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Jacques Lemaire
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| Position | Forward |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Pro Clubs | Montreal Canadiens |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | September 7, 1945, Lasalle, PQ, CAN |
| Pro Career | 1967 – 1979 |
Jacques Gerard Lemaire (born September 7, 1945 in Lasalle, Quebec, Canada) is a former ice hockey centre and current coach of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League.
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Playing his entire NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, Lemaire earned the Stanley Cup a remarkable eight times. One of only five players to have scored two Stanley Cup winning goals he was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984. Following his retirement in 1979, Lemaire travelled to Switzerland to begin a career in coaching. Lemaire, a model of consistency, scored at least 20 goals in each of his 12 seasons. In 853 NHL games he recorded 366 goals and 469 assists for 835 points.
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 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 two main reasons. First, he plays a very defensive-minded hockey system with strong emphasis on a strategy called the neutral zone trap.[1] Second, Lemaire rarely posts permanent lines and is known to shift players up and down lines, often within games.
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 adaption from veterans to perfect his hockey system.
Lemaire is the uncle of Wild's goaltender, Manny Fernandez.
| Montreal Canadiens Head Coaches |
|---|
| Laviolette • Lecours • Dorval • Gardner • Lalonde • Dandurand • Hart • Mantha • Dugal • Siebert • Lépine • Irvin • Blake • Ruel • MacNeil • Bowman • Geoffrion • Berry • Lemaire • Perron • Burns • Demers • Tremblay • Vigneault • Therrien • Julien • Gainey • Carbonneau |
MacMillan • McVie • Carpenter • Schoenfeld • Cunniff • Brooks • Lemaire • Ftorek • Robinson • Constantine • Burns • Robinson • Lamoriello • Julien • Lamoriello
| Minnesota Wild Head Coaches |
|---|
| Lemaire |
| 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 1993–1998 |
Succeeded by Robbie Ftorek |
| Preceded by first coach |
Head Coach of the Minnesota Wild 2000-Present |
Succeeded by none |
- Jacques Lemaire-Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum [1] Retrieved Oct. 10, 2006.
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