Bilesma, Dan

Play career

In the 1989 draft , the Winnipeg Jets was chosen by the 6th round under number 109, but did not play a single game for them. In 1994 he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Kings . Despite the fact that the player spent 6 years in the club system, he failed to become an important player for the "kings". Moreover, the player often had to play for the farm clubs of "Los Angeles". In the summer of 2000, Bailsma, as a free agent, moved to Anaheim Mighty Dax , where he became an alternative captain . The highest achievement as a player for him was participation in the 2003 Stanley Cup final. After the 2003/04 season, which due to injuries ended for the player ahead of time, Bailma completed his performances. Due to the lack of pronounced game skills, his main task on the ice has always been “the killing of playing time” in the minority .

Coaching career

Having started his coaching job, Bailma alternately managed to work as an assistant head coach at the AHL club Cincinnati Mayty Dax (2004/05), then at New York Islanders (2005/06). Then he moved to Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins to a similar position, where after two full seasons (2006-2008) he took the place of head coach.

February 16, 2009 for 25 matches before the end of the regular season, he was appointed acting head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins ^[1] . After the successful completion of the regular season, when 18 victories in 25 games were won, Bilesma was approved as the head coach of the penguins ^[2] . And on June 12, 2009, being the youngest coach in the NHL at that time, he led the Pittsburgh Penguins to the third Stanley Cup in history. The opponent in that final series was Mike Babcock , under whose leadership he, being a player himself, played in the 2003 Stanley Cup final.

At the end of the 2010/11 season , he was recognized as the best coach, largely for having managed to bring Pittsburgh Penguins to the playoffs despite the severe injuries of two team leaders Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby .

June 28, 2013 he was appointed head coach of the US team to participate in the 2014 Olympics ^[3] . In the games themselves, the national team was limited to only 4th place.

On June 6, 2014, Jim Rutherford, the new general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins , fired Dan Baysm from his position as head coach ^[4] . After the championship in 2009, “ Pittsburgh ” under the leadership of Bylsma was able to win a total of 4 playoff series out of 9 in the period from 2010 to 2014 ^[5] .

As a player

  --- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
 GP GA Pts PIM GP Pts PIM Season Team Lge
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 1988-89 Bowling Green State Unive CCHA 39 4 7 11 16
 1989-90 Bowling Green State Unive CCHA 44 13 17 30 32
 1990-91 Bowling Green State Unive CCHA 40 9 12 21 48
 1991-92 Bowling Green State Unive CCHA 34 11 14 25 24
 1992-93 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
 1992-93 Greensboro Monarchs ECHL 60 25 35 60 66 1 0 1 1 10
 1993-94 Moncton Hawks AHL 50 12 16 28 25 21 3 4 7 31
 1993-94 Albany River Rats AHL 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
 1993-94 Greensboro Monarchs ECHL 25 14 16 30 52 - - - - -
 1994-95 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 81 19 23 42 41 9 4 4 8 4
 1995-96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
 1995-96 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 78 22 20 42 48 4 1 0 1 2
 1996-97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 3 6 9 32 - - - - -
 1997-98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 65 3 9 12 33 2 0 0 0 0
 1997-98 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 8 2 3 5 0 - - - - -
 1998-99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 8 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
 1998-99 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 58 10 8 18 53 4 0 0 0 8
 1998-99 Springfield Falcons AHL 2 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
 1999-00 Los Angeles Kings NHL 64 3 6 9 55 3 0 0 0 0
 1999-00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 6 0 3 3 2 - - - - -
 1999-00 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 2 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
 2000-01 Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL 82 1 9 10 22 - - - - -
 2001-02 Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL 77 8 9 17 28 - - - - -
 2002-03 Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL 39 1 4 5 12 11 0 1 1 2
 2003-04 Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL 11 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
 2003-04 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 36 3 3 6 53 8 1 1 2 4
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          NHL Totals 429 19 43 62 184 16 0 1 1 2

As a coach (NHL only)

  
 Season - Team - League - Position - I - P - P - PO -% P - Result
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 2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Head Coach 25 18 3 4 0.800 Winning the Stanley Cup
 2009-10 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Head Coach 82 47 28 7 0.616 Loss in the 2nd round
 2010-11 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Head Coach 82 49 25 8 0.646 Defeat in the 1st round
 2011-12 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Head Coach 82 51 25 6 0.659 Defeat in the 1st round
 2012-13 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Head Coach 48 36 12 0 0.750 Defeat in the 3rd round
 2013-14 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Head Coach 82 51 24 7 0.665 Defeat in the 2nd round (fired)

• Stanley Cup Winner 2009
• Winner Jack Adams Award 2011

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