Stéphane Quintal
| Stéphane Quintal | |||
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| Born |
October 22, 1968 Boucherville, QC, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 230 lb (100 kg; 16 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
AHL Maine Mariners NHL Boston Bruins St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers Chicago Blackhawks Serie A HC Asiago |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 14th overall, 1987 Boston Bruins |
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| Playing career | 1988–2005 | ||
Stéphane Yvon Quintal (born October 22, 1968) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for 16 seasons. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Player Safety for the NHL.
Quintal played 16 NHL seasons before retiring in August 2005. He was the only member of the Canadiens never to miss a game in 1998–99. He had been the last player to wear number 5 before the Canadiens retired it in honour of Bernard "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion. He retired in 2004.
Quintal joined the Department of Player Safety, one of the NHL's disciplinary arms, at its creation at the opening of the 2011-12 NHL season. The head of the department was initially Brendan Shanahan, who left his position after the completion of the 2013-14 regular season to become president of the Toronto Maple Leafs. At the time, Quintal became the head of the Department of Player Safety on an interim basis. On September 8, 2014, the NHL announced that Quintal's position would be permanent and that he would carry the title Senior Vice President of Player Safety. While Quintal continued the practice of releasing videos explaining his rulings on plays that were sent to the league office for review, he only narrates French-language videos for incidents involving the Canadiens or Ottawa Senators. All other videos are narrated by a deputy, Patrick Burke.
After taking over the job from Brendan Shanahan on April 11, 2014, Quintal was quickly faced with a repeat offender in the form of Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cooke. Cooke had kneed Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie during round one of the 2014 playoffs, ending his season. Cooke received a 7-game suspension and returned for round two of the playoffs.
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