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Michel Therrien
Therrien in 2008
Born
(1963-11-04) November 4, 1963 (age 60)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Other names
Bulldog[1]
Occupation(s)
Former NHL scout Ice hockey coach
Predecessor
Alain Vigneault (2000–01) Eddie Olczyk (2005–06) Randy Cunneyworth (2011–12)
Successor
Dan Bylsma (2008–09) Claude Julien (2016–17)
Michel Therrien (born November 4, 1963) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. (NHL).[2] Therrien formerly coached the Montreal Canadiens, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers.
Prior to his coaching career, Therrien played professionally for three years as a defenceman in the American Hockey League (AHL), compiling a total of 86 points in 206 games and winning the Calder Cup in 1985 with the Sherbrooke Canadiens, on the same team as eventual Hockey Hall of Famer Patrick Roy.[3][4] When his playing career ended, Therrien worked for a time as a lineman for Bell Canada, with a sideline as a bodyguard for Quebec singing star Roch Voisine, with whom he had once played hockey, while working his way into a coaching career.[5]
Before coaching in the professional leagues, Therrien was a coach in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), first as an assistant with the Laval Titan and later as head coach for the Granby Prédateurs, with whom the club won the Memorial Cup in 1996, ending a 25-year championship drought in the tournament for a team from Quebec.[5][6] He is a single parent of two children, Elizabeth and Charles.[5]
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MichelTherrien (born November 4, 1963) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. (NHL). Therrien formerly coached the Montreal Canadiens, the Pittsburgh...
Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-12-21. "MichelTherrien Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived...
at Duke University MichelTherrien (1963), head coach of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League Jean-François Therrien (1969), a politician...
following season. MichelTherrien won the Prince of Wales Trophy, as Eastern Conference champion, during the 2007–08 season. Therrien was replaced the...
outshot the Penguins 36–19. In preparation for game two, head coach MichelTherrien revised Pittsburgh's lines; the revision included Gary Roberts who...
the Penguins organization announced that it had relieved head coach MichelTherrien of his duties and had promoted Bylsma to serve as interim head coach...
season, Vigneault was fired midway through the campaign and replaced by MichelTherrien. Following his tenure with the Canadiens, he spent 2+1⁄2 years inactive...
MacLean blamed Raphael Diaz for a suicide pass. Later, Canadiens' coach MichelTherrien responded and said that what MacLean said was a "lack of respect."...
hold when MichelTherrien replaced Patrick in 2003. Yeo was promoted along with Therrien in 2005 to the Pittsburgh Penguins as Therrien's assistant after...
joined Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for the 2004–05 season. Under head coach MichelTherrien, Whitney played in 80 games in 2004–05, recording 41 points and 101...
the best defensive forward. After serving as an assistant coach to MichelTherrien with the Canadiens from 2000 to 2002, Carbonneau moved back to the...
Carcillo. Laraque's former junior coach and Penguins coach at the time MichelTherrien was heavily involved in this decision and believed that he was needed...
coach Ed Olczyk was fired and replaced by MichelTherrien on December 15, 2005. The following day, Therrien designated Crosby as an alternate captain...
winless skid that resulted in a head coaching change from Olczyk to MichelTherrien. Then, on January 24, 2006, Lemieux announced his second retirement...
appointed as an assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens under MichelTherrien. The Canadiens' general manager Marc Bergevin had been a teammate of...
first round draft pick 1984 Succeeded by Dave Manson Preceded by Rick Kehoe Head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins 2003–2005 Succeeded by MichelTherrien...
player personnel, Martin Lapointe as director of player development and MichelTherrien as head coach. Other additions included the hiring of Kirk Muller as...
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