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Born	September 7, 1945 (age 64),; LaSalle, PQ, CAN
Height; Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m); 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Pro clubs	NHL; Montreal Canadiens; AHL; Quebec Aces
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 is the current head coach of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.^[1]

[edit] Career

[edit] Playing career

Lemaire played his entire NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, and was part of eight Stanley Cup winning teams. 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979. He is one of only six NHL players to have scored two Stanley Cup winning goals, achieving the feat in both 1977 and 1979. (The five other players are Mike Bossy in 1982 and 1983, Bobby Orr in 1970 and 1972, Henri Richard in 1966 and 1971, Jean Béliveau in 1960 and 1965 and Toe Blake in 1944 and 1946). One of the two Cup-winners scored by Lemaire came at the 4:32 mark of the first overtime of Game Four in the 1977 Stanley Cup Finals. 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.

Jacques Lemaire was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984.

[edit] Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 1979, Lemaire traveled to Switzerland to begin a career in coaching with HC Sierre. 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 the 11th time, and the Jack Adams Award in 1994 and 2003. Lemaire was head coach of the Minnesota Wild from June 19, 2000 until April 11, 2009, the first head coach of the organization.^[2]

Lemaire is known for his unorthodox coaching style for several reasons: first, he prefers a defensive-minded system, often using a strategy called the neutral zone trap,^[3]. Second, Lemaire rarely uses permanent lines preferring to use mixed line combinations during games. Lemaire is also regarded as one of the best teaching coaches - developing young players while working well with veterans. However his emphasis on "defence first" has often been controversial, both within and outside the dressing room. This perhaps, has led to some conflict with star players like Marian Gaborik (formerly with the Wild) and media criticism. An example was provided by Terry Frei of ESPN.com in an article posted on August 4, 2008:

He [Lemaire] helped drag down the entertainment quotient in this league, and despite all the talk about the Wild being a skating team that uses speed and pounces on turnovers, not all the elements of the trap have disappeared from Minnesota's game. You'd think the State of Hockey is going to tire of that at some point, especially if the Wild slide this season and it drives Marian Gaborik away next summer.^[4]

Nevertheless, some of Lemaire's teams have been amongst the highest scoring teams in the NHL. For example, the 1993-1994 New Jersey Devils team scored the 2nd most goals in the league that season^[5].

In June 2009, Lemaire was named assistant coach of Team Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics to take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He will join Lindy Ruff and Ken Hitchcock as assistants to head coach Mike Babcock.

On July 13, 2009, exactly two years after Brent Sutter had been introduced as coach of the Devils, Lemaire returned to the head coaching position for the Devils.

On October 8, 2009, Lemaire got his 200th win with the New Jersey Devils and first of the 2009–10 NHL season.

[edit] Trivia

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

There is a hockey arena in LaSalle named after Lemaire. ^[6]

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1963–64	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA	42	25	30	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964–65	Quebec Aces	AHL	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1964–65	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA	56	25	47	72	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965–66	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA	48	41	52	93	69	0	0	0	0	0
1966–67	Houston Apollos	CPHL	69	19	30	49	19	6	0	1	1	0
1967–68	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	69	22	20	42	16	13	7	6	13	6
1968–69	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	75	29	34	63	29	14	4	2	6	6
1969–70	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	69	32	28	60	16	—	—	—	—	—
1970–71	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	78	28	28	56	18	20	9	10	19	17
1971–72	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	77	32	49	81	26	6	2	1	3	2
1972–73	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	77	44	51	95	16	17	7	13	20	2
1973–74	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	66	29	38	67	10	6	0	4	4	2
1974–75	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	80	36	56	92	20	11	5	7	12	4
1975–76	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	61	20	32	52	20	13	3	3	6	2
1976–77	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	75	34	41	75	22	14	7	12	19	6
1977–78	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	76	36	61	97	14	15	6	8	14	10
1978–79	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	50	24	31	55	10	16	11	12	23	6
12 seasons	NHL total		853	366	469	835	217	145	61	78	139	63

[edit] Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
MTL	1983–84	17	7	10	0	—	(75)	4^th in Adams	Lost in Conf. champ
MTL	1984–85	80	41	27	12	—	94	1^st in Adams	Lost in second round
NJ	1993–94	84	47	25	12	—	106	2^nd in Atlantic	Lost in Conf. champ
NJ	1994–95	48	22	18	8	—	52	2^nd in Atlantic	Won Stanley Cup
NJ	1995–96	82	37	33	12	—	86	6^th in Atlantic	Missed playoffs
NJ	1996–97	82	45	23	14	—	104	1^st in Atlantic	Lost in second round
NJ	1997–98	82	48	23	11	—	107	1^st in Atlantic	Lost in first round
MIN	2000–01	82	25	39	13	5	68	5^th in Northwest	Missed playoffs
MIN	2001–02	82	26	35	12	9	73	5^th in Northwest	Missed playoffs
MIN	2002–03	82	42	29	10	1	95	3^rd in Northwest	Lost in Conf. champ
MIN	2003–04	82	30	29	20	3	83	5^th in Northwest	Missed playoffs
MIN	2005–06	82	38	36	—	8	84	5^th in Northwest	Missed playoffs
MIN	2006–07	82	48	26	—	8	104	2^nd in Northwest	Lost in first round
MIN	2007–08	82	44	28	—	10	98	1^st in Northwest	Lost in first round
MIN	2008–09	82	40	33	—	9	89	3^rd in Northwest	Missed playoffs	Total	1131	540	414	124	53

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ "Lemaire returns for second stint as Devils head coach". TSN. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284629. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
^ "Lemaire says he's done as coach of the Wild". TSN. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=274749&hubname=nhl-wild. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
^ Kreiser, John (November 2003). "Unlocking the Trap - defense - Industry Overview". Hockey Digest. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCM/is_1_32/ai_107896436. Retrieved 2006–09–03.
^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=frei_terry&id=3515195
^ "1993-94 NHL Standings". http://www.databasehockey.com/leagues/leagueyear.htm?lg=&yr=1993. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
^ "Arenas and Skating Rinks of LaSalle". Ville de Montréal. http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_dad=portal&_pageid=4338,5683802&_schema=PORTAL. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

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

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Preceded by Bob Berry	Head coach of the Montreal Canadiens 1984–1985	Succeeded by Jean Perron
Preceded by Herb Brooks	Head coach of the New Jersey Devils (first time) 1993–1998	Succeeded by Robbie Ftorek
Preceded by Pat Burns	Winner of the Jack Adams Award 1994	Succeeded by Marc Crawford
Preceded by Franchise created	Head coach of the Minnesota Wild 2000–2009	Succeeded by Todd Richards
Preceded by Bob Francis	Winner of the Jack Adams Award 2003	Succeeded by John Tortorella
Preceded by Brent Sutter	Head coach of the New Jersey Devils (second time) 2009-present	Succeeded by 'Incumbent'

[0] "Lemaire returns for second stint as Devils head coach". TSN. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284629. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

[1] "Lemaire says he's done as coach of the Wild". TSN. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=274749&hubname=nhl-wild. Retrieved 2009-04-15.

[unlocktrap-2] Kreiser, John (November 2003). "Unlocking the Trap - defense - Industry Overview". Hockey Digest. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCM/is_1_32/ai_107896436. Retrieved 2006–09–03.

[3] ttp://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=frei_terry&id=3515195

[4] "1993-94 NHL Standings". http://www.databasehockey.com/leagues/leagueyear.htm?lg=&yr=1993. Retrieved 2009-11-06.

[5] "Arenas and Skating Rinks of LaSalle". Ville de Montréal. http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_dad=portal&_pageid=4338,5683802&_schema=PORTAL. Retrieved 2009-10-17.

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