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  Mike Keenan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Edward Keenan (born October 21, 1949 in Bowmanville, Ontario) is the former General Manager of the Florida Panthers.
Keenan was unceremoniously dismissed from the Philadelphia Flyers not long after leading them to the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals.
Keenan managed to coach the Rangers to the Stanley Cup in his first and only year as head coach, but was unable to coexist long enough with general manager Neil Smith and resigned weeks later.
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 Book Mike Keenan Speaker Keynote Speaking Engagement, Corporate Event - Your Booking Agent for Mike Keenan
Keenan's greatest accomplishment is easy to identify: Leading the New York Rangers to a Stanley Cup in his lone year with the team.
Keenan moved on to Vancouver where he was named coach two months into the 1997-98 season, but the Canucks never reached.500 under him.
Keenan was fired in January, 1999, and become a television analyst until the Bruins tabbed him to replace Pat Burns in October, 2000.
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 Mike Keenan's tumultuous hockey career has taken yet another odd twist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Mike Keenan prefers things done his way and, when that doesn't happen, he's apt to turn his back and walk away or ruffle enough feathers to be fired.
Because Keenan wasn't talking, it was impossible to pinpoint the reasoning for his decision as Labour Day came and went.
The fact that Martin admitted to not having spoken with Keenan after it became clear that Iron Mike was going to walk suggests there was, at the very least, a communications breakdown between the two.
www.cbc.ca /cp/hockey/060904/h090408.html   (602 words)

  
 [ Sports Central ] Sports >> NHL >> "Iron Mike" Keenan's Next Move?
Keenan's dismissal was essentially a loss in the power struggle between himself and general manager Rick Dudley.
Keenan challenged Thornton to grow into the leadership role and to live up to his potential as a great, not just good, player.
"Mike Keenan was hard on me, but at the same time, I think he really helped me out," Pronger told ESPN in 2000, "He harped on me about conditioning and how valuable it is and how much you can improve your game.
www.sports-central.org /sports/nhl/articles/article204.shtml?vo=89   (892 words)

  
 Portsmouth Herald Sports: Like his brother in NFL, Mike Keenan a top QB at Phillips Exeter
Keenan has been a quarterback for as long as he can remember, back to his days attending football camps and playing at the junior-high level.
Mike Keenan has his heart set on attending Williams College, which he says is one of the best Division III programs in the country under coach Dick Farley.
Keenan says his brother is somebody he's always looked up to a lot, and that over the years, they've kept in close touch.
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 A man of many faces - hockey coach Mike Keenan - Column Sporting News, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Mike Keenan said all the right things when a story started to go around during the NHL playoffs that he was leaving the Rangers.
If Keenan wanted to somehow leave his options open after the season, that is what he should have said when the rumors started to circulate.
Keenan went on the radio and said he wasn't going anywhere and was praised for being a standup guy.
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 Mike Keenan steps down as Florida Panthers GM; Jacques Martin takes over   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He and Keenan were teammates at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., and worked together with the Chicago Blackhawks before being reunited in Florida.
Keenan's decision came after he approached owner Alan Cohen early in the week to tell him he thought it was time to leave.
Keenan was also a GM with the Canucks, Blues and Blackhawks.
www.cbc.ca /cp/hockey/060903/h090316.html   (719 words)

  
 Corporate Speakers - hockey coach Mike Keenan is available for your next special event!
Mike Keenan became the sixth Head Coach in Panthers history on Dec. 3, 2001.
Keenan led the New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup Championship in 1994, the team's first championship in 54 years.
Keenan's Stanley Cup season in New York followed four successful seasons at the helm of the Chicago Blackhawks.
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 Just another day on the EDGE - Bruins coach Mike Keenan Sporting News, The - Find Articles
With a 3-2 overtime victory over the Canadiens behind him, Keenan picks up keys off his desk and joins his wife and daughter to leave the FleetCenter for a few hours away from the game that is his life.
Keenan, in his first season as Bruins coach and with more than 1,000 games spread over six teams, has seen it all.
Keenan is a passive observer in this flurry of activity, but it's dear he isn't merely a spectator.
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 Toronto Sun: SPORTS - Panthers have already seen enough of Keenan
Keenan's two-year coaching stint with the Panthers ended yesterday, one day after general manager Rick Dudley told owner Alan Cohen that the move was necessary.
Keenan joined the Panthers in December 2001, and last season, his first full campaign with the team, they finished 24-36-13-9.
Keenan, 54, led the New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup championship in 1994 and has coached six other NHL teams.
www.canoe.ca /NewsStand/TorontoSun/Sports/2003/11/10/252200.html   (397 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NHL - Users' response to Mike Keenan
Keenan should still be the head coach because they only gave him one year to prove himself.
I feel that the firing of Mike Keenan is a little quick, but none the less, is a move that needed to be done.
Keenan appeared to get to little out of his players until it was too late.
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 Teal Sunglasses: Mike Keenan moves on. Again...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
but at the same time, Keenan so upset the team that they were close to revolt last year, and that revolt was headed off when GM Rick Dudley fired Keenan's assistants and replaced them with new assistant coaches the players were willing to work with, in hopes of improving communications channels.
Rumors were at the time Keenan was in fact invited to not show up to practices, just show up at games and coach.
Keenan is an old-style, hard-nosed coach in an era where players simply no longer have to put up with that.
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 CNNSI.com - The Network - One-on-One: Mike Keenan with Vince Cellini - Friday February 09, 2001 05:34 PM
When Mike Keenan was hired to take over the lilting Boston Bruins, many people wondered if "Iron Mike" was the right personality for the job.
Mike Keenan: Don't go and ruin it on me. I've worked hard to establish that.
Keenan: Exactly, but we've had good luck so far.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /thenetwork/news/2001/02/08/mike_keenan   (554 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NHL - Keenan's career takes another twist
Mike Keenan prefers doing things his way and, when that doesn't happen, he's apt to turn his back and walk away or ruffle enough feathers to be fired.
Keenan had been fired from the coaching job in November 2003.
The fact that Martin admitted to not having spoken with Keenan after it became clear that Iron Mike was on his way out suggests there was, at the very least, a communications breakdown between the two.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=124996   (646 words)

  
 james mirtle: Mike Keenan strikes again - A hockey journalist's blog
Steve Ovadia picked up on a Miami Herald story yesterday about 'Mad' Mike Keenan, and what Herald beat writer Dave Neal calls the 'Keenanization' of the Panthers (sounds painful).
Having been a Canuck fan through Keenan's tenure with the club, I can attest that it often is painful.
Keenan usually likes to bring in ''his guys,'' with whom he has won before.
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 Hire Mike Keenan for Motivational Speaking Engagements, Autograph Signings and Corporate Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Known as "Iron Mike", he brings a wealth of coaching experience and success at all levels to ot the game.
Mike captained his college hockey team at St. Lawrence University from 1969-72 while earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education.
Mike moved into the NHL in May, 1984 when he was named as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Keenan joined the Panthers in December 2001, and last season, his first full year with the team, they finished 24-36-13.
Keenan, 54, led the New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup championship in 1994 and took St. Louis to postseason play twice.
Keenan also led Team Canada to two Canada Cup victories and coached the team at the 1980 World Junior Championships and the World Championships in 1993.
www.firstcoastnews.com /news/news-article.aspx?storyid=10515   (262 words)

  
 Panthers hire Keenan as GM, Martin as coach - NHL - MSNBC.com
Keenan takes over as general manager, replacing Rick Dudley, who fired Keenan 6½ months ago to end a turbulent two-year reign.
Keenan and Martin were part of the hockey program at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York in the early 1970s; Keenan was a senior captain, Martin a freshman goaltender.
Later, as coach of the Peterborough Petes in the Ontario Hockey League, Keenan hired Martin to be one of his scouts.
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 Executive Spotlight - Interview with Mike Keenan, CEO of Global Internetworking
Mike Keenan is the CEO of Global Internetworking a company that provides high-capacity data transport and bandwidth solutions to carriers, service providers, and government agencies.
Mike Keenan: We are a knowledge-based, not a facilities-based,...
Mike Keenan: We are paying particular attention to the changing...
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 The Sporting News : NHL - TSN Expert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Remember, the Islanders are primarily a young team, and it is important for a franchise to insulate its young players with veterans and leaders.
It will be up to GM Mike Milbury to augment his young group with veteran leadership.
Mike Keenan is a former NHL coach and an online columnist for The Sporting News.
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 FOX Sports - NHL - OPEN MIC: Panthers coach Mike Keenan
Mike Keenan is the definition of a well-traveled coach.
Mike Keenan: The thing you quickly realize is that teams go in cycles.
When we went to Philadelphia (the start of Keenan's NHL career) we had the youngest team in pro sports let alone hockey, but we had some guys who lent a veteran presence, guys like Brad McCrimmon.
msn.foxsports.com /nhl/story/940136   (2337 words)

  
 Teal Sunglasses: Mike Keenan strikes again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A 5 year, $25m contract is more than fair for Luongo and shows that the Panthers were trying to negotiate in good faith.
That Luongo and the Panthers couldn't come to a deal and ended up in arbitration says either that (1) Luongo has an unrealistic idea of his worth, or (2) Luongo just plain old wants out, and is using this tactic to push towards free agency or a trade.
Either way, the "problem" seems to be Luongo and his camp, not Keenan and the Panthers.
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 Mike Keenan forced out in Fla. - HFBoards
Keenan has OFFICIALLY paid the price for being that culprit in losing Luongo by Florida ownership.
True about Luongo wanting out, but it was Keenan's hardball tactics that drove him away.
I do not think it had anything to do with the way keenan was doing things.
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 brooke's hockey chronicles: the bruins, pBs, and other addictions.
Only on the Boston Bruins message board would I find a thread that suggests that Mike Keenan's firing was Steve Shields' fault.
Speaking of the Panthers, after assistant coach Mike Pelino was fired and Rampage coach Steve Ludzik was promoted, the Cats came out with a nice 4-0 win over Tampa Bay in GM/interim coach Rick Dudley's debut.
Florida Panthers coach Mike Keenan* has been fired.
www.hockeychronicles.com /hockey/archives/2003_11_09_archive.html   (2786 words)

  
 Mike Keenan Autographed 1994 Stanley Cup Hockey Puck
Mike Keenan Autographed 1994 Stanley Cup Hockey Puck
Mike Keenan coached the NY Rangers to a Stanley Cup victory in 1994.
Mike Keenan has hand signed this official 1994 Stanley Cup puck.
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 City bank Mike keenan north fork bank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 Michael Keenan (II)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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The bottom of the Grand Canyon was where Mike Keenan first heard a
Mike Keenan, 51, lives in Allentown, PA, and is a partner in the
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