| Jacques Laperrière | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 22, 1941 Rouyn-Noranda, PQ, CAN |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shot | Left |
| Played for | Montreal Canadiens |
| Playing career | 1962–1974 |
| Hall of Fame, 1987 | |
Joseph Jacques Hughes Laperrière (born November 22, 1941) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League.
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Laperrière spent his junior career with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens, the Montreal Jr. Canadiens and the Brockville Jr. Canadiens.[1] In 1962-63, Laperrière made his debut in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, playing 11 games in total, regular season and playoffs combined. The Canadiens put Laperrière on their full time roster next season and he played 65 games recording 30 points and 102 PIM, making few defensive errors.[2] At season's end, the NHL awarded Lapperière the Calder Memorial Trophy for top rookie in the NHL, and he was also selected to the NHL Second All-Star Team as a defenceman.[3] Laperrière also played in the NHL All-Star Game.
In 1964-65, Laperrière had another stellar season as he helped contribute to the Canadiens Stanley Cup victory over the Chicago Black Hawks,[4] and he was also selected to the NHL First All-Star Team. Laperrière finished the 1965-66 season playing only 57 games. Despite the low number of games, he played, Laperrière was awarded his first and only James Norris Memorial Trophy, and was selected to the NHL First All-Star Team for the second time in a row. The Canadiens would also win the Stanley Cup that year, this time against the Detroit Red Wings. Laperrière did not participate in the postseason due to injuries.[5]
Laperrière would play 8 more seasons with the Canadiens, winning 4 more Stanley Cups on the way.[6] In 1972-73, Laperrière led the league in plus/minus[7] being the only player other than Bobby Orr to lead the league in that statistic between 1969 and 1975. He would retire halfway through the 1974-75 season due to a career ending knee injury.
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987.
After retiring, Laperrière became the coach of the Montreal Juniors in 1975-76. He would resign the following year due to his distaste of the pressure and violence at the amateur level went up. In 1980-81, Laperrière rejoined the Canadiens organization as an assistant coach to Claude Ruel. He would stay as the Canadiens assistant coach for 16 years, serving under 6 different head coches, and winning 2 more Stanley Cups in 1985-86 and in 1992-93. In 1997-98, Laperrière joined the Boston Bruins, serving under Pat Burns as an assistant coach again. He spent 4 seasons in Boston before joining the New York Islanders in 2001-02 as once again an assistant coach. After 2 seasons with the Islanders, Laperrière became a part of the New Jersey Devils organization in 2003-04. He resumed his previous position with the Islander until 2006-07 until being named a special assignment coach.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1958–59 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1958–59 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 1959–60 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1959–60 | Brockville Jr. Canadiens | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 34 | ||
| 1960–61 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1960-61 | Hull Canadiens | A-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1960–61 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1961–62 | Montreal Jr. Canadiens | OHA-Jr. | 48 | 20 | 37 | 47 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1962–63 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 40 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1963–64 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 65 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 102 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1964–65 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 67 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||
| 1965–66 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 57 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 61 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1967–68 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 72 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 1968–69 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 69 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | ||
| 1969–70 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 49 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | ||
| 1971–72 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1972–73 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 57 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1973–74 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 42 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 691 | 40 | 242 | 282 | 674 | 88 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 101 | ||||
| Preceded by Pierre Pilote |
Winner of the Norris Trophy 1966 |
Succeeded by Harry Howell |
| Preceded by Kent Douglas |
Winner of the Calder Trophy 1964 |
Succeeded by Roger Crozier |