Coach Jacques Lemaire said Saturday he believes the Devils dressed their best lineup Saturday night against the Montreal Canadiens. That would include rookie winger Vladimir Zharkov and versatile ...

Departing Minnesota Wild coach Jacques Lemaire said today it’s unclear whether he’ll remain in hockey as a coach. But if he does coach, he said, it won’t be in Montreal, where he became a ...

As an NHL player, Jacques Lemaire only knew the Montreal Canadiens: Playing 12 Hall of Fame seasons and winning eight Stanley Cups. As an NHL coach, Lemaire knew the Habs for parts of two seasons ...

Jacques Lemaire and Toe Blake seem to be the only two former Montreal Canadiens Hall of Fame players who became good NHL coaches. There is a litany of former players who coached in Montreal.

Jacques Lemaire coached the Montreal Canadiens from 1983-85, compiling a48-37-12 record in parts of two seasons. Johnson always said you were the first coach who ever asked him to play hockey, too.

Jacques Lemaire, who said it was “tough to live” as coach of the Canadiens, resigned just four months after guiding Montreal to first place in the NHL’s Adams Division. Lemaire, who took ...

Jacques Lemaire: 100 Greatest NHL Players ... He won eight Stanley Cup championships between 1968-79 with the Montreal Canadiens, scoring 20 or more goals in each of those 12 seasons, ...

Jacques Lemaire's right-hand man is another Devils import who was brought up in the winning tradition of the Montreal Canadiens.

Jacques Lemaire may be known today as a strict defensive systems coach of the Minnesota Wild, ... wins, and minutes played leader of the Montreal Canadiens will get the starting job.

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