Jacques Lemaire

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Position	Forward
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg/12 st 12 lb)
Pro clubs	Montreal Canadiens
Nationality	Canada
Born	September 7, 1945 (1945-09-07) (age 62), Lasalle, PQ, CAN
Pro career	1967 – 1979
Hall of Fame, 1984

Jacques Gerard Lemaire (born September 7, 1945 in Lasalle, Quebec) is a former ice hockey forward and current coach of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Playing career 1.2 Coaching career 1.3 Coaching Record 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Playing career

Playing his entire NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, Lemaire won theStanley Cup a remarkable eight times 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979. He is one of only five players to have scored two Stanley Cup winning goals. A model of consistency, Lemaire scored at least 20 goals in each of his 12 seasons. He retired from the NHL after the 1978–79 season. In 853 career NHL games, he recorded 366 goals and 469 assists for a total of 835 points.

He also won two more Stanley Cups as assistant general manager with Montreal in 1986 and 1993.

[edit] Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 1979, Lemaire traveled to Switzerland to begin a career in coaching. Lemaire was head coach of the Canadiens from 1983-1985 and the New Jersey Devils from 1993 to 1998, winning the Stanley Cup in 1995 for 11th time, and the Jack Adams Award in 1994 and 2003. Lemaire has been head coach of the Minnesota Wild since June 19, 2000, the first ever (and only) head coach of the organization.

Lemaire is known to be an unorthodox NHL Hockey coach for several reasons. First, he plays a defensive-minded hockey system often using a strategy called the neutral zone trap,^[1] or a variant of the trap. Second, Lemaire rarely posts permanent lines and is known to shift players up and down lines, often within games. Moreover, unique to NHL teams, the Wild under Lemaire's tenure has never named a permanent team captain, choosing instead to rotate the captaincy between players on a month-to-month basis.

Lemaire is also known to be one of the best coaches for working with and meshing both young players and veterans. He spends much time in evolving young rookies to reach potential and demands adaptation from veterans to perfect his hockey system.

Lemaire is the uncle of Boston Bruins goaltender and former Wild player, Manny Fernandez.

[edit] Coaching Record

Team	Year	Regular Season							Post Season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
MTL	1983–84	17	7	10	0	-	(75)	4th in Adams	Lost in Conf. Champ
MTL	1984–85	82	41	27	12	-	94	1st in Adams	Lost in Second Round
NJ	1993–94	82	47	25	12	-	106	2nd in Atlantic	Lost in Conf. Champ
NJ	1994–95	48	22	18	8	-	52	2nd in Atlantic	Won Stanley Cup
NJ	1995–96	82	37	33	12	-	86	6th in Atlantic	Missed Playoffs
NJ	1996–97	82	45	23	14	-	104	1st in Atlantic	Lost in Second Round
NJ	1997–98	82	48	23	11	-	107	1st in Atlantic	Lost in First Round
MIN	2000–01	82	25	39	13	5	68	5th in Northwest	Missed Playoffs
MIN	2001–02	82	26	35	12	9	73	5th in Northwest	Missed Playoffs
MIN	2002–03	82	42	29	10	1	95	3rd in Northwest	Lost in Conf. Champ
MIN	2003–04	82	30	29	20	3	83	5th in Northwest	Missed Playoffs
MIN	2005–06	82	38	36	-	8	84	5th in Northwest	Missed Playoffs
MIN	2006–07	82	48	26	-	8	104	2nd in Northwest	Lost in First Round
MIN	2007–08	82	44	28	-	10	98	1st in Northwest	Lost in First Round
Total		1049	500	381	124	44

[edit] See also

• List of NHL head coaches
• List of NHL players
• Notable families in the NHL

[edit] References

• Jacques Lemaire-Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum [1] Retrieved Oct. 10, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Jacques Lemaire's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Jacques Lemaire's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Lemaire regarded as top coach

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