Guy Carbonneau

Guy Carbonneau
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (80 kg)
Teams	Montreal Canadiens St. Louis Blues Dallas Stars
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1960-03-18)March 18, 1960, Sept Iles, QC, CAN
NHL Draft	44th overall, 1979 Montreal Canadiens
Pro Career	1980 – 2000

Guy Carbonneau (born March 18, 1960) is a Canadian retired professional player in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the former head coach of the Montreal Canadiens from 2006 until being fired on March 9, 2009. He is also the president of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)'s Chicoutimi Saguenéens.

Playing career

Carbonneau was drafted 44th overall in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. His strong play as a defensive forward helped the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup championship in 1986, followed by three Frank J. Selke Trophy wins in 1988, 1989, and 1992. In 1989–90, he was named the captain of the Canadiens, and led them to another Stanley Cup win in 1993. On August 19, 1994, he was traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Jim Montgomery. He played there for one season before moving to the Dallas Stars. He earned his third Stanley Cup ring in 1999 with the Stars, and retired from playing following the 1999–2000 season.

Carbonneau was one of the more popular Canadiens; fans chanted "Guy, Guy, Guy!" whenever he touched the puck, much as they did for Guy Lafleur (with whom Carbonneau played from 1983–85) during his career. He was also one of the most admired Dallas Stars players. He took the ceremonial opening faceoff for the Stars when they played the Canadiens at the last game at the Montreal Forum. He received a standing ovation his last game and, due to a fan petition, his number 21 received a one-year moratorium from being worn the following season.

Post-playing career

In 2005, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League created the Guy Carbonneau Trophy (Trophée Guy Carbonneau), awarded annually to the player in the QMJHL judged to be the best defensive forward.

After serving as an assistant coach to Michel Therrien with the Canadiens from 2000 to 2002, Carbonneau moved back to the Dallas Stars where he worked as an assistant General Manager until his return to Montreal in January 2006.

On January 14, 2006, Guy Carbonneau became the Montreal Canadiens associate coach as Claude Julien was fired and GM Bob Gainey assumed the role of interim head coach; Carbonneau then took over as head coach, after the Canadiens were eliminated from the playoffs. He is the 28th coach of the famed Montreal team.

On April 30, 2008, he was named candidate for the Jack Adams Trophy awarded to the best head-coach of the year but lost by 12 voting points to Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau.

On March 9, 2009, he was fired as the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens with 16 games left and was replaced by the general manager Bob Gainey.

Career statistics

Playing career

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1976–77	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL		59	9	20	29	8		4	1	0	1	0
1977–78	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL		70	28	55	83	60		--	--	--	--	--
1978–79	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL		72	62	79	141	47		4	2	1	3	4
1979–80	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL		72	72	110	182	6		12	9	15	24	28
1979–80	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL		--	--	--	--	--		2	1	1	2	2
1980–81	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		2	0	1	1	0		--	--	--	--	--
1980–81	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL		78	35	53	88	87		6	1	3	4	9
1981–82	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL		77	27	67	94	124		9	2	7	9	8
1982–83	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		77	18	29	47	68		3	0	0	0	2
1983–84	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		78	24	30	54	75		15	4	3	7	12
1984–85	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		79	23	34	57	43		12	4	3	7	8
1985–86	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		80	20	36	56	57		20	7	5	12	35
1986–87	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		79	18	27	45	68		17	3	8	11	20
1987–88	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		80	17	21	38	61		11	0	4	4	2
1988–89	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		79	26	30	56	44		21	4	5	9	10
1989–90	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		68	19	36	55	37		11	2	3	5	6
1990–91	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		78	20	24	44	63		13	1	5	6	10
1991–92	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		72	18	21	39	39		11	1	1	2	6
1992–93	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		61	4	13	17	20		20	3	3	6	10
1993–94	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		79	14	24	38	48		7	1	3	4	4
1994–95	St. Louis Blues	NHL		42	5	11	16	16		7	1	2	3	6
1995–96	Dallas Stars	NHL		71	8	15	23	38		--	--	--	--	--
1996–97	Dallas Stars	NHL		73	5	16	21	36		7	0	1	1	6
1997–98	Dallas Stars	NHL		77	7	17	24	40		16	3	1	4	6
1998–99	Dallas Stars	NHL		74	4	12	16	31		17	2	4	6	6
1999–2000	Dallas Stars	NHL		69	10	6	16	36		23	2	4	6	12
QMJHL Totals				273	171	264	435	181		20	12	16	28	32
AHL Totals				155	62	120	182	211		17	4	11	15	19
NHL Totals				1318	260	403	663	820		231	38	55	93	161

Coaching career

Team	Year	Regular Season						Post Season
		G	W	L	OTL	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win %	Result
Montreal Canadiens	2006–07	82	42	34	6	90	4th in Northeast	--	--	--	Missed Playoffs
	2007–08	82	47	25	10	104	1st in Eastern Conference	5	7	45	W 4–3 over BOS L 4–1 to PHI
	2008–09	66	35	24	7	77	2nd in Northeast	--	--	--	(Let go before end of season)
Total		230	124	83	23	271		5	7	45

External links

• Guy Carbonneau's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Tribute to Guy Carbonneau
• Genealogy : Guy Carbonneau

Preceded by Bob Gainey	Montreal Canadiens captains 1989-94 Co-captains with Chris Chelios 1989–90	Succeeded by Kirk Muller
Preceded by Bob Gainey	Head Coaches of the Montreal Canadiens 2006–2009	Succeeded by Bob Gainey
Preceded by Dave Poulin	Winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy 1988 1989	Succeeded by Rick Meagher
Preceded by Dirk Graham	Winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy 1992	Succeeded by Doug Gilmour