Jacques Joseph Caron (born April 21, 1940) is a Canadian former
ice hockey
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player and
coach
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. He played 72 games in the
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...
with the
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent ...
,
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the ...
, and
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...
between 1967 and 1974, and 26 games in the
World Hockey Association
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with the
Cleveland Crusaders
The Cleveland Crusaders were a professional ice hockey team from Cleveland. They played in the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1976. Their home ice was the Cleveland Arena from 1972 to 1974, and the Richfield Coliseum from 1974 to 1976.
...
and
Cincinnati Stingers
The Cincinnati Stingers were an ice hockey team based in Cincinnati that played in the World Hockey Association from 1975 to 1979 and in the Central Hockey League during the 1979–80 season. Their home arena was Riverfront Coliseum. They are ...
between 1975 and 1977. After his playing career he worked as an assistant coach with the
Hartford Whalers
The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its existence in Hartford, Connecticut. The club played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 until 1978–79 WHA season, 1979, and in the ...
, and then the goaltending coach and special assignment coach with the
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The club was founded as the Kans ...
from 1993 to 2017. With New Jersey he won the
Stanley Cup three times.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
See also
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List of New Jersey Devils head coaches
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1940 births
Living people
Binghamton Whalers players
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Charlotte Checkers (EHL) players
Cincinnati Stingers players
Cleveland Crusaders players
Denver Spurs (WHL) players
Hartford Whalers coaches
Ice hockey people from Quebec
Los Angeles Kings players
New Jersey Devils coaches
St. Louis Blues players
Sportspeople from Rouyn-Noranda
Springfield Falcons players
Stanley Cup champions
Syracuse Eagles players
Toronto Maple Leafs coaches
Vancouver Canucks players
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