Jacques Laperriere

Jacques Laperriere
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1987
Date of birth	November 22, 1941
place of birth	Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1958-1961	Hull-Ottawa Canadiens
1961–1962	Montréal Junior Canadiens
1962-1963	Hull-Ottawa Canadiens
1963-1974	Montréal Canadiens

Joseph Jacques Hughes Laperrière (born November 22, 1941 in Rouyn-Noranda , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach who played for the Montréal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1962 to 1974 .

Career

As a junior he played with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in the Eastern Professional Hockey League .

The talented defender made his debut with the Montréal Canadiens in the 1962/63 season and made his breakthrough in the 1963/64 season . He fulfilled every hope that had been placed in him and was named Rookie of the Year with the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1964. He shone through strong defensive performances with few mistakes, the ability to turn the game quickly when a target was won and to initiate a dangerous attack, made him a special asset for the team.

His confident demeanor and consistency also helped him win the James Norris Memorial Trophy for best defender and four nominations for the NHL All-Star Team . With the strong Canadiens team, he also won the Stanley Cup five times . Again and again he was put on the ice in the crucial situations, because he knew how to control the speed of the game like no other. When he won the Cup in 1971, he played his best playoffs with four goals and 13 points.

A serious knee injury in a game against the Boston Bruins on January 19, 1974 forced him to retire from his playing career. The Canadiens used him soon after his recovery as coach of their junior team. But the job of head coach in a junior league did not give him much joy. From the 1981/82 season he worked as an assistant coach for the Montreal Canadiens. His focus was on taking care of the defense. He held this post in Montreal for 16 years before Pat Burns brought him to the Boston Bruins for the 1997/98 season . After four years with the Bruins, he joined the New York Islanders in 2001 , where he was Peter Laviolette's assistant for two years . For the 2003/04 season it was again Pat Burns, whom he followed to the New Jersey Devils . Here he remained active as an assistant under his successors.

In 1987 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	12	691	40	242	282	674
Playoffs	10	88	9	22nd	31	101

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1965 , 1966 , 1968 , 1969 , 1971 and 1973 (as a player); 1986 and 1993 (as assistant coach)

Personal awards

• First All-Star Team : 1965 and 1966
• Second All-Star Team : 1964 and 1970
• Calder Memorial Trophy : 1964
• James Norris Memorial Trophy : 1966
• Leader of the plus / minus rating: 1973 (from 1983 the NHL Plus / Minus Award was given for this)

Web links

• Jacques Laperrière in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Jacques Laperrière at hockeydb.com (English)