- Joel Quenneville
Joel Norman Quenneville (Born
September 15 , 1958 in Windsor,Ontario ,Canada ) is a Canadian formerice hockey defenceman and formerhead coach of theColorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues.As a player, Quenneville was drafted 21st overall by the
Toronto Maple Leafs in the1978 NHL Entry Draft . He has played for the OHAWindsor Spitfires , AHLNew Brunswick Hawks , Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies,New Jersey Devils ,Hartford Whalers , AHLBaltimore Skipjacks ,Washington Capitals and AHLSt. John's Maple Leafs . He has also been a player/assistant coach for St. John's, head coach for the AHLSpringfield Indians , and assistant coach for theQuebec Nordiques andColorado Avalanche . He won theJack Adams Award with the Blues in the1999-00 NHL season .Quenneville won the
Stanley Cup as an assistant coach with the Avalanche in 1996. He then moved to the Blues franchise, becoming head coach midway through the next season afterMike Keenan was fired. He led St. Louis to 7 straight playoff berths. In Quenneville's 8th season with the Blues, the team started poorly. Late in the year, St. Louis was in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in a quarter century. As a result, Quenneville was fired.Quenneville was hired to coach the Avalanche in June 2004, before the
2004-05 NHL lockout resulted in the season's cancellation. In his first year with the Avalanche, he led the team to the playoffs and a first round upset of theDallas Stars . OnMarch 25 ,2007 , Quenneville coached his 750th career game. He became one of only seven currently active coaches to reach 750 games as of the 2006-07 season. Quenneville reached his 400th coach win onOctober 26 ,2007 in a 3-2 OT win inCalgary against the Flames. [cite news |title =Game Recap - Avalanche 3, Flames 2, OT|url =http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=144&season=20072008&gameType=2|author =Associated Press |publisher =NHL |date =2007-10-26 |accessdate =2007-10-27] OnMay 9 ,2008 , the Avalanche announced that Quenneville was leaving the organization.Quennville was hired as a pro Scout by the Chicago Blackhawks in September, 2008. On September 21, 2008, Quenneville was arrested for drunk driving. [cite news |title =Avs, Quenneville agree to part ways|url =http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=237247|author =TSN.ca Staff|publisher =TSN|date =2008-5-9 |accessdate =2008-05-09]Career statistics
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List of NHL head coaches
*List of NHL players External links
* [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78021.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]
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