List of Quebec Nordiques head coaches

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The Quebec Nordiques were an ice hockey team who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). This is a list of the head coaches they had during their existence. The franchise moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1995, and became the Colorado Avalanche.

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Michel Bergeron coached the most games and won the most points all-time with the Nordiques, with 634 games and 616 points. Maurice Filion and Michel Bergeron were the only coaches to have three terms with the Nordiques. Marc Crawford was the only Nordiques coach to win the Jack Adams Award. [1]

Key

#Number of coaches [a]
GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
TTies
PtsPoints
*Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Nordiques

WHA coaches

#NameTermRegular seasonPlayoffsResults
GCWLTPtsGCWL
1 Maurice Richard 1972 21102———Resigned after 2 games
2 Maurice Filion 1972–1973 763239569———Missed Playoffs
3 Jacques Plante 1973–1974 783836480———Missed Playoffs
4 Jean-Guy Gendron 1974–1976 1599659419620128Lost 1975 Avco Cup Finals to Winnipeg
5 Marc Boileau 1976–1978 1407461515317125 Avco World Trophy (1977)
Fired midway through the 1977 season
–Maurice Filion 1977–1978 211371271156Interim coach
6 Jacques Demers 1978–1979 804134587404Lost in First Round

NHL coaches

#NameTermRegular seasonPlayoffsAwards wonReference
GCWLTPtsGCWL
1 Jacques Demers 1979–1980 8025441161——— [2]
2 Maurice Filion* [b] 1980 61324——— [3]
3 Michel Bergeron 1980–1987 55425322279585683137 [4]
4 Andre Savard* 1987 241013121——— [5]
5 Ron Lapointe* 1987–1989 893350672——— [6]
6 Jean Perron 1989 471626537——— [7]
–Michel Bergeron 1989–1990 801261731——— [4]
7 Dave Chambers* 1990–1991 9819641553——— [8]
8 Pierre Page 1991–1994 2309810330225624 [9]
9 Marc Crawford 1994–1995 483013565624 1995 Jack Adams Award winner [10]


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References

  1. ↑ "Jack Adams Award". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  2. ↑ "Jacques Demers Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  3. ↑ "Maurice Filion Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  4. 1 2 "Michel Bergeron Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  5. ↑ "Andre Savard Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  6. ↑ "Ron Lapointe Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  7. ↑ "Jean Perron Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  8. ↑ "Dave Chambers Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  9. ↑ "Pierre Page Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  10. ↑ "Marc Crawford Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  11. ↑ "Bergeron named Nordiques' coach after Filion resigns". The Gazette . Montreal. 1980-10-21. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
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