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NHL Trade Deadline: New Jersey Devils

The Devils have been hot lately -- a ridiculous 15-1-2 in their last 18 -- enough to drag them out of last in the league all the way to a nose-bleeding 27th. To overcome the four other teams and ten points between them and the eighth-place Hurricanes, the Devils are going to have to keep up this torrid pace for the rest of...

NHL Coaches, GMs on the Hot Seat

There's no shortage of NHL coaches and general managers who can take solace in how their job is safe for the time being. But when the curtain closes on the 2010-11 regular season on Sunday, April 10, watch for the pink slips to come. Maybe not as fast as in the NFL, which has Black Monday. But the axes will fall. Some...

John MacLean Replaced by Jacques Lemaire as Devils Coach

The New Jersey Devils have reportedly fired head coach John MacLean. Jacques Lemaire will return to the Devils for his third stint, this time as an interim coach. Lemaire "retired" last spring after the Devils lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Philadelphia Flyers. The news, first broken by the website of CKAC...

Longtime Devil John MacLean to be Named New Head Coach

A day many thought could happen a year ago has finally arrived. The New Jersey Devils are poised to name former player John MacLean as their new head coach, according to the team's website. A press conference is set for Thursday afternoon. MacLean replaces Jacques Lemaire, who retired after one season on the job. He...

Report: Devils Down to Final Two in Coaching Search

New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello isn't in a hurry. He never really is. Lamoriello is notorious for taking his time when searching for a new coach. He's had a lot of practice at it lately, and he's looking for the right person to lead the Devils -- hopefully for more than a season or two. As the Stanley...

Jacques Lemaire News From the Web

05/23/12 Slap Shot: Remembering 1994: Q. and A. With Claude... Source: The New York Times - New York NY During the Eastern Conference finals between the Rangers and the Devils, The New York Times will revisit some of the memorable characters of the 1994 conference finals between the teams.
05/11/12 Letters to the sports editor May 12 Source: The Gazette - Montreal - QC - Canada Kudos to Pat Hickey for his Standing Pat column (Gazette, May 11, Ã¢MacLeanÃ¢s comments plain dumbÃ¢).
05/07/12 World Championships an appealing alternative to NHL... Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada Not much, really, just a few minutes of puck possession, some unrestrained creativity, even a few familiar names in the air helps.

Background on Jacques Lemaire

Jacques Gerard Lemaire (born September 7, 1945) is a former ice hockey forward for the Montreal Canadiens and a long-time coach, most notably with the New Jersey Devils and the Minnesota Wild.

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