Guy Charron
Guy Joseph Jean Charron ( born January 24, 1949 in Verdun, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach, who played from 1969 to 1981 for the Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, Kansas City Scouts and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League. Later, he took over as manager, among other things, the NHL team Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Career
Charron played during his junior time for the Montreal Junior Canadiens in the Ontario Hockey League. He was never drafted and collected in the season 1969/70 his first experience in the National Hockey League when he was deployed in five games for the Montreal Canadiens. However, he was never able to enforce the NHL team the Canadiens and spent the following two years, mostly in their former farm team, the Montreal Voyageurs in the American Hockey League. After he had come in just 20 NHL games for the Canadiens used, it gave this along with Mickey Redmond and Bill Collins from the Detroit Red Wings. The Canadiens were compensated with the winger Frank Mahovlich. The Red Wings could be Charron after a weak start in the first two years to increase with only 37 points in 88 games and has become an important player of the team.
In the 1973/74 season he reached 55 points with his best odds in Detroit. After he was again disappointing start to the following season and his points total was not enough for the demands of the Red Wings, which is responsible to the Kansas City Scouts gave him away. Yet his team-mate Claude Houde also moved to Kansas City. The Red Wings were remunerated in accordance with the three new additions Bart Crashley, Ted Snell and Larry Giroux. The attacker captured in the scouts immediately a regular place and kept him occupied in the following two seasons. Although he had achieved in 129 NHL games, 113 points scorer for Kansas City, these extended not the end of season 1975/76 his expiring contract. He signed on September 1, 1976 as a free agent contract with the Washington Capitals. The Canadians could draw attention to themselves with strong performances in the capital immediately, he scored in the 1976/77 season a total of 82 points for Washington. Charron also succeeded in the next two years to get these consistent performances when he reached each have 70 points. He was from 1979 to 1981 due to his declining performance less match practice and left the club in the summer of 1981, after he had scored in his last season with the Capitals in 47 NHL games only 18 points scorer.
However, he was in no NHL team longer offered a contract and moved for two years to EHC Arosa in Switzerland. In the 1982/83 season, he completed 14 games for the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League. Although he had continuously played a total of twelve years in the NHL, he was never able to qualify with a NHL team for the playoffs. In 1983 he ended his active career.
Charron was the first years after the end of his career as an active hockey player without permanent employment. After he was able to win the 1990 world title as coach of the Canadian junior selection, this changed, when he was appointed in the same year as assistant coach of the Calgary Flames. He retained his post until shortly before the season end of 1991 / 92nd After the former head coach of the Flames Doug Risebrough was fired Charron took over the office until the end of the season. Over the last 16 games that season resulted in a negative balance of nearly six wins, seven defeats and three draws. Because of failing to qualify for the playoffs the Canadians was subsequently promoted to assistant back. New head coach accordingly went to his compatriot Dave King. Charron remained so until 1995 worked as the assistant to the Flames and moved to the New York Islanders later.
After only one year in New York, he took over as coach for the 1997/98 season the German ice hockey club Landshut Cannibals. After 48 games in the main round he could with 25 victories, 17 defeats, four draws and two overtime defeats have a positive balance. It succeeded in moving into the playoffs the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In the playoffs, the semi-final was reached, in which the team defeated the Polar Bears Berlin. Charron then left the club and returned to the United States. He signed a contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins. He took over the International Hockey League team for the next two years and led it in the season 1999/2000 up to the finals of the playoffs. The team lost in six games against the Chicago Wolves. Due to its success in the Griffins, he caught the attention of NHL teams and eventually replaced during the 2000/ 01 season the dismissed Craig Hartsburg at the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, after he had already been with the Californians before a few months as an assistant coach.
He managed not to turn things around and the team fell short of expectations. After 49 games in which Charron had won only 14 wins, he had the Ducks because of the lack of success of the team left the step; the team had clearly missed the playoffs. In the following years he was not working as a head coach, but took over at its other stations in each office as an assistant coach. He then worked at the Hull Olympiques, Montreal Canadiens, San Antonio Rampage and Florida Panthers.
In November 2009 he was appointed head coach of the Kamloops Blazers.