 Craig Hartsburg enters his first season as Senators head coach after being named to the position on June 13, 2008. Hartsburg, 48, begins his third term as a National Hockey League head coach after completing his fourth consecutive season with the Ontario Hockey League’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 2007-08, posting a 44-18-6 regular-season record before falling to the Kitchener Rangers in the OHL Western Conference final.
The 2007-08 season marked Hartsburg’s fifth in the Sault, where led the Greyhounds to a 179-111-41 mark and finished above .500 in four of his five seasons. He had completed his first season in 2001-02 before assuming an assistant coach’s position with the Philadelphia Flyers for two campaigns.
Hartsburg was recognized as both the OHL and Canadian Hockey League coach of the year in 2001-02, marking the second such occasion he captured those honours. He first won the award in 1994-95 as bench boss of the Guelph Storm.
Hartsburg has previously been an NHL coach with both the Chicago Blackhawks (1995-98) and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998-2000). His teams qualified for NHL post-season play on three of five occasions. He currently sports a NHL head-coaching record of 184-190-69.
Hartsburg also led Team Canada to gold-medal victories at the 2007 and 2008 world junior hockey championships and won gold as an assistant coach at the 2006 tourney.
The native of Stratford, Ont., was drafted in the first round, sixth overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in 1979. In 10 NHL seasons, all with Minnesota, he recorded 98 goals and 315 assists for 413 points in 570 career games. Hartsburg represented Canada internationally on six occasions: 1987 Canada Cup (gold), 1981 Canada Cup (silver); 1987, 1983, 1982 IIHF world championships (fourth place, bronze, bronze) and the 1978 world juniors (bronze).
Hartsburg and his wife, Peggy, have two children: Chris and Katie.
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