Jacques Laperrière

Joseph Jacques Hughes Laperrière ( born November 22, 1941 in Rouyn -Noranda, Quebec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coaches who played from 1962 to 1974 for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League.

Career

As a junior he played with the Hull- Ottawa Canadiens in the Eastern Professional Hockey League.

The talented defender was in season 1962/63 his debut with the Montreal Canadiens and managed in the season 1963/64, the breakthrough. He fulfilled all the hopes that had been placed in him, and in 1964 awarded the Rookie of the Year with the Calder Memorial Trophy. He shined by strong defensive performance with few errors, the game disc to rotate quickly in profit and initiate an attack will be the ability made ​​him a special prize for the team.

His poise and his consistency helped him to win the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the best defenders and four nominations for the NHL All-Star team. With the strong team of the Canadiens, he won five times including the Stanley Cup. Again and again he was taken in the crucial situations on the ice because he knew more than any other to control the speed of the game. In Cup win in 1971, he played with four goals and 13 points his best playoffs.

A serious knee injury in a game on January 19, 1974 against the Boston Bruins forced him to end his active career. The Canadiens put him soon after his recovery as a coach of their youth teams. But the job of the head coach in a Junior League gave him no great pleasure. From the season 1981/82 he was then as assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens. His focus was on the care of the defense. He held this post in Montreal, before Pat Burns took him to the 1997/98 season to the Boston Bruins 16 years old. After four years with the Bruins, he moved in 2001 to the New York Islanders, where he was assistant to Peter Laviolette two years. For the season 2003/ 04 it was again Pat Burns, whom he followed to the New Jersey Devils. Here he remained but also worked as an assistant under his successors.

In 1987 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup: 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971 and 1973 ( as a player ); 1986 and 1993 ( as assistant coach )

Personal Awards

• First All -Star Team: 1965 and 1966
• Second All-Star Team: 1964 and 1970
• Calder Memorial Trophy: 1964
• James Norris Memorial Trophy: 1966
• Leading the plus / minus rating: 1973 (from 1983 for this purpose the NHL Plus / Minus Award awarded)