Jerry Dupont

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Jerry Dupont
Jerome Dupont 1981.JPG
Dupont in 1981
Born (1962-02-21) February 21, 1962 (age 63)
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Chicago Blackhawks
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL draft 15th overall, 1980
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 19811987

Jerome Robert Dupont (born February 21, 1962) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman.

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Biography

As a youth, Dupont played in the 1974 and 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Gloucester, Ontario. [1]

Dupont played for the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey League at the age of 16. He was drafted in the first round, 15th overall by the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He retired in 1987 after seven years of NHL with the Blackhawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs and AHL hockey with the Springfield Indians and Newmarket Saints.

He started his junior coaching career with the 1998 Thornhill Rattlers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. Within two years the team won the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Junior "A" Champions. In 2006–07, as the coach of the Aurora Tigers, he led the team to the Dudley Hewitt Cup, and then later won the Royal Bank Cup 2007 as National Junior "A" Champions.

When Dupont played in the United States he was given the nickname Jerry, simply because Jerome wasn't a common name among his American teammates.

Dupont was head coach of the Gatineau Olympiques of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for two seasons, ending in 2010. He was also head coach of the Cobourg Cougars of the Ontario Junior Hockey League for the 2018-19 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1978–79 Markham Waxers OPJHL
1978–79 Toronto Marlboros OMJHL 68521264930000
1979–80 Toronto MarlborosOMJHL67737448841125
1980–81 Toronto MarlborosOHL676384411652249
1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3404451
1981–82 Toronto MarlborosOHL70881810391224
1982–83 Chicago Black HawksNHL10000
1982–83 Springfield Indians AHL 78122234114
1983–84 Chicago Black HawksNHL36224116400015
1983–84 Springfield IndiansAHL1223565
1984–85 Chicago Black HawksNHL55310131051502241
1985–86 Chicago Black HawksNHL752131517310000
1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL1300023
1986–87 Newmarket Saints AHL2918947
AHL totals119153348226
NHL totals214729364682002256

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-11.