Dan Bylsma Biography

Fast Facts

• Played golf, baseball and ice hockey in high school
• Was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 1989 during his freshman year at Bowling Green State University, but remained in school
• Made his NHL debut with the Los Angeles Kings in 1995
• Retired from the NHL in 2004 as a member of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• Led the Pittsburgh Penguins to a Stanley Cup victory in 2009 just four months after becoming the team's head coach
• Won the NHL Jack Adams Award in 2011
• Became the fastest NHL coach ever to win 200 games in 2013
• In June 2013, was named head coach of the U
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• Olympic men's ice-hockey team for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia