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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Alain Vigneault
Selected in
eighth round
No. 167 overall by St. Louis Blues
Born
May 14, 1961
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
Birthplace:
Quebec City, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown: Hull, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM |
| 1977-78 |
Hull | QMJHL |
59 | 11 |
35 | 46 |
90 | | 1978-79 |
Hull | QMJHL |
72 | 13 |
41 | 54 |
217 | | 1979-80 |
Hull | QMJHL |
35 | 5 |
34 | 39 |
82 | | |
Trois-Rivieres | QMJHL |
28 | 6 |
19 | 25 |
93 | | 1980-81 |
Trois-Rivieres | QMJHL |
67 | 7 |
55 | 62 |
181 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Not selected in 1980 NHL Entry Draft despite being
eligible. ... Traded by Hull (QMJHL) to Trois-Rivieres in exchange for
Benoit Laporte in January 1980. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 17, 1981 (Chicago at St.
Louis)
Numbers: 5, 32 (St. Louis)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1981-1983 |
St. Louis | 42 |
2 | 5 |
7 | 82 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1983 | St. Louis | 4 |
0 | 1 |
1 | 26 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
St. Louis Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1983 (26)
Scouting Career: Named St. Louis pro scout on Jan. 16, 2001, and
remained in that position until June 2002.
Coaching
Career: Named Ottawa assistant coach on July 8, 1992, prior to team's inaugural
1992-93 season, and remained in that position until Nov. 20, 1995. ... Named
Montreal head coach on May 26, 1997, and remained in that position until
Nov. 20, 2000.
Miscellaneous: Fought Grant Mulvey at 4:17 of the first period of his
first NHL game. ... Was runner-up to Joel Quenneville in voting for 1999-00
Jack Adams Award. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Salt Lake (CHL); Montana (CHL); Maine (AHL)
World Junior Championships:
1989 (fourth) (assistant coach), 1991 (gold medal) (assistant coach)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1984
(Maine)
Canadian
Major-Junior Coach of Year: 1987-88 (Hull) (first winner)
QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1987-88 (Hull)
QMJHL All-Star Second
Team: 1990-91, 1991-92 (Hull)
1981-82: Played on CHL regular-season champion (Salt Lake).
Coaching Career: Named Trois-Rivieres (Quebec Jr. B) head coach prior
to 1984-85 season and remained in position until August 1986. ... Named Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
head coach in August 1986 and held position through 1986-87 season. ...
Named Shawinigan (QMJHL) assistant coach in summer of 1987, but quit job after getting offer to coach Hull. ... Named Hull (QMJHL) head coach
in August 1987 and remained in position until July 8, 1992. ...
Named Beauport (QMJHL) head coach on Dec. 26, 1995, and remained in that
position until May 26, 1997. ... Named Montreal (QMJHL) head coach on Jan.
1, 2003, relocated with team to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, during
summer of 2003 and remained in that position into 2003-04 season.
Education: Earned business
degree from UQTR.
Miscellaneous: Returned to
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, after retirement and began coaching career while
earning business degree. ...
Accepted position of head coach for Team Canada at 1993 World Junior
Championships in June 1992, but had to back out of role after signing on as
Ottawa Senators assistant coach the following month. |
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SNAPSHOT '81 | | Total Selected: |
211 | | Forwards: |
119 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
25 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
10/4 | | College Players: |
21 | | High School: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
32 |
| Reached NHL: |
114 |
| Stanley Cup: |
17 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
30 |
| Picks Traded: |
38 |
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