Jean Perron: Difference between revisions

Born in [[Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland, Quebec|Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland]], [[Quebec]], Perron was an assistant coach with the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Montreal Canadiens]] under [[Jacques Lemaire]] for one season before being named head coach in 1985. As a rookie head coach, Perron won a [[Stanley Cup]] with the Canadiens. On PerronMay would17, spend1988, threehe seasonsresigned as the Canadiens' head coach.
manager, beforewith resigningteam GM [[Serge Savard]] saying that Perron told him that the pressures of the job were "quite difficult" for him and especially his family.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1988-05-17 |title=SPORTS PEOPLE; Perron Resigns |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/17/sports/sports-people-perron-resigns.html |access-date=2023-01-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> after the [[1987–88 Montreal Canadiens season|1987–88 season]]. [[1988–89 Quebec Nordiques season|The next year]], he was hired by the [[Quebec Nordiques]] as a temporary midseason replacement.<ref name="name1">[https://apnews.com/401729e9f5bc7e4acd3c2e3a9f73619a Canadiens 6, Nordiques 4]</ref> He also served as an assistant coach for Canada at the [[1987 Canada Cup]]. Later, Perron joined the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League's]] [[San Francisco Spiders]] as their head coach and general manager for one season, followed by a short stint with the [[Manitoba Moose]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19860514&id=xu4aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bEcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5504,3537517 Perron recalls horror]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=r-QJs8u6R6EC&dq=randy+gilhen+jean+perron&pg=PT125 The Instigator: How Gary Bettman Remade the League and Changed the Game Forever]</ref><ref>[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/way-to-go-winnipeg-perseverance-pays-122926698.html WAY TO GO, WINNIPEG Perseverance pays]</ref><ref name="name2">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130220061259/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/04/when_bruce_boudreau_worked_for.html When Bruce Boudreau worked for Jean Perron]</ref><ref>[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/historic/32179139.html Just Plain Goofy]</ref>

After his professional coaching career, Perron became a hockey analyst for different media outlets in Quebec and has appeared regularly on [[TQS]]'s sports talk show ''110%''.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1152769/index.htm Party, Interrupted]</ref> HeHis wasusage oftenof mockedstrange foridioms hiswas incorrectnoted usein ofthe proverbsmedia, andonce idiomsbeing andquoted aas booksaying, ''Les“We’re Perronismes''finally supposedlystarting listingto hissee mostthe famoustrain linguisticat ''faux-pas''the wasend publishedof inthe 2001tunnel."<ref>https://bleacherreport.com/articles/95386-jean-perron-says-the-darndest-things {{CitationBare URL neededinline|date=SeptemberAugust 20082024}}</ref>

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![[Montreal Canadiens|MTL]]||[[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]

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![[Quebec Nordiques|QUE]]||[[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]

!MTLMontreal totals!!1985–1988!!240!!126!!84!!30!!282!!1 division title !! 30-18 (0.625) - 1 [[Stanley Cup]]

!QUEQuebec totals!!1988–1989!!46!!16!!25!!5!!37!!0 division titles !! 0-0 (0.000)

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