Mike Vellucci is a retired professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player and the current head coach and general manager of the Plymouth Whalers

Plymouth Whalers

The Plymouth Whalers are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of Compuware Arena in Plymouth, Michigan, USA.-History:...

 in the Ontario Hockey League

Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

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He spent most of his playing career in the minor leagues, however, Vellucci appeared in two games with the Hartford Whalers

Hartford Whalers

The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its existence in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. The club played in the World Hockey Association from 1972–79 and in the National Hockey League from 1979–97...

 in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 in 1987–88. He coached the Plymouth Whalers from 2001–08, winning the Matt Leyden Trophy

Matt Leyden Trophy

The Matt Leyden Trophy is awarded annually to the Ontario Hockey League Coach of the Year as selected by OHL coaches and general managers. Teams were not permitted to vote for a coach from their own hockey club...

 as OHL Coach of the Year in 2007, the same season he led the Whalers to the J. Ross Robertson Cup

J. Ross Robertson Cup

The J. Ross Robertson Cup is an ice hockey trophy awarded annually to the winner of the Ontario Hockey League playoff championship. It was presented by and named for John Ross Robertson, the president of the Ontario Hockey Association who served from 1899 to 1905.Originally it was awarded to the...

 and a berth in the 2007 Memorial Cup

2007 Memorial Cup

The 2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup was played in May 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Pacific Coliseum. The tournament was competed between the WHL champion Medicine Hat Tigers, the OHL champion Plymouth Whalers, the QMJHL champion Lewiston Maineiacs, and the host team and tournament...

. Vellucci stepped down as head coach of the Whalers in December 2007, as he wanted more time to concentrate on his general manager duties, and he was replaced by Greg Stefan

Greg Stefan

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. Stefan coached the club until November 2008, when he resigned to take a job with the Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes

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 of the NHL, and Vellucci took over the coaching reigns once again.

Coaching record

Team

|Regular season

PLY Plymouth Whalers The Plymouth Whalers are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of Compuware Arena in Plymouth, Michigan, USA.-History:...

2001–02

68

39

15

12

2

92

1st in West

Lost in First Round

PLY

2002–03

68

43

14

9

2

97

1st in West

Lost in Third Round

PLY

2003–04

68

32

24

9

3

76

2nd in West

Lost in Second Round

PLY Plymouth Whalers The Plymouth Whalers are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of Compuware Arena in Plymouth, Michigan, USA.-History:...

2004–05

68

30

29

6

3

69

2nd in West

Lost in First Round

PLY

2005–06

68

35

28

5

75

1st in West

Lost in Second Round

PLY

2006–07

68

49

14

5

103

1st in West

Won J. Ross Robertson Cup J. Ross Robertson Cup The J. Ross Robertson Cup is an ice hockey trophy awarded annually to the winner of the Ontario Hockey League playoff championship. It was presented by and named for John Ross Robertson, the president of the Ontario Hockey Association who served from 1899 to 1905.Originally it was awarded to the...

PLY

2007–08 2007–08 OHL season The 2007–08 OHL season was the 28th season of the Ontario Hockey League. Twenty teams played 68 games each during the schedule, that started on September 19, 2007, and concluded on March 16, 2008....

29

18

8

3

39

5th in West

(Resigned)

PLY

2008–09 2008–09 OHL season The 2008–09 OHL season was the 29th season of the Ontario Hockey League . Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 17, 2008 and concluded on March 15, 2009....

49

31

15

3

65

2nd in West

Lost in Second Round

PLY

2009–10 2009–10 OHL season The 2009–10 OHL season was the 30th season of the Ontario Hockey League . Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 17, 2009 and ended on March 14, 2010....

68

38

27

3

79

2nd in West

Lost in Second Round

PLY

2010–11 2010–11 OHL season The 2010–11 OHL season is the 31st season of the Ontario Hockey League . Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 23, 2010 and ended on March 20, 2011....

68

36

26

6

78

3rd in West

Lost in Second Round

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