2013-14 MEDIA GUIDE

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JACQUES LAPERRIERE — SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT COACH
Entering 11th season with Devils’ organization and sixth year in
current post; served club as assistant coach for four seasons after
being named to position August 5, 2003…Coaching career has
spanned more than two decades following an 11-season Hall of
Fame playing career…Joined the Devils after serving the NY
Islanders as an assistant coach the previous two seasons…Was an
assistant to P. Burns for three-plus seasons with Boston, 1997-98
through 2000-01, and with Montreal, 1988-89 through 1991-92…A
member of the Canadiens’ coaching staff for 16 seasons beginning
in 1981, winning the Stanley Cup in 1986 and 1993, and served as
assistant general manager during the 1981-82 season…Coached
the Montreal Red-White-Blue (QMJHL) during the 1975-76 season
and Montreal Jr. (QMJHL) in 1976-77…Career totals show 40
goals and 242 assists for 282 points and 674 penalty minutes in
691 games with Montreal…As a player, was a member of six of the
Canadiens’ Stanley Cup Championship teams: 1965, 1966, 1968,
1969, 1971 and 1973…Named to the NHL’s First All-Star Team
twice (1965, 1966), Second All-Star Team two times (1964, 1970),
was winner of the James Norris Trophy as the league’s best defenseman in 1966, appeared in five
All-Star Games (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970) and was recipient of the Calder Memorial Trophy
as the NHL’s top rookie in 1964…Retired as an active player following a knee injury in
1974…Born November 22, 1941 in Rouyn, Que…Jacques and his wife, Elaine, have three
children: sons, Martin and Daniel, and daughter, Michele…Daniel played in 48 NHL games with
St. Louis and Ottawa from 1992-93 through 1995-96.
COACHING RECORD
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAGUE GC W L T PTS PCT GC W L PCT
1975-76 Montreal R-W-B QMJHL 72 36 29 7 79 .549 6 2 4 .333
1976-77 Montreal Jr. QMJHL 19 10 8 1 21 .553 - - - -
QMJHL TOTALS 91 46 37 8 100 .549 6 2 4 .333
PLAYING RECORD
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM
1958-59 Hull-Ottawa X-Games - - - - - - - - - -
Hull-Ottawa EOHL 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Hull-Ottawa M Cup 9 1 0 1 16 - - - - -
1959-60 Brock. Jr. OVJHL - - - - - - - - - -
Hull-Ottawa EPHL 5 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
Brock. Jr. M Cup 13 0 13 13 34 - - - - -
1960-61 Hull IPSHL - 11 29 40 - - - - - -
Hull-Ottawa EPHL 5 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 4
Hull AI Cup 3 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
1961-62 Montreal OHA Jr. 48 20 37 57 98 6 0 1 1 11
Hull-Ottawa EPHL 1 0 0 0 4 7 1 4 5 6
1962-63 Montreal NHL 6 0 2 2 2 5 0 1 1 4
Hull-Ottawa EPHL 40 8 19 27 51 2 0 0 0 0
1963-64 Montreal NHL 65 2 28 30 102 7 1 1 2 8
1964-65 Montreal NHL 67 5 22 27 92 6 1 1 2 16
1965-66 Montreal NHL 57 6 25 31 85 - - - - -
1966-67 Montreal NHL 61 0 20 20 48 9 0 1 1 9
1967-68 Montreal NHL 72 4 21 25 84 13 1 3 4 20
1968-69 Montreal NHL 69 5 26 31 45 14 1 3 4 28
1969-70 Montreal NHL 73 6 31 37 98 - - - - -
1970-71 Montreal NHL 49 0 16 16 20 20 4 9 13 12
1971-72 Montreal NHL 73 3 25 28 50 4 0 0 0 2
1972-73 Montreal NHL 57 7 16 23 34 10 1 3 4 2
1973-74 Montreal NHL 42 2 10 12 14 - - - - -
NHL TOTALS 691 40 242 282 674 88 9 22 31 101
NHL Second All-Star Team (1964, 1970) • Won Calder Memorial Trophy (Top NHL Rookie) (1964) • NHL First All-
Star Team (1965, 1966) • Won James Norris Memorial Trophy (Top NHL Defenseman) (1966) • NHL Plus/Minus
Leader (1973) • Played in NHL All-Star Game (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970) • Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame
(1987)
JACQUES LEMAIRE — SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT COACH
In fifth season of second stint with Devils; served club as head coach
for third time from December 23, 2010 through end of 2010-
11…Became eighth individual to reach 600-win mark as head coach
on February 10, 2011…Originally stepped down as head coach April
26, 2010; re-joined club July 13, 2009 after serving Minnesota Wild
as head coach for nine seasons…Served as associate coach for Gold
Medal-winning Team Canada at 2010 Olympic Winter Games…His
509 games coached, 276 wins, 61 post-season games and 35 playoff
victories with New Jersey are tops in franchise history…As first
coach in Wild history, compiled a 293-255-108=694pt (.529) mark in
656 regular-season games behind the bench…Led team to 2003
Western Conference Finals while capturing second career Jack
Adams Award as league’s top coach…Named Minnesota’s coach June
19, 2000 after serving Montreal as senior consultant to the general
manager…Including 1995 Stanley Cup Championship, led Devils to
five post-season appearances and to Eastern Conference’s best record
in both 1996-97 (45-23-14=104pts) and 1997-98 (48-23-
11=107pts)…Originally named organization’s eighth coach June 28,
1993 and served for five years; won Adams Award in first season with club…Prior to joining
organization, served Canadiens’ Hockey Operations Department for eight seasons from 1985-86
through 1992-93…Held title of assistant to the managing director for seven of those eight seasons,
spending 1988-89 as managing director of the Verdun Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)…Also had dual
titles as managing director of Fredericton (AHL) for two seasons in 1991-92 and 1992-93, as well as
director of hockey operations for three seasons from 1985-86 through 1987-88…Named Montreal’s
head coach February 24, 1984; voluntarily stepped down following 1984-85 season…Led club to
Wales Conference Finals in 1984 and first-place Adams Division finish in 1984-85…Began coaching
career in 1979 as player/coach of HC Sierre in Switzerland…Returned to North America in 1981 as
an assistant coach with SUNY Plattsburgh…In 1982-83, was named head coach of the QMJHL’s
expansion franchise in Longueuil, leading club to league finals its inaugural season…Inducted into
Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984, following a 12-season playing career with Montreal...A member of eight
Stanley Cup Championship teams; recorded Cup-clinching goal in 1977…Appeared in both the 1970
and 1973 NHL All-Star Games, recording a career-high 44 goals and 95 points in 1972-73…As a
member of Montreal’s staff, also won Stanley Cup Championships during the 1985-86 and 1992-93
seasons…Born September 7, 1945, in Lasalle, Que.; Jacques and his wife, Mychele, have two sons,
Patrice and Danyk, and one daughter, Magalie, as well as five grandchildren, Jeremy, Xavier,
Zachary, Emma and Kara.
NHL COACHING RECORD
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAGUE GC W L O/T PTS PCT GC W L PCT
1983-84 Montreal NHL 17 7 10 0 14 .412 15 9 6 .600
1984-85 Montreal NHL 80 41 27 12 94 .588 12 6 6 .500
1993-94 DEVILS NHL 84 47 25 12 106 .631 20 11 9 .550
1994-95 DEVILS NHL 48 22 18 8 52 .542 20 16 4 .800
1995-96 DEVILS NHL 82 37 33 12 86 .524 - - - -
1996-97 DEVILS NHL 82 45 23 14 104 .634 10 5 5 .500
1997-98 DEVILS NHL 82 48 23 11 107 .652 6 2 4 .333
2000-01 Minnesota NHL 82 25 39 18 68 .415 - - - -
2001-02 Minnesota NHL 82 26 35 21 73 .445 - - - -
2002-03 Minnesota NHL 82 42 29 11 95 .579 18 8 10 .444
2003-04 Minnesota NHL 82 30 29 23 83 .506 - - - -
2005-06 Minnesota NHL 82 38 36 8 84 .512 - - - -
2006-07 Minnesota NHL 82 48 26 8 104 .634 5 1 4 .200
2007-08 Minnesota NHL 82 44 28 10 98 .598 6 2 4 .333
2008-09 Minnesota NHL 82 40 33 9 89 .543 - - - -
2009-10 DEVILS NHL 82 48 27 7 103 .628 5 1 4 .200
2010-11 DEVILS NHL 49 29 17 3 61 .622 - - - -
DEVILS TOTALS 509 276 166 67 619 .608 61 35 26 .574
NHL TOTALS 1262 617 458 187 1421 .563 117 61 56 .521
NHL PLAYING RECORD
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM
1967-68 Montreal NHL 69 22 20 42 16 13 7 6 13 6
1968-69 Montreal NHL 75 29 34 63 29 14 4 2 6 6
1969-70 Montreal NHL 69 32 28 60 16 - - - - -
1970-71 Montreal NHL 78 28 28 56 18 20 9 10 19 17
1971-72 Montreal NHL 77 32 49 81 26 6 2 1 3 2
1972-73 Montreal NHL 77 44 51 95 16 17 7 13 20 2
1973-74 Montreal NHL 66 29 38 67 10 6 0 4 4 2
1974-75 Montreal NHL 80 36 56 92 20 11 5 7 12 4
1975-76 Montreal NHL 61 20 32 52 20 13 3 3 6 2
1976-77 Montreal NHL 75 34 41 75 22 14 7 12 19 6
1977-78 Montreal NHL 76 36 61 97 14 15 6 8 14 10
1978-79 Montreal NHL 50 24 31 55 10 15 *11 12 *23 6
NHL TOTALS 853 366 469 835 217 145 61 78 139 63
Played in NHL All-Star Game (1970, 1973) • Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame (1984)
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