Jean Perron was a head coach

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 for the National Hockey League

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 Montreal Canadiens

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 and Quebec Nordiques

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. Perron coached the Habs for three seasons, and led them to a Stanley Cup

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 in 1986. He was the last rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup until Dan Bylsma achieved the same feat in 2009 with the Pittsburgh Penguins. In Quebec City, he led the Nordiques for one season, 1988. He also coached in the International Hockey League with the Manitoba Moose

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 and the San Francisco Spiders

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.

At the end of his coaching career, Perron became a hockey analyst for different media in Quebec and appeared regularly on TQS

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's sports debates show 110%. He was often mocked for his incorrect use of proverbs and idioms and a book, Les Perronismes supposedly listing his most famous linguistic faux-pas was published in 2001. Perron sued the authors.

In 2004 Perron was named the coach of the Under 18 national hockey team and senior national team

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 of Israel

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. He has since led both teams to new heights with Israel being promoted to Division I IIHF world championships for one year and the U18 team being promoted to Division II.

Coaching record

Team

|Regular Season

MTL Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

1985–86

80

40

33

7

87

2nd in Adams

Won Stanley Cup Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

MTL Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

1986–87

80

41

29

10

92

2nd in Adams

Lost in Third round

MTL Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

1987–88

80

45

22

13

103

1st in Adams

Lost in Second round

QUE Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...

1988–89

46

16

25

5

(61)

5th in Adams

Missed Playoffs

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1995–96 1995–96 IHL season This was the 1995-96 International Hockey League season.-Regular season:- Turner Cup-Playoffs :- External Links :* on hockeydb.com...

82

40

32

10

90

3rd in South

Lost in First round

MTB Manitoba Moose The Manitoba Moose were a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the International Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 and American Hockey League from 2001 to 2011. The team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 to become the St...

1996–97 1996–97 IHL season This was the 1996-97 International Hockey League season.-Regular season:- Turner Cup-Playoffs :- External links :* on hockeydb.com...

50

16

26

8

(74)

5th in Midwest

(Fired During Season)

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