Jacques Demers

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This article is about hockey coach Jacques Demers. For the lawyer, see William John Jacques Demers.

Jacques Demers (b. August 25, 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian former head coach for the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League.

Contents 1 WHA 2 NHL 3 Coaching record 4 References 5 External links

[edit] WHA

Two of the franchises that Demers coached in the WHA were the Chicago Cougars and the Quebec Nordiques. Demers had the opportunity to coach Wayne Gretzky in the 1979 WHA All-Star Game. The format of the game was a three game series between the WHA All-Stars against Moscow Dynamo. The WHA All-Stars were coached by Jacques Demers and Demers asked Gordie Howe if it was okay to put him on a line with Wayne Gretzky and his son Mark Howe. ^[1] In Game One, the line scored seven points, as the WHA All-Star won by a score of 4–2. ^[1] In game two, Gretzky and Mark Howe each scored a goal and Gordie Howe picked up an assist as the WHA won 4–2. ^[1] The line did not score in the final game but the WHA won by a score of 4–3.

[edit] NHL

While in the NHL, he coached for the Montreal Canadiens, Québec Nordiques, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning. He has won two consecutive Jack Adams Awards for NHL Coach of the Year with Detroit in 1987 and 1988, the only person to do this in consecutive years. In 1993, he led Montreal to its most recent Stanley Cup. He is currently working as a commentator for the Canadian sports network RDS.

On November 2nd 2005, Jacques Demers released a biography, written by Mario Leclerc, titled En toutes lettres (All Spelled Out in English) where he revealed that he is functionally illiterate. ^[2]

In 2007, he was named the 100th most influential personality in hockey by The Hockey News magazine.

[edit] Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season							Post Season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
IND	1975–76	80	35	39	6	-	76	1st in East	Lost in Second Round
IND	1976–77	81	36	37	8	-	80	3rd in East	Lost in Second Round
CIN	1977–78	80	35	42	3	-	73	7th in WHA	Missed Playoffs
QUE	1978–79	80	41	34	5	-	87	2nd in WHA	Lost in Second Round
QUE	1979–80	80	25	44	11	-	61	5th in Adams	Missed Playoffs
FRE	1981–82	80	20	55	5	-	45	5th in North	Missed Playoffs
FRE	1982–83	80	45	27	8	-	98	1st in North	Lost in Second Round
STL	1983–84	80	32	41	7	-	71	2nd in Norris	Lost in Second Round
STL	1984–85	80	37	31	12	-	86	1st in Norris	Lost in First Round
STL	1985–86	80	37	34	9	-	83	3rd in Norris	Lost in Third Round
DET	1986–87	80	34	36	10	-	78	2nd in Norris	Lost in Third Round
DET	1987–88	80	41	28	11	-	93	1st in Norris	Lost in Third Round
DET	1988–89	80	34	34	12	-	80	1st in Norris	Lost in First Round
DET	1989–90	80	28	38	14	-	70	5th in Norris	Missed Playoffs
MTL	1992–93	84	48	30	6	-	102	3rd in Adams	Won Stanley Cup
MTL	1993–94	84	41	29	14	-	96	3rd in Northeast	Lost in First Round
MTL	1994–95	48	18	23	7	-	43	6th in Northeast	Missed Playoffs
MTL	1995–96	5	0	5	0	-	(90)	3rd in Northeast	(Fired)
TB	1997–98	63	15	40	8	-	(44)	7th in Atlantic	Missed Playoffs
TB	1998–99	82	19	54	9	-	47	4th in Southeast	Missed Playoffs

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Former NHL Coach admits illiteracy - CTV news
• Jacques Demers's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

v • d • e Quebec Nordiques Head Coaches Richard • Filion • Plante • Gendron • Boileau • Filion • Demers • Filion • Bergeron • Savard • Lapointe • Perron • Bergeron • Chambers • Pagé • Crawford

v • d • e St. Louis Blues Head Coaches Patrick • Bowman • Arbour • Abel • McCreary • Talbot • Angotti • Young • Boivin • Francis • Plager • Berenson • Demers • Martin • Sutter • B. Plager • Berry • Keenan • Roberts • Quenneville • Kitchen • Murray

v • d • e Detroit Red Wings Head Coaches Duncan • Adams • Ivan • Skinner • Abel • Gadsby • Harkness • Barkley • J. Wilson • Garvin • Delvecchio • L. Wilson • Kromm • Lindsay • Maxner • Dea • Polano • Neale • Park • Demers • Murray • Bowman • Lewis • Babcock

v • d • e Montreal Canadiens Head Coaches Laviolette • Lecours • Dorval • Gardner • Lalonde • Dandurand • Hart • Mantha • Dugal • Siebert • Lépine • Irvin • Blake • Ruel • MacNeil • Bowman • Geoffrion • Berry • Lemaire • Perron • Burns • Demers • Tremblay • Vigneault • Therrien • Julien • Gainey • Carbonneau

v • d • e Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coaches Crisp • Paterson • Demers • Ludzik • Tortorella

Preceded by Gerry Moore	Head Coaches of the Indianapolis Racers 1975–1977	Succeeded by Ron Ingram
Preceded by Terry Slater	Head Coaches of the Cincinnati Stingers 1977–1978	Succeeded by Floyd Smith
Preceded by Maurice Filion	Head Coaches of the Quebec Nordiques 1978–1980	Succeeded by Maurice Filion
Preceded by Barclay Plager (interim)	Head Coaches of the St. Louis Blues 1983–1986	Succeeded by Jacques Martin
Preceded by Brad Park	Head Coaches of the Detroit Red Wings 1986–1990	Succeeded by Bryan Murray
Preceded by Glen Sather	Winner of the Jack Adams Award 1987, 1988	Succeeded by Pat Burns
Preceded by Pat Burns	Head Coaches of the Montreal Canadiens 1992–1995	Succeeded by Mario Tremblay
Preceded by Rick Paterson (interim)	Head Coaches of the Tampa Bay Lightning 1997–1999	Succeeded by Steve Ludzik