Jean Perron
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jean Perron
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|10|5}}
| birth_place = Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland, Quebec, Canada
| occupation = Ice hockey coach
Sports commentator
}}
Jean Perron (born October 5, 1946) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and sports commentator, best known for being the 16th head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, serving from 1985 to 1988. Perron has more recently served as the head coach for Israel's men's national teams.
Coaching career
Perron was born in Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland, now called Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton, Quebec.{{Cite web |title=Jean Perron - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2279954/bio/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}} He 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. Perron and the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup in his first season in charge, with rookie goaltender Patrick Roy winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP. After two more successful seasons that included a Prince of Wales Conference finals appearance and an Adams Division title, Perron resigned from the Canadiens on May 17, 1988, with team GM Serge Savard saying Perron told him the pressures of the job were "quite difficult" for his family.{{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}} The next year, he was hired by the Quebec Nordiques in December 1988 as a temporary midseason replacement after Ron Lapointe was fired.[https://apnews.com/401729e9f5bc7e4acd3c2e3a9f73619a Canadiens 6, Nordiques 4] He also served as an assistant coach for Canada at the 1987 Canada Cup.
In 1995, Perron became the head coach and general manager of the International Hockey League's San Francisco Spiders for their only season of existence, followed by a 50-game stint with the Manitoba Moose during the 1996-97 season.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19860514&id=xu4aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bEcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5504,3537517 Perron recalls horror][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][http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/way-to-go-winnipeg-perseverance-pays-122926698.html WAY TO GO, WINNIPEG Perseverance pays][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][http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/historic/32179139.html Just Plain Goofy]
Perron's tough, authoritarian coaching style resulted in tumultuous relationships with several of his players and staff, including a long-standing public feud with former Canadiens player Chris Nilan.
Post career
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%.[https://archive.today/20130628215651/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1152769/index.htm Party, Interrupted] His usage of strange idioms was noted in the media, once being quoted as saying, “We’re finally starting to see the train at the end of the tunnel."{{Cite web | title=Jean Perron Says the Darndest Things | url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/95386-jean-perron-says-the-darndest-things | access-date=2025-03-23 | website=bleacherreport.com}}
In 2004, Perron was named the coach of the Israel's Under-18 and senior men's national teams. He led both teams to new heights with Israel being promoted to Division I for one year. He left after two seasons but returned in 2011 and led the Under-18 team to an IIHF World U-18 Division II Group B championship in 2013.[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 }}
Coaching record
=NHL=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|Team | rowspan="2"|Year | colspan="6"|Regular Season | colspan="1"|Post Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | Pts | Finish | Result |
| Montreal Canadiens||1985–86
|80||40||33||7||87||2nd in Adams||Won in division semi-finals (3-0 vs. BOS) | ||||||
| Montreal Canadiens||1986–87
|80||41||29||10||92||2nd in Adams||Won in division semi-finals (4-0 vs. BOS) | ||||||
| Montreal Canadiens||1987–88
|80||45||22||13||103||1st in Adams||Won in division semi-finals (4-2 vs. HFD) | ||||||
| Quebec Nordiques||1988–89
|46||16||25||5||37||5th in Adams||Did not qualify | ||||||
| align="centre" bgcolor="#dddddd"
!Montreal totals!!1985–1988!!240!!126!!84!!30!!282!!1 division title !! 30-18 (0.625) - 1 Stanley Cup | ||||||
| align="centre" bgcolor="#dddddd"
!Quebec totals!!1988–1989!!46!!16!!25!!5!!37!!0 division titles !! 0-0 (0.000) | ||||||
| align="centre" bgcolor="#dddddd"
!NHL totals!!1985–1989!!286!!142!!109!!35!!319!!1 division title !! 30-18 (0.625) - 1 Stanley Cup |
=IHL=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|Team | rowspan="2"|Year | colspan="6"|Regular Season | colspan="1"|Post Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | OTL | Pts | Finish | Result |
| San Francisco Spiders||1995–96
|82||40||32||10||90||3rd in South||Lost in conference quarter-finals (1-3 vs. CHI) | ||||||
| Manitoba Moose||1996–97
|50||16||26||8||40||5th in Midwest||Fired during season | ||||||
| align="centre" bgcolor="#dddddd"
!SF totals!!1995–1996!!82!!40!!32!!8!!88!!0 division titles !! 1-3 (0.250) | ||||||
| align="centre" bgcolor="#dddddd"
!MB totals!!1996–1997!!50!!16!!26!!8!!40!!0 division titles !! 0-0 (0.000) | ||||||
| align="centre" bgcolor="#dddddd"
!IHL totals!!1995–1997!!132!!56!!58!!16!!128!!0 division titles !! 1-3 (0.250) |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
- [http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/coach/Jean-Perron Montreal Canadiens profile]
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{{succession box
| before = Jacques Lemaire
| title = Head coach of the Montreal Canadiens
| after = Pat Burns
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{{succession box
| before = Ron Lapointe
| title = Head coach of the Quebec Nordiques
| years = 1989
| after= Michel Bergeron
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{{succession box
| before = Frank Serratore
(Minnesota Moose)
| title = Head coach of the Manitoba Moose
| years = 1994–1996
| after= Randy Carlyle
}}
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Category:Canadian ice hockey coaches
Category:International Hockey League (1945–2001) head coaches
Category:Israel men's national ice hockey team coaches
Category:Manitoba Moose coaches
Category:Montreal Canadiens coaches
Category:National Hockey League broadcasters
Category:Quebec Nordiques announcers
Category:Quebec Nordiques coaches