Alain Vigneault
| Alain Vigneault | |
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Vigneault coaching a Vancouver Canucks practice in 2009
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| Born |
May 14, 1961 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Current team | New York Rangers |
| Specialty | Head coach |
| Previous team(s) |
NHL: Vancouver Canucks Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators (Assistant) AHL: Manitoba Moose QMJHL: PEI Rocket Beauport Harfangs Hull Olympiques Trois-Rivières Draveurs |
| Years as NHL player | 1981–1983 |
| Years as a coach | 1986–present |
| Years as an NHL coach | 1997–present |
Alain Vigneault (born May 14, 1961) is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Vigneault has previously coached the Montreal Canadiens and the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL, as well as in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During his career with the Canucks, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach of the year in 2006–07 and has become the team's record holder for wins as a coach. Under Vigneault, Vancouver won back-to-back Presidents' Trophies (2010–11 and 2011–12) and made one Stanley Cup Finals appearance (2011). In his first season with New York, he led the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance (2014) in 20 years.
Prior to his coaching career, Vigneault played professionally as a defenceman for six seasons in the NHL, Central Hockey League and American Hockey League (AHL). In the NHL, he played 42 games over two seasons, 1981–82 and 1982–83, for the St. Louis Blues.
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