Claude Julien, the head coach of the Boston Bruins, has officially coached in 900 NHL games.
His first three years as a coach in the NHL were spent with the Montreal Canadiens, a team that he found varying levels of success with. His first 36 games in the NHL as a coach were unsuccessful as the Canadiens compiled a 12-16-3-5 record in the 2002-03 season under Julien. In his first full season as a coach the following year, however, Claude Julien showed that he could implement a winning system as he turned the Montreal Canadiens into an actual contender in the Eastern Conference.