Jacques Cloutier (born January 3, 1960) is a Canadian former professional

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who played in the

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(NHL) with the

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, and

Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques (, pronounced in Quebec French, in Canadian English; translated "Northmen" or "Northerners") were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association (1972–1979) an ...

between 1981 and 1994. He is currently an assistant coach working under

Bob Hartley Robert "Bob" Hartley (born September 7, 1960) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. He most recently served as the head coach of Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has additionally coached the Latvia men's nation ...

with

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of the

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(KHL). Internationally Cloutier played for the Canadian national team at the 1986 World Championships, winning a bronze medal.

Playing and coaching career

Selected in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft by the

, Cloutier also played for the

and

. Upon his retirement in 1994, he became goaltending coach of the Nordiques, a position he held when the franchise moved to Denver and became the

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. In 1996, he became an assistant coach for Colorado, winning the Stanley Cup in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

. He was let go by the Avalanche on June 3, 2009. He also served as an assistant coach with the

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, relieved of that position on May 3, 2016. He was the starting goaltender on the 1982–1983

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champion

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, the

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affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. In 2000, he was inducted into the Americans Hall of Fame.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

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Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
1960 births Living people Buffalo Sabres draft picks Buffalo Sabres players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Calgary Flames coaches Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Chicago Blackhawks players Colorado Avalanche coaches Quebec Nordiques players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Rochester Americans players Ice hockey people from Rouyn-Noranda Stanley Cup champions Trois-Rivières Draveurs players {{Canada-icehockey-goaltender-stub