Ron Lapointe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey coach
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Ron Lapointe
- Ron Lapointe (November 12, 1949 – March 23, 1992) was a Canadian ice hockey coach. Lapointe grew up in Verdun, Quebec.
- He was a product of the junior league QMJHL and served as a head coach of the Shawinigan Cataractes.
- He later worked as an assistant on the staffs of the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals.
- Lapointe also led the Fredericton Express of the American Hockey League.[1] He was named interim head coach of the Quebec Nordiques halfway through the 1987–88 NHL season.
- After an 11–20–2 start in the 1988–89 season, Lapointe was forced to resign because of a kidney tumor.
- Lapointe then spent two seasons as the coach of the minor league Milwaukee Admirals before health problems forced him to resign.
- He later took a job as a scout with the Vancouver Canucks.
- [2] [3] His total NHL coaching record was 33–50–6.
- He died at age 42 on March 23, 1992, after a three-year battle with kidney cancer.
- The Ron Lapointe Trophy is named in his honour, and awarded to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Coach of the Year.
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