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Canada Jacques Lemaire
#25 HC Sierre / NLB - 80/81
1-time Hockey Hall of Fame 1
8-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion 8
Date of Birth
Sep 07, 1945
Position
C
Age
78
Height
5'11" / 180 cm
Place of Birth
LaSalle, QC, CAN
Weight
176 lbs / 80 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired

Nephew: Manny Fernandez

Over his 12-year career, Lemaire won 8 Stanley Cups with the Canadiens and scored 2 Cup winning goals. He scored at least 20 goals in every season and reached the 90-point mark 3 times. The 2x All-Star retired from the NHL in 1979 with 366 goals and 835 points in 853 games. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984 and won a 9th Stanley Cup as Head Coach of the Devils in 1995.

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Jacques Lemaire Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1962-63 Lachine Maroons MMJHL 42* 41* 63* 104* -* -* |
1963-64 Montréal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 42* 25* 30* 55* 17* -* | Playoffs 17 10 6 16 4 -
1964-65 Montréal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 56* 25* 47* 72* 52* -* | Playoffs 7 1 5 6 0 -
Québec Aces AHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
1965-66 Montréal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 48* 41* 52* 93* 69* -* | Playoffs 10 11 2 13 14 -
1966-67 Houston Apollos CPHL 69* 19* 30* 49* 19* -* | Playoffs 6 0 1 1 0 -
1967-68 Montréal Canadiens NHL 69* 22* 20* 42* 16* 15* | Playoffs 13 7 6 13 6 -
1968-69 Montréal Canadiens NHL 75* 29* 34* 63* 29* 31* | Playoffs 14 4 2 6 6 -
1969-70 Montréal Canadiens NHL 69* 32* 28* 60* 16* 19* |
1970-71 Montréal Canadiens NHL 78* 28* 28* 56* 18* 0* | Playoffs 20 9 10 19 17 -
1971-72 Montréal Canadiens NHL 77* 32* 49* 81* 26* 37* | Playoffs 6 2 1 3 2 -
1972-73 Montréal Canadiens NHL 77* 44* 51* 95* 16* 59* | Playoffs 17 7 13 20 2 -
1973-74 Montréal Canadiens NHL 66* 29* 38* 67* 10* 4* | Playoffs 6 0 4 4 2 -
1974-75 Montréal Canadiens NHL 80* 36* 56* 92* 20* 25* | Playoffs 11 5 7 12 4 -
1975-76 Montréal Canadiens NHL 61* 20* 32* 52* 20* 26* | Playoffs 13 3 3 6 2 -
1976-77 Montréal Canadiens NHL 75* 34* 41* 75* 22* 70* | Playoffs 14 7 12 19 6 -
1977-78 Montréal Canadiens NHL 76* 36* 61* 97* 14* 54* | Playoffs 15 6 8 14 10 -
1978-79 Montréal Canadiens NHL 50* 24* 31* 55* 10* 9* | Playoffs 16 11 12 23 6 -
1979-80 HC Sierre NLB 28* 29* 16* 45* -* -* |
1980-81 HC Sierre NLB 38* 49* 38* 87* -* -* |

Jacques Lemaire Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
CPHL 1 69* 19* 30* 49* 0.71* 19* -* | 1 6 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.17 * 0 * - *
MMJHL 1 42* 41* 63* 104* 2.48* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 12 853* 366* 469* 835* 0.98* 217* 349* | 11 145 61 * 78 * 139 * 0.96 * 63 * - *
OHA-Jr. 3 146* 91* 129* 220* 1.51* 138* -* | 3 34 22 * 13 * 35 * 1.03 * 18 * - *
NLB (SL) 2 66* 78* 54* 132* 2.00* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *

Jacques Lemaire Career Highlights

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Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Montréal Canadiens

Cult/Star player for Sierre

Lemaire is one of six players to have scored two Stanley Cup championship-winning goals, getting the Cup clinchers in both 1977 and 1979. The five other players are Mike Bossy in 1982 and 1983, Bobby Orr in 1970 and 1972, Henri Richard in 1966 and 1971, Jean Béliveau in 1960 and 1965 and Toe Blake in 1944 and 1946). In addition to his eight Stanley Cup wins as a player and one as head coach, Lemaire was part of the Montreal Canadiens' Cup teams in 1986 and 1993, serving as assistant general manager.

MANAGEMENT CAREER
- Sierre (Player-Coach) 1979-1981
- Longueuil Chevaliers (Head Coach) 1982-1983
- Montreal Canadiens (Head Coach) 1983-1985
- Montreal Canadiens (Asst. GM) 1986-1993
- New Jersey Devils (Head Coach) 1993-1998
- Minnesota Wild (Head Coach) 2000-2009
- New Jersey Devils (Head Coach) 2009-