Jean Perron: Difference between revisions

| name = Jean Perron

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|10|45}}

| birth_place = [[Saint-Isidore-d'Aucklandde-Clifton, Quebec|Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland]], [[Quebec|QC]], [[Canada|Can]]

| occupation =Former [[iceIce hockey]] [[Coach (ice hockey)|coach]]<br>Sports commentator

'''Jean Perron''' (born October 5, 1946) in [[Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland, Quebec|now called Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland]],de-Clifton in [[Quebec]]), Canada<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jean Perron - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2279954/bio/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] coach and sports commentator, best known for being the [[List of Montreal Canadiens head coaches|16th head coach of the Montreal Canadiens]], serving from 1985 to 1988. Currently, Perron ishas more recently served as the head coach for [[Israel]]'s [[Israel men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Under-18]] and [[Israel national ice hockey team|senior men's national teams]].

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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 neededURL inline|date=SeptemberAugust 20082024}}</ref>

In 2004, Perron was named the coach of the [[Israel]]'s [[Israel men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Under-18]] and [[Israel national ice hockey team|senior men's national teams]]. He has since led both teams to new heights with Israel being promoted to Division I IIHF world championships for one year. TheHe left after two seasons but returned in 2011 and led the Under-18 team mostto recently won thean [[2013 IIHF World U18 Championships|IIHF World U-18 Division II Group B championship in 2013]].<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/7750.html Israel moves up to Division IIA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501084728/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/7750.html |date=May 1, 2013 }}</ref>

! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="76"|Regular Season !! colspan="1"|Post Season

! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !!Finish !! Result

![[Montreal Canadiens|MTL]]||[[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]

! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="76"|Regular Season !! colspan="1"|Post Season

! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !!Finish !! Result

![[San Francisco Spiders|SF]]||[[1995–96 IHL season|1995–96]]

|82||40||32||-||10||90||3rd in South||Lost in Firstconference roundquarter-finals (1-3 vs. [[Chicago Wolves|CHI]])

![[Manitoba Moose|MTB]]||[[1996–97 IHL season|1996–97]]

|50||16||26||-||8||(74)40||5th in Midwest||(Fired Duringduring Season)season

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| years = [[1985-861985–86 NHL season|1985]]-–[[1987-881987–88 NHL season|88]]

| years = [[1988-891988–89 NHL season|1989]]

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[[Category:LivingIsrael peoplemen's national ice hockey team coaches]]

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[[Category:ManitobaStanley MooseCup championship-winning head coaches]]