Paul Maurice

Paul Maurice
Date of birth	January 30, 1967
place of birth	Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1985 , 12th lap, 252nd position Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1984-1988	Windsor Compuware Spitfires

Paul Maurice (born January 30, 1967 in Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey defender and current coach . Since January 2014 he has been the head coach of the Winnipeg Jets from the National Hockey League .

Career

Paul Maurice began his career in 1984 with the Windsor Compuware Spitfires in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . After a moderate first season, he was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft in the twelfth round at position 252. Maurice played at Windsor for three more years, but ended his career in 1988 after an eye injury, which he sustained in 1985, disabled him.

Team owner Peter Karmanos gave Maurice the opportunity to work as an assistant coach for the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors , also a team from the OHL. In 1992 the franchise changed its name to Detroit Junior Red Wings and Maurice became head coach the following year. Under his leadership, the junior team experienced two successful years, winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1995 as the play-off winner of the OHL and second place in the Memorial Cup tournament.

In the summer of 1995, Maurice von Karmanos was appointed assistant coach of his NHL team, the Hartford Whalers , and was promoted to head coach in 1996 at the age of 29. The first season was unsuccessful with the missed participation in the playoffs and the team was then relocated to Raleigh , North Carolina and renamed Carolina Hurricanes . In 1999 and 2001 the Hurricanes reached the playoffs, but both times did not survive the first round. In 2002 , Maurice finally led them to the greatest success in franchise history when the Hurricanes made it to the final of the Stanley Cup , but were defeated by the Detroit Red Wings .

The following season was a setback for Maurice, as the team won only 22 of the 82 season games, finishing last in the league. When the Hurricanes celebrated only eight wins after 30 games during the 2003/04 season , Maurice was fired.

In summer 2005, Maurice was from the Toronto Marlies , the AHL - farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs , committed and led the team to the playoffs, but where it already in the first round of the Grand Rapids Griffins failed. After the Maple Leafs had fired Pat Quinn , Maurice was named head coach of the NHL team in May 2006. In his first season with the Maple Leafs, he was able to set a personal record with 40 wins, but the team narrowly missed the playoffs.

The 2007/08 season was similarly unsuccessful and the Maple Leafs temporarily took last place in the Eastern Conference. In the end, the team was only able to win 36 of 82 games and thus achieved the worst result of the season since 1998. After the team had missed the playoffs for the third time in a row, Maurice was released on May 7, 2008. A good six months later, Maurice found a new employer as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes , which had fired his former successor Peter Laviolette .

After persistent sporting unsuccessfulness in the 2011/12 season , the club separated from Maurice on November 28, 2011 and announced the commitment of Kirk Muller as the new head coach. Maurice then moved to the Continental Hockey League and was the new head coach of HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk for the 2012/13 season . There, however, his contract was not extended after the season.

On January 12, 2014, Paul Maurice took over the position of head coach at the Winnipeg Jets from his predecessor Claude Noël .

Achievements and Awards

As a trainer

• J. Ross Robertson Cup 1995
• Memorial Cup Final 1995
• Stanley Cup Final 2002

Web links

• Paul Maurice at hockeydb.com (English)
• Paul Maurice at eliteprospects.com (English)