fire Nolan, whose two-year contract had just expired, Regier offered him a one-year extension, reportedly for $500,000. After winning Coach of the Year honors, Nolan found the offer insulting and rejected it. Regier subsequently pulled the contract off the table and hired Lindy Ruff as the Sabres' new head coach.
The New Jersey Devils fired coach Lindy Ruff on Monday and named assistant Travis Green as the interim replacement for the rest of the season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald made the surprising ...