Peter Laviolette

Peter Laviolette
Date of birth	7th December 1964
place of birth	Franklin , Massachusetts , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1982-1986	Westfield State College
1986-1987	Indianapolis Checkers
1987-1988	Team USA
1988-1989	New York Rangers
1989-1990	Flint Spirits
1990-1992	Binghamton Rangers
1992-1993	Providence Bruins
1993-1994	Team USA
1994	San Diego Gulls
1994-1997	Providence Bruins

Peter Laviolette junior (born December 7, 1964 in Franklin , Massachusetts ) is a retired American ice hockey player and current coach . Most recently, he was head coach of the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League from 2014 to 2020 , after having previously looked after the New York Islanders , Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers in the same role . Laviolette is the US coach with the most wins in the NHL.

Career

As a player

Laviolette began his career in ice hockey as a defender in North American college ice hockey. He then spent 11 seasons in the American Hockey League and the International Hockey League . He was used 12 times in the NHL by the New York Rangers .

In 1988 and 1994 he was a member of the American national team at the Winter Olympics, where he took over the position of captain in the second participation.

As a trainer

After his career as an active player, Laviolette followed a career as a coach. He gained his first experience in the East Coast Hockey League . Here his team, the Wheeling Nailers, reached the play-offs and were only eliminated in the third round. This success qualified Laviolette as head coach of the Providence Bruins , the farm team of the Boston Bruins in the AHL. In his first season in Providence in 1998/99, he led the team to win the AHL championship, the Calder Cup . This also earned him the award as the best AHL coach of the season. In the following season, the Providence Bruins were able to reach the play-offs again under his direction and only failed in the semi-finals. 2000/01, Laviolette accompanied the Boston Bruins as an assistant coach. In the following two seasons he was able to lead the New York Islanders into the play-offs of the NHL, in which they did not get beyond the first round. During the current 2003/04 season, Laviolette replaced Paul Maurice in the desolate Carolina Hurricanes. In 2005/06 after the lockout , the Hurricanes with Laviolette were able to deliver the best regular playing time on points in the 34 years of the franchise's history and also win the Stanley Cup . Laviolette made it to the finalists of the Jack Adams Award for the best trainer in the NHL, which however went to Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabers . Laviolette got a five-year contract with the Hurricanes.

Despite the Stanley Cup victory, Laviolette missed the playoff qualification with the Hurricanes in the following two seasons. Due to the previous events, the management stuck to its position. It was not until December 2008, after a series of defeats, that Laviolette was dismissed and replaced by his predecessor Paul Maurice. Previously, Laviolette had set a season record when he became the US head coach with the most wins in the NHL.

In 2006 Laviolette was appointed coach of the American national ice hockey team at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin. In 2004 and 2005 he coached the USA at the ice hockey world championships . In 2004 he was the team's assistant coach at the World Cup of Hockey . From December 2009 he was the head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers , where he replaced John Stevens . In the 2009/10 season he reached the final games of the Stanley Cup with the Flyers, but lost in six games against the Chicago Blackhawks . After his team had lost the first three games of the 2013/14 season , he was given leave of absence by the Flyers in October 2013.

In May 2014, Laviolette succeeded Barry Doch as head coach at the Nashville Predators , who had previously accompanied the team for 16 years.

With a 4-2 win on January 22, 2017 against the Minnesota Wild , Laviolette was the 25th coach in league history to celebrate his 500th victory in the NHL.

In the middle of a sportingly disappointing 2019/20 season, Laviolette was dismissed as head coach of the Predators in January 2020.

Achievements and Awards

As a player

• 1997 AHL All-Star Classic

As a trainer

• 1999 Calder Cup winner with the Providence Bruins
• 1999 Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
• 2006 Stanley Cup winner with the Carolina Hurricanes
• 2015 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game
• 2018 participation in the NHL All-Star Game

Web links

Commons : Peter Laviolette  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Peter Laviolette at hockeydb.com (English)
• Peter Laviolette at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ change of coach at the Flyers ; Report on Sport1, October 7, 2013.
2. ^ Nashville Predators Name Peter Laviolette Head Coach ( English ) predators.nhl.com. May 6, 2014. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
3. ↑ Laviolette Collects 500th Career Win ( English ) nhl.com. January 22, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.