Gerard Gallant

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Gerard Gallant
Date of birth 2nd September 1963
place of birth Summerside , Prince Edward Island , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1981 , 6th lap, 107th position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1980-1982 Castors de Sherbrooke
1982-1983 Castors de Saint-Jean
Junior de Verdun
1983-1984 Adirondack Red Wings
1984-1993 Detroit Red Wings
1993-1995 Tampa Bay Lightning
1995-1996 Detroit Vipers

Gerard A. Gallant (born September 2, 1963 in Summerside , Prince Edward Island ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . During his active career, the left winger completed over 600 games for the Detroit Red Wings and the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League . He also won the silver medal at the 1989 World Cup with the Canadian national team . Most recently, he served as the first head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights from 2017 to 2020 and led them to the 2018 Stanley Cup final , after having already looked after the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Florida Panthers in the NHL in the same role .

Career

As a player

Gallant played during his time in the junior division with the Castors de Sherbrooke in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ). In the 1981 NHL Entry Draft , the Detroit Red Wings selected him in the sixth round in 107th position. During the 1982/93 season he moved within the LHJMQ to the Verdun Juniors , where he played together with Pat LaFontaine . As in the previous year, he and his team reached the final tournament for the Memorial Cup , but for the second time it was not enough to win the cup.

In the American Hockey League he played with the Adirondack Red Wings . Here he was able to prove that he was able to assert himself physically in addition to his scoring threat. During the 1984/85 season , the Detroit Red Wings brought him from the farm team to the NHL. He never avoided a fight and suffered a broken jaw in a fight with Dirk Graham , which set him back in his development. In the 1986/87 season he exceeded the 30-goal mark for the first time and was the second best scorer in the team behind Steve Yzerman . He took second place in the following three seasons and regularly left players like Adam Oates behind. He had to serve over 200 penalty minutes in each of the seasons. He reached his career best with 93 points in the 1988/89 season and was then elected to the NHL Second All-Star Team , before winning the silver medal at the 1989 World Cup with the Canadian national team .

After nine seasons in Detroit he moved to the 1993/94 season as a free agent for Tampa Bay Lightning . He could not build on the performances of earlier days and he also played some games in the International Hockey League with the Atlanta Knights and Detroit Vipers . In training with the Vipers, he suffered a back injury in late 1995, which forced him to end his career.

As a trainer

After a few coaching positions in minor leagues , the Louisville Panthers hired him in 1999 as an assistant coach in the AHL. A year later he became an assistant with the Columbus Blue Jackets . During the 2003/04 season he took over the team from Doug MacLean as head coach. A poor start to the 2006/07 season pushed Blue Jackets officials to fire him on November 13, 2006.

From 2007 to 2009 he was assistant coach for the New York Islanders with his junior teammate, John Chabot . At the 2007 Ice Hockey World Championship , Gallant was the assistant coach of the Canadian selection . For the 2009/10 season he took over the duties of head coach at the Saint John Sea Dogs . In his debut season, he reached several franchise records with the team and exceeded the 100 point mark in the regular season. In the playoffs, the team only failed in the finals for the Coupe du Président against the Moncton Wildcats . Gallant was subsequently awarded the Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award for the Canadian Hockey League's best head coach of the year . In the 2010/11 season, the Sea Dogs won the championship in the QMJHL for the first time. Gallant was honored for the second year in a row as the best head coach in the league with the Trophée Ron Lapointe . In the same season he won the Memorial Cup for the first time with the Saint John Sea Dogs and won the 2011 edition of the tournament. In the following season Gallant was able to defend the title in the QMJHL with the Sea Dogs, but in the Memorial Cup the team failed in the semifinals due to the Cataractes de Shawinigan .

On June 15, 2012, the Canadiens de Montréal announced that they had signed Gerard Gallant as Michel Therrien's assistant coach . After two years with the Canadiens, the Florida Panthers signed him in June 2014 as their new head coach. After leading the Panthers to the top of the Atlantic Division in the 2015/16 season, he was dismissed in November 2016 and succeeded by Tom Rowe , who was only introduced as General Manager in May 2016 .

After six months without an employer, Gallant was introduced by the Vegas Golden Knights in mid-April 2017 as the first head coach in franchise history . A little later, he stood behind the gang as Jon Cooper's assistant at the 2017 World Cup , where he won the silver medal with the Canadian national team . With the Golden Knights he broke numerous records in the debut season and led the team to the final of the Stanley Cup , but lost to the Washington Capitals there . At the end of the season he was awarded the Jack Adams Award for best NHL coach.

After about two and a half years in Vegas, Gallant was unexpectedly fired in January 2020 and replaced by Peter DeBoer . At this point, the Golden Knights finished fifth in their division, only three points behind first place, while he was personally scheduled as the coach of the Pacific Division in the upcoming NHL All-Star Game .

Achievements and Awards

As a player

As a trainer

Career statistics

Player statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1980/81 Castors de Sherbrooke LHJMQ 68 41 60 101 220 14th 6th 13 19th 46
1981/82 Castors de Sherbrooke LHJMQ 58 34 58 92 252 22nd 14th 24 38 82
1982 Castors de Sherbrooke Memorial Cup 5 5 3 8th 28
1982/83 Castors de Saint-Jean LHJMQ 33 28 25th 53 129 - - - - - -
1982/83 Junior de Verdun LHJMQ 29 26th 49 75 105 15th 14th 19th 33 86
1983 Junior de Verdun Memorial Cup 4th 3 1 4th 23
1983/84 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 77 31 33 64 195 7th 1 3 4th 34
1984/85 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 46 18th 29 47 131 - - - - - -
1984/85 Detroit Red Wings NHL 32 6th 12 18th +10 66 3 0 0 0 -2 11
1985/86 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 20th 19th 39 –9 106 16 4th 13 17th 20th
1986/87 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 38 34 72 -4 216 16 8th 6th 14th -1 43
1987/88 Detroit Red Wings NHL 73 34 39 73 +24 242 16 6th 9 15th -5 55
1988/89 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 39 54 93 +7 230 6th 1 2 3 -2 40
1989/90 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 36 44 80 –6 254 - - - - - -
1990/91 Detroit Red Wings NHL 45 10 16 26th +6 111 - - - - - -
1991/92 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 14th 22nd 36 +16 187 11 2 2 4th -4 25th
1992/93 Detroit Red Wings NHL 67 10 20th 30th +20 188 6th 1 2 3 -4 4th
1993/94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 51 4th 9 13 –6 74 - - - - - -
1994/95 Atlanta Knights IHL 16 3 3 6th -8th 31 - - - - - -
1994/95 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1995/96 Detroit Vipers IHL 3 2 1 3 -2 6th - - - - - -
LHJMQ total 188 129 192 321 706 51 34 56 90 214
IHL total 19th 5 4th 9 37 - - - - - -
AHL total 123 49 62 111 326 7th 1 3 4th 34
NHL overall 615 211 269 480 +58 1674 58 18th 21st 39 -18 178

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1991 Canada WM Silver medal 8th 2 3 5 10
Men overall 8th 2 3 5 10

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

NHL coaching statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U / OT Pt Pt% Place (division) Sp S. N result
2003/04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 45 16 24 5 37 .411 4. ( Central ) not qualified
2005/06 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 82 35 43 4th 74 .451 3. (Central) not qualified
2006/07 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 15th 5 9 1 11 .367 dismiss
2014/15 Florida panthers NHL 82 38 29 15th 91 .555 6. ( Atlantic ) not qualified
2015/16 Florida panthers NHL 82 47 26th 9 103 .628 1. (Atlantic) 6th 2 4th Conference quarterfinals
2016/17 Florida panthers NHL 21st 11 9 1 23 .548 dismiss
2017/18 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 82 51 24 7th 109 .665 1. ( Pacific ) 20th 13 7th Stanley Cup Final
2018/19 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 82 43 32 7th 93 .567 3. (Pacific) 7th 3 4th Conference quarterfinals
2019/20 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 49 24 19th 6th 54 .551 dismiss
NHL overall 541 270 216 55 595 .550 2 division titles 33 18th 15th 0 Stanley Cups

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Milo: Gerard Gallant confirmé comme un des adjoints de Michel Therrien avec le Canadien , LNH.com, May 15, 2012
  2. ↑ nhl.com: "Gerard Gallant Named New Coach of Florida Panthers" (English, June 21, 2014, accessed June 27, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Gallant, Gerard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gallant, Gerard A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Summerside , Prince Edward Island , Canada