Stéphane Yvon Quintal (born October 22, 1968) is a

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former professional

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player who played in the

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(NHL) for 16 seasons. He served as senior vice president of player safety for the NHL from 2014 to 2016. Married to Véronique Dea, father of Jézabel Quintal, Kenzo Quintal and Alexie Quintal.

Playing career

Quintal played 16 NHL seasons before retiring as a player in August 2005. He had been the last

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player to wear number 5 before the Canadiens retired it in honour of Bernie "Boom-Boom" Geoffrion. Quintal joined the Department of Player Safety, one of the NHL's disciplinary arms, at its creation at the opening of the 2011–12 season. The head of the department was initially

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, who left his position after the completion of the 2013–14 regular season to become president of the

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. At the time, Quintal became the head of the department on an interim basis. On September 8, 2014, the NHL named Quintal the permanent head of the department with the title of senior vice president of player safety. Quintal continued Shanahan's practice of releasing videos explaining his rulings on plays that were sent to the league office for review. However, he only narrated French-language videos for incidents involving the Canadiens or

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, a practice dating to when Shanahan ran the department. All other videos were narrated by a deputy, Patrick Burke. He held the post until 2016, when he was succeeded by

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Director of Player Safety

After taking over the job from

on April 11, 2014, Quintal was quickly faced with a repeat offender in the form of

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forward

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. Cooke had kneed

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defenseman

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during round one of the 2014 playoffs, ending his season. Cooke received a 7-game suspension and returned for round two of the playoffs.

Transactions

*February 7, 1992: Traded by the

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, along with

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, to the

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in exchange for

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. *September 24, 1993: Traded by the St. Louis Blues, along with

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, to the

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in exchange for

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. *July 8, 1995: Traded by the Winnipeg Jets to the

in exchange for Montreal's 1995 2nd round draft choice. *July 13, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the

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. *October 5, 2000: Claimed on waivers by the

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from the New York Rangers. *June 23, 2001: Traded by the Chicago Blackhawks to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Montreal's 2001 4th round draft choice. *June 27, 2004: Traded by the Montreal Canadiens to the

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in exchange for future considerations.

Awards and achievements

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First All-Star Team (1987)

References

External links

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