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...Lamoriello and goaltender Martin Brodeur, the combination that turned that Devils from a contender to a champion in 1995. "Jacques Lemaire is one of the most respected coaches in the game," Lamoriello said during a conference call. "He is a teacher and a communicator,...
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Lemaire, who coached the Devils for five seasons in the mid 1990s and led them to the first of three Stanley Cups, was hired Monday to replace Brent Sutter, who resigned after two seasons.
Contract terms were not disclosed but the 63-year-old Lemaire
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Jacques Lemaire returns to Devils as coach 11 years after leaving, replacing Brent Sutter
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Jacques Lemaire is returning for a second stint as coach of the New Jersey Devils.
Lemaire led the Devils to the Stanley Cup in 1995. He was
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Bruno Le Maire, Ministre de l'agriculture et de la pêche, répond à Jacques Grosperrin, Député du Doubs, au sujet de la crise laitière (7 juillet 2009). Plus d'informations sur www.ump.assemblee-nationale.fr
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With Brent Sutter stepping down as coach of the New Jersey Devils to spend time with family (AKA go coach the Calgary Flames), the Devils coaching job is now vacant.
There have been so many rumors flying around about who the next coach is going to be,
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After two busy days at the NHL entry draft in Montreal, Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello has three more days to brace for the opening of the free agent market on Wednesday.
Those three days provide a window for Lamoriello to name a successor to
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It’s less than a week from the start of the NHL Entry Draft and, at this point, it appears unlikely that the Devils will have hired a head coach before it gets under way.
That’s nothing to get too concerned about considering that it’s been less than
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..."Hell, no!" when Jacques' name comes up.. think about it. We're an experienced team, we need an experienced coach. Jacques Lemaire, at least for me, is the guy. We'd like to send you great stories about your favorite topics We will never share your email address...
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NJ.com reports it's possible Jacques Lemaire could return to coach the New Jersey Devils.Asked directly if he was talking to the Devils about replacing Brent Sutter, Lemaire "hesitated and then answered: 'I can't say that. I can't talk about
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Andy King/Associated PressJacques Lemaire still has the desire to coach an NHL team and hasn't ruled out a return to the Devils.
Jacques Lemaire may have stepped down as coach of the Minnesota Wild, but he doesn't think he is ready to give up on
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Jacques Lemaire said he hasn’t decided yet if he wants to coach again, but did nothing Friday to dispel speculation that he has interest in returning to the Devils.
Lemaire, who coached the Devils to their first Stanley Cup in 1995, was vague when
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So my phone rings this afternoon, I look at the caller id and it says, “Jacques Lemaire.”
I answered and Mssr. Lemaire proceeded to have a little fun with yours truly.
“Michael,” in that unmistakeable voice, “I got a job. I’m working again. I’ve got a
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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For a hockey fan, Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final is like waiting for Christmas: It seems like the big day takes forever to get there, but when it does, it's well worth the wait.
Of course, Christmas comes just once a year. A Final series that goes
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Jacques Lemaire said he appreciated the Lightning’s interest in bringing him on as a senior consultant, but the timing was not quite right.
The former Wild coach who stepped down after the season said he is pursuing another opportunity.
“Brian showed a
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Jacques Lemaire said he appreciated the Lightning's interest in bringing him on as a senior consultant, but the timing
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Former Wild coach Jacques Lemaire apparently is still very much on the Lightning's radar. But the potential hiring, as well as Lemaire's mulling other employment opportunities, has been on the back burner lately. Lemaire, who lives in Palmetto, said he
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Malkin & Pavel Datsyuk) -Is it necessary for the next Habs coach to speak french? -Who will be the next Habs coach? (Bob Gainey, Guy Carbonneau, Patrick Roy, Larry Robinson, Bob Hartley, Marc Crawford & Jacques Lemaire) ... Bob Gainey Guy Carbonneau Patrick Roy Larry Robinson Hartley Marc Crawford Jacques Lemaire Alexander Ovechkin Evgeni Malkin Pavel Datsyuk Habs coach kris versteeg steve mason tim thomas bobby ryan hart trophy calder mike green micklas lindstrom zdeno chara norris niklas ...
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Former Wild coach Jacques Lemaire, who stepped down last week, left here for his Florida home on Wednesday not ruling out the possibility that he will coach again somewhere else next season.
Asked about that possibility, Lemaire answered, "It could be,
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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"unbelievable experience," while Lemaire, who quit as coach after the season, declared, "It was fun!" We all were in agreement about that. Risebrough then recalled how just one writer criticized his hiring of Lemaire way back when. Just one writer
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"unbelievable experience," while Lemaire, who quit as coach after the season, declared, "It was fun!" We all were in agreement about that. Risebrough then recalled how just one writer criticized his hiring of Lemaire way back when. Just one writer
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The Stamford Advocate
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Wild general manager Doug Risebrough hired Jacques Lemaire to be the team's first coach. And he was there Monday for Lemaire's farewell news conference. I talked to Risebrough about what will happen next.
BS: You and Jacques got this team going. Now
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TwinCities.com
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proved that even tubby guys can win the Masters.
Itemizing a few things ...
Item: Jacques Lemaire calls it quits as Wild coach.
I think: If Marian Gaborik hadn't missed most of the season with injuries, the Wild would be in the playoffs. And Lemaire
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This was my nephew Jonny's first hockey game! Benoit Pouliot and Krys Kolanos were demoted to the Aeros by the newly-retired Jacques Lemaire. Hopefully they each get another shot in the NHL - neither belong in the AHL. Jared Staal - the fourth brother, also played for San Antonio, albeit sparingly. ... Aeros Rampage "Benoit Pouliot" "Krys Kolanos"
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Jacques Lemaire, who retired as the Minnesota Wild's head coach last weekend, said he was shocked to hear Doug Risebrough has been let go, and he has no interest in succeeding him as the team's general manager.
"Huge surprise," he said today, adding
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July 1 opening of free agent season. The new coach needs to be up to speed and able to sing the praises of his team and his grand plan to free agents.
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Doug Risebrough owes it to himself to take his time in
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July 1 opening of free agent season. The new coach needs to be up to speed and able to sing the praises of his team and his grand plan to free agents.
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Doug Risebrough owes it to himself to take his time in
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The Stamford Advocate
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During a press conference Monday morning, Jacques Lemaire made sure he thanked everyone, including the media, for his time in the state of hockey. "You have to have good people that believe in you," said Lemaire about the Minnesota front
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Wild general manager Doug Risebrough hired Jacques Lemaire to be the team's first coach. And he was there Monday for Lemaire's farewell news conference. I talked to Risebrough about what will happen next.
BS: You and Jacques got this team going. Now
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proved that even tubby guys can win the Masters.
Itemizing a few things ...
Item: Jacques Lemaire calls it quits as Wild coach.
I think: If Marian Gaborik hadn't missed most of the season with injuries, the Wild would be in the playoffs. And Lemaire
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Coming to you live from a dark, cavernous Xcel Energy Center, where I am all alone in a big press box. Spooky. I am scared.
About 45 minutes ago, I was coming to you live from Chateau de Russo, but then I decided the laptop I left in the Wild locker
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Head Coach Jacques Lemaire against the Chicago Blackhawks during the game at the Xcel Energy Center on October 27, 2008 in Saint Paul. (NHLI via Getty Images: Bruce Kluckhohn)
Departing Minnesota Wild coach Jacques Lemaire said today it's unclear
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Jacques Lemaire, the only coach the Minnesota Wild has known since the franchise was born in 2000, said today that every season was a good one for the team, even when the team fell short of playing in the postseason.
At a news conference late this
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Just wanted to jump on real quick since I didn’t blog today.
I wrote a end-of-the-season analysis for Monday’s paper. The Wild has scheduled a 10:30 a.m. presser down the X, where Jacques Lemaire will make it official: He is no longer the coach of the
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- By all accounts, the Minnesota Wild would have been far less successful with someone other than Jacques Lemaire behind the bench.
After supervising every game since their birth as an expansion franchise nine years ago, Lemaire
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ESPN
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ST. PAUL, Minn., April 12 (UPI) -- Minnesota Wild Coach Jacques Lemaire, the only coach the club has had since joining the NHL in 2000, has decided to step down.
Lemaire, 63, made the announcement after Saturday's season-ending 6-3 win against
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Here is the Jacques Lemaire I know:
One night after a close hockey game, the Wild boarded the team charter for their flight back to Minnesota. No sooner was Lemaire seated than he pulled out his laptop, plugged in a DVD and stared intently at the
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The Stamford Advocate
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The only head coach the Minnesota Wild has ever known is calling it quits.
Following the Wild's final game of the season Saturday, Jacques Lemaire confirmed he's stepping down. The 62-year-old plans to hold a news conference Monday in St. Paul and then
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KARE | Minneapolis & St. Paul
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"I think it's time for the players to get a new coach and myself look at other stuff," Lemaire told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune after the Wild's season-ending 6-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The team was eliminated from playoff contention
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Sporting News
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declined comment Saturday, deferring to the team's season-ending wrap on Monday. Risebrough hired Lemaire, his former Canadiens teammate, on June 19, 2000.
including a trip to the Western Conference finals in 2002-03.
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Jacques Lemaire, the only coach the Wild’s ever known, has coached his final game with the Wild.
With clear signs before the game that Lemaire was indeed done, Lemaire finally confirmed it after the Wild’s 6-3 win.
“I think it’s time for the players to
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Last summer, the Minnesota Wild talked Jacques Lemaire into returning as coach. This time, they might have to be more persuasive.
This has been a trying winter and spring for Lemaire and the Wild, who entered the final weekend
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injuries — the Wild have lost 268 man-games to injury this season — Lemaire was asked if he's curious enough to come back next season to see how a healthy crew would fare.
The one person who knows whether Jacques Lemaire will return as coach of the
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question."
Derek Boogaard missed his eighth consecutive game because of an upper-body injury but skated with the team Tuesday morning. "I've been skating on my own for a week," he said.
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson made the "Let's Play Hockey"
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To some, Minnesota Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck is regarded as the human pinball. To others, like coach Jacques Lemaire, he's a diamond in the rough.
"Never have I had a player in their first season in the League that possessed the type of
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The Minnesota Wild aren't known for scoring goals. Preventing goals, however, is a franchise specialty. And part of that success stems from a top-notch penalty-killing unit which ranks in the top five in the NHL for the fourth-straight season.
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from Michael Russo of the Star Tribune,
All season, Wild coach Jacques Lemaire has grumbled that the Wild often enters games with too many “passengers.”
Friday night, after the Wild’s playoff hopes took another Sopranos-like whack to the head during a
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Former Devils and current Wild head coach Jacques Lemaire admitted he looked up at the 1994-95 Stanley Cup banner at the morning skate Friday. Lemaire, who coached the Devils to their first Cup that season, was visiting Prudential Center for the first
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NEWARK, N.J. - All season, Wild coach Jacques Lemaire has grumbled that way too often the Wild enters games with too many "passengers."
Friday night, after the Wild's playoff hopes took another Sopranos-like whack to the head during a 4-0 loss in New
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/sports/41601597.html
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: The Sports Xchange reports Wild RW Marian Gaborik (hip surgery) practiced for a fourth straight day Sunday, but coach Jacques Lemaire doesn't think he's close to returning. "Not at all," Lemaire said. Asked if there's pressure for Gaborik to rush
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Slothful Russo in Dallas, where it hasn’t stopped pouring since I busted through the bumpy clouds 4 1/2 hours ago.
Marian Gaborik skated with the Wild yesterday for the first time since December, but today technically was his first practice. Yesterday
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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