Jean Perron

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Jean Perron
Born (1946-10-05) October 5, 1946 (age 74)
Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland, Quebec, Canada
OccupationIce hockey coach
Sports commentator

Jean Perron (born October 5, 1946) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and sports commentator, best known for being the 16th head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, serving from 1985 to 1988. Perron has more recently served as the head coach for Israel's men's national teams.

Coaching career[]

Born in Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland, Quebec, Perron was an assistant coach with the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens under Jacques Lemaire for one season before being named head coach in 1985. As a rookie head coach, Perron won a Stanley Cup with the Canadiens. Perron would spend three seasons as the Canadiens' head coach before being fired after the 1987–88 season. The next year, he was hired by the Quebec Nordiques as a temporary midseason replacement.[1] He also served as an assistant coach for Canada at the 1987 Canada Cup. Later, Perron joined the International Hockey League's San Francisco Spiders as their head coach and general manager for one season, followed by a short stint with the Manitoba Moose.[2][3][4][5][6]

Perron's tough and often authoritarian coaching style resulted in tumultuous relationships with several of his players and staff, including a long-standing public feud with former Canadiens player Chris Nilan.[1][5]

Post career[]

After his professional coaching career, Perron became a hockey analyst for different media outlets in Quebec and has appeared regularly on TQS's sports talk show 110%.[7] He was often mocked for his incorrect use of proverbs and idioms and a book, Les Perronismes supposedly listing his most famous linguistic faux-pas was published in 2001.[citation needed]

In 2004, Perron was named the coach of the Israel's Under-18 and senior men's national teams. He led both teams to new heights with Israel being promoted to Division I for one year. He left after two seasons but returned in 2011 and led the Under-18 team to an IIHF World U-18 Division II Group B championship in 2013.[8]

Coaching record[]

NHL[]

Team Year Regular Season Post Season
G W L T OTL Pts Finish Result
MTL 1985–86 80 40 33 7 - 87 2nd in Adams Won in division semi-finals (3-0 vs. BOS)
Won in division finals (4-3 vs. HFD)
Won in conference finals (4-1 vs. NYR)
Won Stanley Cup (4-1 vs. CGY)
MTL 1986–87 80 41 29 10 - 92 2nd in Adams Won in division semi-finals (4-0 vs. BOS)
Won in division finals (4-3 vs. QUE)
Lost in conference finals (2-4 vs. PHI)
MTL 1987–88 80 45 22 13 - 103 1st in Adams Won in division semi-finals (4-2 vs. HFD)
Lost in division finals (1-4 vs. BOS)
QUE 1988–89 46 16 25 5 - (61) 5th in Adams Missed playoffs
Total 286 142 109 35 - 319 1 division title 1 Stanley Cup (30-18, 0.625)

IHL[]

Team Year Regular Season Post Season
G W L T OTL Pts Finish Result
SF 1995–96 82 40 32 - 10 90 3rd in South Lost in conference quarter-finals (1-3 vs. CHI)
MB 1996–97 50 16 26 - 8 (74) 5th in Midwest Fired
Total 132 56 58 - 18 130 0 Turner Cups (1-3, 0.250)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Canadiens 6, Nordiques 4
  2. ^ Perron recalls horror
  3. ^ The Instigator: How Gary Bettman Remade the League and Changed the Game Forever
  4. ^ WAY TO GO, WINNIPEG Perseverance pays
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b When Bruce Boudreau worked for Jean Perron
  6. ^ Just Plain Goofy
  7. ^ Party, Interrupted
  8. ^ Israel moves up to Division IIA Archived May 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jacques Lemaire 		Head coach of the Montreal Canadiens
1985–88 		Succeeded by
Pat Burns
Preceded by
Ron Lapointe 		Head coach of the Quebec Nordiques
1989 		Succeeded by
Michel Bergeron
Preceded by
Frank Serratore
(Minnesota Moose) 		Head coach of the Manitoba Moose
1994–1996 		Succeeded by
Randy Carlyle
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