Pierre Dorion Jr. (born July 6, 1972) is a Canadian former professional

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executive. He served as a scout for the

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and

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before serving as the

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of the

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(

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) from 2016 to 2023.

Career

Dorion was an amateur scout for the

for eleven years until 2005. He then joined the

as a scout of amateur teams. Dorion joined the

in July 2007 as chief amateur scout. In 2009, he was named director of player personnel. In 2014, Dorion and Randy Lee were both named assistant general managers after general manager Bryan Murray's nephew

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left his assistant general manager position to become the general manager of the

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. On April 10, 2016, Bryan Murray announced that he would be stepping down as the Senators' general manager and that Dorion would succeed him. Murray remained with the team as a senior advisor through the 2016–17 season up until his death in August 2017. Lee remained as assistant general manager. On February 10, 2018, the Senators announced that they signed Dorion to a three-year contract extension. At the end of that contract, Dorion agreed to a three-year extension on September 7, 2021. Dorion was fired as Senators' general manager on November 1, 2023, after the team was forced by the

to forfeit a first-round draft pick as punishment for their role in a voided trade between the

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and

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. Dorion had traded forward

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to Las Vegas in 2021 but failed to provide the Golden Knights with the player's 10-team no-trade list, a list which included the Anaheim Ducks. Las Vegas subsequently traded Dadonov to the Ducks at the 2022 NHL trade deadline, but the trade was rejected by the NHL due to Anaheim being on the player's valid no-trade list. Upon Dorion's firing,

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, the Senators' president of hockey operations, was named the team's interim general manager.

Personal life

Dorion has two children from a previous marriage. Dorion's father was also an ice hockey executive, having worked for the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau during the 1980s, spent a year as an assistant general manager in

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with North Bay, and was the head scout for the

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from 1990 until his death from a heart attack in 1994.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorion, Pierre 1972 births Living people Montreal Canadiens scouts New York Rangers scouts Ottawa Senators general managers Ice hockey people from Ottawa