Coach Coop reached 300 wins in his 500th game behind the bench last night – in the Bolts’ 6-3 come-from-behind win over the Carolina Hurricanes – becoming just the second NHL coach ever to do so. Cooper now holds a .645 points percentage (points divided by maximum possible points) according to Hockey Reference, and sits among the top-four of all NHL coaches with at least 200 games coached in that stat line. Two of the three coaches ahead of him are Hall of Famers Tom Johnson and Scotty Bowman.
Laying down the law: Jon Cooper must be extended by the Lightning
