Stan Butler
Stan Butler (born February 2, 1956) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager. He served as the only head coach and general manager in the franchise history of the Brampton Battalion and North Bay Battalion, from 1998 to 2019. He has spent his entire professional coaching career in junior ice hockey, and on two occasions, Butler has also served as the head coach of the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team.
| Stan Butler | |||
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| Born |
February 2, 1956 East York, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Current OHL coach | Erie Otters | ||
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| Coaching career | 1994–present | ||
As of the 2018–19 OHL season, he was the longest tenured head coach in the OHL with one team. Butler is fourth all-time with 1,424 OHL games coached. Butler is fifth on the wins list with 672, and is the second-most among active OHL coaches, behind Dale Hunter of the London Knights. After 22 seasons in the Canadian Hockey League, Butler has 700 wins. In 158 OHL playoffs games, Butler has 68 wins and two appearances in the J. Ross Robertson Cup finals. Butler previously coached the Oshawa Generals and Prince George Cougars, and has served as head coach of the Erie Otters since 2023.