Guy Carbonneau

Guy Carbonneau ( born March 18, 1960 in Sept- Îles, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach, who played from 1981 to 2000 for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League. Since February 2011 he has been head coach of the Sagueneens de Chicoutimi in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Career

As a junior he played for the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in the QMJHL. There were carefully the Montreal Canadiens on him and took him by the NHL Entry Draft in 1979 in the third round as the 44th One year he remained in Chicoutimi before he was taken by the Canadiens in their farm team to the Nova Scotia Voyageurs of the American Hockey League.

Twice he was in the 1980/81 season ran in the NHL, as he spent the next season in the AHL completely. In the 1982/83 season he then managed a breakthrough in the NHL. There he showed offensive qualities and managed in Montreal usually around 20 goals, but was distinguished by its defensive characteristics. He was often used to guard the opponent's top player and was therefore feared by many of the stars in the NHL. In the 1985/86 season he won with the Canadiens their first Stanley Cup. For the second time he succeeded in the season 1992 /93. Here the Los Angeles Kings had won the first final game thanks to a great Wayne Gretzky. Carbonneau persuaded his coach Jacques Demers and was allowed to "The Great One" henceforth take in man coverage. After Gretzky was so turned off, the Canadiens won the series 4-1.

For the 1994/95 season he moved to the St. Louis Blues, but a year later his journey continued to the Dallas Stars. In Dallas he could help with his routine in 1999 to win the Stanley Cup. After five years in Dallas, he finished after the lost final series against the New Jersey Devils at the end of the 1999/2000 season his active career. At this time, the now 41 -year-old became the oldest player in the NHL.

Carbonneau went back to Montreal, where he oversaw development of young. In this position, he also belonged to the coaching staff of the Canadiens. In summer 2002, the stars brought him back to Dallas. He was adviser to the General Manager. When the Canadiens parted in January 2006 from their coach Claude Julien took over General Manager Bob Gainey the job behind the gang and committed Carbonneau as an assistant coach. For the season 2006/07 Gainey focused again on his job as general manager and Carbonneau took over the Canadiens as head coach. 2008 Carbonneau was nominated for the Jack Adams Award as the best coach of the year. In the election he finished in second place behind Bruce Boudreau of the Washington Capitals. By March 2009, he worked in Montreal before Carbonneau was replaced by Bob Gainey. He then worked as an analyst for the TV station CBC Sports and Réseau des sports. In February 2011, he was engaged as head coach of the Sagueneens de Chicoutimi Quebec Major Junior Hockey from the League.

In his honor, the QMJHL introduced the Trophée Guy Carbonneau for the best defensive attacker.

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Awards

• Frank J. Selke Trophy: 1988, 1989 and 1992