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.
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
edit| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| T | Ties |
| Pts | Points |
| * | Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Nordiques |
WHA coaches
edit| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Pts | GC | W | L | ||||
| 1 | Maurice Richard | 1972 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Resigned after 2 games |
| 2 | Maurice Filion | 1972–1973 | 76 | 32 | 39 | 5 | 69 | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| 3 | Jacques Plante | 1973–1974 | 78 | 38 | 36 | 4 | 80 | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| 4 | Jean-Guy Gendron | 1974–1976 | 159 | 96 | 59 | 4 | 196 | 20 | 12 | 8 | Lost 1975 Avco Cup Finals to Winnipeg |
| 5 | Marc Boileau | 1976–1978 | 140 | 74 | 61 | 5 | 153 | 17 | 12 | 5 | Avco World Trophy (1977) Fired midway through the 1977 season |
| – | Maurice Filion | 1977–1978 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 6 | Interim coach |
| 6 | Jacques Demers | 1978–1979 | 80 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Lost in First Round |
NHL coaches
edit| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards won | Reference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Pts | GC | W | L | |||||
| 1 | Jacques Demers | 1979–1980 | 80 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 61 | — | — | — | [2] | |
| 2 | Maurice Filion*[b] | 1980 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | [3] | |
| 3 | Michel Bergeron | 1980–1987 | 554 | 253 | 222 | 79 | 585 | 68 | 31 | 37 | [4] | |
| 4 | Andre Savard* | 1987 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 | — | — | — | [5] | |
| 5 | Ron Lapointe* | 1987–1989 | 89 | 33 | 50 | 6 | 72 | — | — | — | [6] | |
| 6 | Jean Perron | 1989 | 47 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 37 | — | — | — | [7] | |
| – | Michel Bergeron | 1989–1990 | 80 | 12 | 61 | 7 | 31 | — | — | — | [4] | |
| 7 | Dave Chambers* | 1990–1991 | 98 | 19 | 64 | 15 | 53 | — | — | — | [8] | |
| 8 | Pierre Page | 1991–1994 | 230 | 98 | 103 | 30 | 225 | 6 | 2 | 4 | [9] | |
| 9 | Marc Crawford | 1994–1995 | 48 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1995 Jack Adams Award winner | [10] |
See also
editNotes
edit- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Nordiques. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Maurice Filion started the season as Nordiques' coach but resigned six games into the 1980–81 season in favour of Michel Bergeron.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Jack Adams Award". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Jacques Demers Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Maurice Filion Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ a b "Michel Bergeron Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Andre Savard Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Ron Lapointe Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Jean Perron Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Dave Chambers Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Pierre Page Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Marc Crawford Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Bergeron named Nordiques' coach after Filion resigns". The Gazette. Montreal. 1980-10-21. Retrieved 2015-10-06.