Maurice Filion

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Maurice Filion
Born	Maurice Filion (1932-02-12) February 12, 1932 Montreal, QC, CAN
Occupation	former general manager of the Quebec Nordiques

Maurice Filion (born February 12, 1932 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former Canadian ice hockey coach.

Filion spent two successful seasons at the helm of the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. During his rookie campaign, he won the Memorial Cup with a team led by numerous future NHL stars, including Guy LaFleur. His squad earned another Memorial Cup appearance the following season but lost in the finals.

Filion was hired by the Quebec Nordiques during their inaugural season in 1972-73. He was initially slated to serve as director of scouting but, after legendary former NHL star and initial Quebec head coach Maurice Richard resigned due to health problems, Fillion took over as head coach. The interim tag was removed after a successful 5-2 start to his WHA career. After the season, Filion moved to a role as the team's general manager

Filion served as the team's GM until 1988, when he was replaced by Martin Madden; Filion then moved to the role of vice president of hockey operations, but he returned as GM in an interim capacity in 1990. He also served as head coach during parts of the 1977-78 WHA season and 1980–81 NHL season, taking over for fired coaches.

Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season							Post Season
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
QUE	1972–73	77	33	39	5	-	71	5th in WHA East	Missed Playoffs
QUE	1977-78	21	13	7	1	-	(83)	4th in WHA	Lost in Semi-Finals
QUE	1980–81	6	1	3	2	-	(78)	4th in Adams	Missed Playoffs

Preceded by Jacques Plante Martin Madden	General Manager of the Quebec Nordiques 1974–88 1990	Succeeded by Martin Madden Pierre Page
Preceded by Maurice Richard Marc Boileau Michel Bergeron	Head coach of the Quebec Nordiques 1972–73 1978 1980–81	Succeeded by Jacques Plante Jacques Demers Michel Bergeron

External links

Maurice Filion's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

v t e Quebec Nordiques general managers

Jacques Plante Maurice Filion Martin Madden Maurice Filion Pierre Page Pierre Lacroix

v t e Quebec Nordiques head coaches

Richard Filion Plante Gendron Boileau Filion Demers Bergeron Savard Lapointe Perron Bergeron Chambers Pagé Crawford

Persondata
Name	Filion, Maurice
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey coach
Date of birth	February 12, 1932
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec
Date of death
Place of death

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