Lou Lamoriello
Louis " Lou" Lamoriello ( born October 21, 1942 in Providence, Rhode Iceland ) is an American professional ice hockey official Italian descent. Currently he is the CEO, president and general manager of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League, where he has worked since 1987. It is thus longer than any other current GM in the league office.
Career
Prior to joining the Devils Lou Lamoriello was a mathematics teacher at Johnston High School in Rhode Iceland for several years.
Lamoriello was the athletic director and men 's ice hockey coach at Providence College. He oversaw the Providence hockey team from 1968 to 1987, and was promoted in 1982 to the athletic director. As athletic director, he introduced Rick Pitino as head coach of the Providence Men's Basketball Team a. Pitino took Providence to the Final Four in 1987.
Lamoriello was by the then owner John McMullen in April 1987 President of the Devils. Lamoriello appointed himself, shortly before the start of next season, even to general manager - a move that surprised many NHL observers. The Americans had never played in the NHL, run as coach or manage a team, and was virtually unknown outside the American college hockey community.
Since then, Lamoriello has presided over one of the most successful rebuilding projects in North American professional sports history. In his first season as general manager, the Devils reached their first participation in the play-off final of the Wales Conference in its history. With the exception of two seasons since 1987 they have reached the playoffs in Lamoriellos tenure and played in the years 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2003 in the Stanley Cup final. 1995, 2000 and 2003, they each won the coveted trophy. In 2000, Lamoriello was appointed CEO of the Devils.
Lamoriello served as general manager for Team USA in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. In 1992 he was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to the hockey in the United States. In addition, he played a major role in the negotiations on the players' salaries in the NHL Lockout 2004/05.
Lamoriello is known in NHL circles for his tough approach in contract negotiations. Pat Verbeek, Kirk Muller, Bill Guerin and others were wegtransferiert from the team after their contract negotiations have been negative. In 1989 he almost Ken Daneyko, the player with the most games for the Devils transferred. After Daneyko, Lamoriello believes that a player from the third row should be earning much as a front row player is the same if he has the same value for the team.
On 19 December 2005, after the surprising resignation of Larry Robinson as head coach of the Devils, Lamoriello took over the position temporarily. The Devils reached the Eastern Conference semifinals and lost there against the Carolina Hurricanes.
On 2 April 2007, Lamoriello once again took over as coach after he had Claude Julien fired. The dismissal took place as three games before the end of regular time and the Devils on the way to the second-best season performance in the Conference and on the way a franchise cup record for victories in the regular season were.
2009 Lamoriello was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. On 15 October 2012, he was admitted for his services around the sport of ice hockey in the United States in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.