Joel Quenneville

Joel Quenneville
Born	September 15, 1958 Windsor, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	AHL New Brunswick Hawks Baltimore Skipjacks St. John's Maple Leafs NHL Toronto Maple Leafs Colorado Rockies New Jersey Devils Hartford Whalers Washington Capitals
NHL Draft	21st overall, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1978–1991

Joel Norman Quenneville (born September 15, 1958 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian-American professional hockey coach. He currently serves as the head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League, with whom he has won three Stanley Cup titles. He has also coached the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche. On January 14, 2016, he surpassed the late New York Islanders' coach Al Arbour with his 783rd win as an NHL coach, making Quenneville second only to former coach Scotty Bowman in total wins.

He is known affectionately by fans and players as "Coach Q" or simply as "Q."

Hockey career

As a player, Quenneville was drafted 21st overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft. He has played for the OHA Windsor Spitfires, AHL New Brunswick Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, AHL Baltimore Skipjacks, Washington Capitals and AHL St. John's Maple Leafs. He has also been a player/assistant coach of St. John's, head coach of the AHL Springfield Indians, and assistant coach of the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche. He won the Jack Adams Award with the Blues in the 1999–2000 NHL season.

Quenneville won the Stanley Cup as an assistant coach with the Avalanche in 1996. He then moved to the Blues franchise, becoming head coach midway through the next season after Mike Keenan was fired. He led St. Louis to seven straight playoff berths. His best season was in 1999-2000, when he led the Blues to a franchise-record 51 wins and their first-ever President's Trophy for the league's best regular-season record. However, they took an unexpected pratfall in the playoffs, losing to the San Jose Sharks in the first round. In Quenneville's 8th season with the Blues, the team started poorly. Late in the year, St. Louis was in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in a quarter century. As a result, Quenneville was fired.

Quenneville was hired to coach the Avalanche in June 2004, before the 2004–05 NHL lockout resulted in the season's cancellation. In his first year with the Avalanche, he led the team to the playoffs and a first round upset of the Dallas Stars. On March 25, 2007, Quenneville coached his 750th career game. He became one of only seven currently active coaches to reach 750 games as of the 2006–07 season. Quenneville reached his 400th coach win on October 26, 2007, in a 3–2 OT win in Calgary against the Flames.^[1] On May 9, 2008, the Avalanche announced that Quenneville was leaving the organization. Quenneville was hired as a pro scout by the Chicago Blackhawks in September 2008.

On October 16, 2008, Quenneville was promoted to head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, replacing former Blackhawk Denis Savard.^[2] On December 1, 2009, he received his 500th win as a coach in an 11 round shootout battle vs Columbus. In his first two seasons with Chicago, he led the Hawks to the 2009 Western Conference Final and the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals. With the Blackhawks' victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the latter, Quenneville earned his first Stanley Cup as a head coach. On December 18, 2011, he earned his 600th career coaching win, winning 4-2 against the Calgary Flames. Joel earned his second championship as a head coach against the Boston Bruins during the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals, cementing his status as one of a handful of Chicago head coaches with multiple championships (the others are George Halas of the Chicago Bears, Phil Jackson of the Chicago Bulls, and Frank Chance of the Chicago Cubs). ^[3] On March 19, 2014, Quenneville became just the third head coach in NHL history to record 700 wins. On March 23, 2015 Quenneville reached 750 wins as a coach.^[4] His team won the Stanley Cup for the third time on June 15, 2015 in a 2 - 0 shutout over the Tampa Bay Lightning. This was the first Blackhawks championship win on home ice since 1938. With his third win, Quenneville became the third coach in Chicago sports history to win three championships, after Halas and Jackson. On January 14, 2016, Quenneville earned his 783rd win, passing Al Arbour for second all-time among NHL coaches.

Career statistics

Playing statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975–76	Windsor Spitfires	OMJHL		66	15	33	48	61		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Windsor Spitfires	OMJHL		65	19	59	78	169		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Windsor Spitfires	OMJHL		66	27	76	103	114		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	New Brunswick Hawks	AHL		16	1	10	11	10		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		61	2	9	11	60		6	0	1	1	4
1979–80	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		32	1	4	5	24		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Colorado Rockies	NHL		35	5	7	12	26		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Colorado Rockies	NHL		71	10	24	34	86		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Colorado Rockies	NHL		64	5	10	15	55		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	New Jersey Devils	NHL		74	5	12	17	46		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Hartford Whalers	NHL		80	5	8	13	95		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Hartford Whalers	NHL		79	6	16	22	96		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Hartford Whalers	NHL		71	5	20	25	83		10	0	2	2	12
1986–87	Hartford Whalers	NHL		37	3	7	10	24		6	0	0	0	0
1987–88	Hartford Whalers	NHL		77	1	8	9	44		6	0	2	2	2
1988–89	Hartford Whalers	NHL		69	4	7	11	32		4	0	3	3	4
1989–90	Hartford Whalers	NHL		44	1	4	5	34		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		59	6	13	19	58		6	1	1	2	6
1990–91	Washington Capitals	NHL		9	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		73	7	23	30	58		16	0	1	1	10
NHL totals				803	54	136	190	705		32	0	8	8	22
AHL totals				148	14	46	60	126		22	1	2	3	16
OHA totals				197	61	168	229	344		—	—	—	—	—

Coaching record

Quenneville with the Stanley Cup in 2015.

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win %	Result
STL	1996–97	40	18	15	7	—	(83)	4th in Central	2	4	.333	Lost in 1st Round (DET)
STL	1997–98	82	45	29	8	—	98	3rd in Central	6	4	.600	Lost in 2nd Round (DET)
STL	1998–99	82	37	32	13	—	87	2nd in Central	6	7	.461	Lost in 2nd Round (DAL)
STL	1999–2000	82	51	19	11	1	114	1st in Central	3	4	.428	Lost in 1st Round (SJ)
STL	2000–01	82	43	22	12	5	103	2nd in Central	9	6	.600	Lost in Conf. Finals (COL)
STL	2001–02	82	43	27	8	4	98	2nd in Central	5	5	.500	Lost in 2nd Round (DET)
STL	2002–03	82	41	24	11	6	99	2nd in Central	3	4	.428	Lost in 1st Round (VAN)
STL	2003–04	61	29	23	7	2	(91)	2nd in Central	—	—	—	(Fired)
STL Total		593	307	191	77	18			34	34	.500	7 playoff appearances
COL	2005–06	82	43	30	—	9	95	2nd in Northwest	4	5	.444	Lost in 2nd Round (ANA)
COL	2006–07	82	44	31	—	7	95	4th in Northwest	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
COL	2007–08	82	44	31	—	7	95	2nd in Northwest	4	6	.400	Lost in 2nd Round (DET)
COL Total		246	131	92	—	23			8	11	.421	2 playoff appearances
CHI	2008–09	78	45	22	—	11	(104)	2nd in Central	9	8	.529	Lost in Conf. Finals (DET)
CHI	2009–10	82	52	22	—	8	112	1st in Central	16	6	.727	Won Stanley Cup (PHI)
CHI	2010–11	82	44	29	—	9	97	3rd in Central	3	4	.428	Lost in 1st Round (VAN)
CHI	2011–12	82	45	26	—	11	101	4th in Central	2	4	.333	Lost in 1st Round (PHX)
CHI	2012–13	48	36	7	—	5	77	1st in Central	16	7	.696	Won Stanley Cup (BOS)
CHI	2013–14	82	46	21	—	15	107	3rd in Central	11	8	.579	Lost in Conf. Finals (LA)
CHI	2014–15	82	48	28	—	6	102	3rd in Central	16	7	.696	Won Stanley Cup (TB)
CHI	2015–16	82	47	26	—	9	103	3rd in Central	3	4	.428	Lost in 1st Round (STL)
CHI Total		642	376	189	—	77			75	48	.610	8 playoff appearances 3 Stanley Cup championships
Total		1,481	801	464	77	118	.607		117	93	.557	17 playoff appearances 3 Stanley Cup championships

Personal life

Quenneville is of Franco-Ontarian French-Canadian heritage and is married to Elizabeth, a native of Connecticut whom he met during his stint with the Hartford Whalers. They reside in Hinsdale, Illinois with their three children: a son, Dylan, and two daughters, Lily and Anna. After working in the U.S. for over 30 years Quenneville passed the USCIS naturalization test required to become a US citizen on May 24, 2011 and now has dual citizenship.^[5]

Quenneville was hospitalized and reported as being "in stable condition after 'severe discomfort' of a non-cardiac nature" on February 16, 2011, resulting in him missing a home game versus the Minnesota Wild that night.^[6] After a conversation with the coach, Kelly Chase reported that Quenneville had suffered from internal bleeding, the cause of which was yet to be discovered, but that he was in high spirits and intended to be behind the bench for the Blackhawks next game on February 18.^[7] It was announced on Friday February 18 that the problem had been a small ulcer caused by aspirin, a drug known to have the potential for gastrointestinal side effects.^[8] He finally returned to take the Hawks' practice on February 23, having been released from hospital on the 19th.

Quenneville is a second cousin of both Peter Quenneville, who was drafted 195th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft and John Quenneville, who was drafted 30th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

See also

• List of NHL head coaches

References

1. Associated Press (2007-10-26). "Game Recap – Avalanche 3, Flames 2, OT". NHL. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
2. "Blackhawks fire Savard after four games". TSN.ca. October 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
3. "Blackhawks' 2nd Stanley Cup in 4 years comes in a flash". Chicago Tribune. June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
4. Mark Lazerus (23 March 2015). "Sports Corey Crawford steals a victory for Blackhawks in Carolina". Retrieved 24 March 2015.
5. "Busy, rewarding offseason for Quenneville". Chicago Tribune. June 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
6. "Quenneville hospitalized Wednesday". Blackhawks website. February 16, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
7. "Report: Hawks' Quenneville had internal bleeding". Chicago Breaking Sports. February 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
8. "Blackhawks update on the condition of Head Coach Joel Quenneville". Blackhawks website. February 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-18.

External links

• Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
• Joel Quenneville's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database