Carbonneau was one of the more popular Canadiens; fans chanted "Guy, Guy, Guy!" whenever he touched the puck, much as they did for Guy Lafleur (with whom Carbonneau played from 1982–1985) during his career. He was also one of the most admired Dallas Stars players. He took the ceremonial opening faceoff for the Stars when they played the Canadiens at the last game at the Montreal Forum.
After serving as an assistant coach to Michel Therrien with the Canadiens from 2000 to 2002, Carbonneau moved back to the Dallas Stars where he worked as an assistant general manager (he was named to the position on May 26, 2002),[1] until his return to Montreal in January 2006.
On January 14, 2006, Carbonneau became the Montreal Canadiens associate coach, as Claude Julien was fired and GM Bob Gainey assumed the role of interim head coach. Carbonneau became head coach, after the Canadiens were eliminated from the playoffs. He was the 28th coach of the Montreal team.
On March 9, 2009, he was fired as the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens with 16 games left. He was replaced by general manager Bob Gainey.[3]
On September 17, 2009, Carbonneau became an analyst for CBC SportsHockey Night in Canada.[4] He left CBC after the 2009–2010 season and joined Réseau des sports as an analyst.[5] He also appeared in the first season (2010) of La série Montréal-Québec as the head coach for the Montreal team.[6]
On February 7, 2011, Carbonneau became head coach of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, the team he co-owns.[7] He resigned in July 2011.
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