Guy Chouinard
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Guy Chouinard (born October 20, 1956, in Quebec City, Quebec) was a professional ice hockey player in the 1970s and 80s for the Atlanta Flames and later the St. Louis Blues.
Chouinard was the 28th overall pick in the 1974 Entry Draft, following a successful junior career with the Quebec Remparts. He was one of the first underage players available in the entry draft because of the National Hockey League's decision to allow drafting of underage players that year. While playing with the Atlanta Flames, he set records for scoring goals in six consecutive games from November 14 to November 24, 1978; he was the first Flame to score 50 goals in a season in the 1978–79 season. He joined the team when it relocated to Calgary at the start of the 1980–81 season. He left the Atlanta/Calgary franchise as the franchise's all-time leader in points (529) and assists (336) (records since broken) on September 6, 1983, when he was traded to the St. Louis Blues.
Chouinard was nicknamed "Gramps" because he appeared much older than he really was. He is not the only member of his family to play professional hockey; he is the older brother of former minor-leaguer Jean Chouinard and the father of Eric Chouinard, who currently is in the Phoenix Coyotes system. His nephew Marc Chouinard played in the NHL for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Minnesota Wild, and Vancouver Canucks.
Guy has also had a brilliant career (more than 10 years) coaching in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, notably for the Victoriaville Tigres and Quebec Remparts and has been enshrined in the QMJHL Hall of Fame in 2005. He has coached the second most games in the QMJHL (988), most wins as a coach (515) and most championships as a coach (4).
From 2002 to 2006, he coached in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, a minor professional league in Quebec, first with the Trois-Rivieres Vikings, then the Thetford-Mines Prolab.
He was fired as the Prolab head-coach on January 13th 2006 after a 7–3 loss against the Saint-Hyacinthe Cristal. With the Prolab, his record was 45 wins and 48 loss (including 10 shootout loss and 2 losses in overtime). He hasn't coach since his departure from the Prolab.
He has been hired by the Prince Edward Island Rocket of the QMJHL to replace Yanick Jean as Head Coach, on October 22, 2007.
