Former Vancouver Canucks head coach and Jack Adams Award winner Bruce Boudreau was always considered a bit of a scrappy underdog, which might be why he fit in so well with the American Hockey League.

Boudreau sits 12th overall all-time in AHL scoring with 799 points in 634 games, but those offensive skills didn't translate to the National Hockey League consistently enough for him to earn a permanent spot in the top league in the world.

Despite not becoming a superstar at the NHL level, Boudreau developed into an excellent pro at the AHL level and went on to use those skills he learned to continue on in the game as a head coach. He led both the Manchester Monarchs and the Hershey Bears to the playoffs in all eight full AHL seasons he was behind the bench and won the Calder Cup with Hershe

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