Joel Quenneville

Joel Quenneville
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg)
Teams	Toronto Maple Leafs Colorado Rockies New Jersey Devils Hartford Whalers Washington Capitals
Nationality
Born	(1958-09-15)September 15, 1958, Windsor, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	21st overall, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs
Pro Career	1978 – 1991

Joel Norman Quenneville (born September 15, 1958, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is the head coach of the Florida Panthers professional team. He is a former defenceman and former head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, and St. Louis Blues.

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 7 straight playoff berths. 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. 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.

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		4	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

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
STL	1996–97	40	18	15	7	-	(83)	4th in Central	Lost in first round (DET)
STL	1997–98	82	45	29	8	-	98	3rd in Central	Won first round (LA) Lost in second round (DET)
STL	1998–99	82	37	32	13	-	87	2nd in Central	Won first round (PHX) Lost in second round (DAL)
STL	1999–00	82	51	19	11	1	114	1st in Central	Lost in first round (SJ)
STL	2000–01	82	43	22	12	5	103	2nd in Central	Won first round (SJ) Won second round (DAL) Lost in conf. finals (COL)
STL	2001–02	82	43	27	8	4	98	2nd in Central	Won first round (CHI) Lost in second round (DET)
STL	2002–03	82	41	24	11	6	99	2nd in Central	Lost in first round (VAN)
STL	2003–04	61	29	23	7	2	(91)	2nd in Central	(fired)
COL	2005–06	82	43	30	-	9	95	2nd in Northwest	Won first round (DAL) Lost in second 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	Won first round (MIN) Lost in second round (DET)
CHI	2008–09	78	45	22	-	11	(104)	2nd in Central	Won first round (CGY) Won second round (VAN) Lost in third round (DET)
Total		937	483	305	77	52

External links

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jimmy Roberts	Head Coaches of the St. Louis Blues 1996-2004	Succeeded by Mike Kitchen
Preceded by Tony Granato	Head Coaches of the Colorado Avalanche 2004-2008	Succeeded by Tony Granato
Preceded by Denis Savard	Head Coaches of the Chicago Blackhawks 2008-2018	Succeeded by Jeremy Colliton
Preceded by Bob Boughner	Head Coaches of the Florida Panthers 2019 – present	Incumbent
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Jacques Martin	Winner of the Jack Adams Award 2000	Succeeded by Bill Barber