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Congrats to the Chicago Blackhawks for winning the Stanley Cup, and if you watched the postgame celebration, you might have seen a semi-familiar face. John Torchetti, the Kings’ interim coach for 12 games after Andy Murray was fired late in the 2005-06 season, got to lift the Cup as an assistant to Chicago coach Joel Quenneville.

What other former Kings coaches have won the Cup in coaching capacities? (some did as players.) Larry Robinson was the head coach of the New Jersey Devils in 2000 and Marc Crawford was the head coach of the Colorado Avalanche in 1996. Former Kings assistant coaches Dave Lewis and Rick Wilson also were part of Cup-winning staffs, Lewis as the associate coach under Scotty Bowman in 1997, 1998 and 2002, and Wilson as an assistant coach under Ken Hitchcock in 1999.

Kings all-time coaching history

Former Kings players Brent Sopel and Cristobal Huet also got to lift the Cup tonight.

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