List of Quebec Nordiques head coaches
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The Quebec Nordiques were an ice hockey team who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). This is a list of the head coaches they had during their existence. The franchise moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1995, and became the Colorado Avalanche.
Michel Bergeron coached the most games and won the most points all-time with the Nordiques, with 634 games and 616 points. Maurice Filion and Michel Bergeron were the only coaches to have three terms with the Nordiques. Marc Crawford was the only Nordiques coach to win the Jack Adams Award.[1]
Key
| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| T | Ties |
| Pts | Points |
| * | Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Nordiques |
WHA coaches
| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Pts | GC | W | L | ||||
| 1 | Maurice Richard | 1972 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Resigned after 2 games |
| 2 | Maurice Filion | 1972–1973 | 76 | 32 | 39 | 5 | 69 | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| 3 | Jacques Plante | 1973–1974 | 78 | 38 | 36 | 4 | 80 | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| 4 | Jean-Guy Gendron | 1974–1976 | 159 | 96 | 59 | 4 | 196 | 20 | 12 | 8 | Lost 1975 Avco Cup Finals to Winnipeg |
| 5 | Marc Boileau | 1976–1978 | 140 | 74 | 61 | 5 | 153 | 17 | 12 | 5 | Avco World Trophy (1977) Fired midway through the 1977 season |
| – | Maurice Filion | 1977–1978 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 6 | Interim coach |
| 6 | Jacques Demers | 1978–1979 | 80 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Lost in First Round |
NHL coaches
| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards won | Reference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Pts | GC | W | L | |||||
| 1 | Jacques Demers | 1979–1980 | 80 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 61 | — | — | — | [2] | |
| 2 | Maurice Filion*[b] | 1980 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | [3] | |
| 3 | Michel Bergeron | 1980–1987 | 554 | 253 | 222 | 79 | 585 | 68 | 31 | 37 | [4] | |
| 4 | Andre Savard* | 1987 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 | — | — | — | [5] | |
| 5 | Ron Lapointe* | 1987–1989 | 89 | 33 | 50 | 6 | 72 | — | — | — | [6] | |
| 6 | Jean Perron | 1989 | 47 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 37 | — | — | — | [7] | |
| – | Michel Bergeron | 1989–1990 | 80 | 12 | 61 | 7 | 31 | — | — | — | [4] | |
| 7 | Dave Chambers* | 1990–1991 | 98 | 19 | 64 | 15 | 53 | — | — | — | [8] | |
| 8 | Pierre Page | 1991–1994 | 230 | 98 | 103 | 30 | 225 | 6 | 2 | 4 | [9] | |
| 9 | Marc Crawford | 1994–1995 | 48 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1995 Jack Adams Award winner | [10] |
See also
Notes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Nordiques. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Maurice Filion started the season as Nordiques' coach but resigned six games into the 1980–81 season in favour of Michel Bergeron.[11]