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For the Canadian politician see Pierre Gauthier (Canadian politician)

Pierre Gauthier
Born
Pierre Gauthier

(1953-05-28) May 28, 1953 (age 71)
Montreal, Quebec
OccupationFormer General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens

Pierre Gauthier (born May 28, 1953) is a former General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens[1], Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Ottawa Senators.

Hockey career

Gauthier started out in the NHL working for the Quebec Nordiques in various scouting roles from 1981 to 1993.[1]

He has also served Canada in international hockey, managing the 1996 and 1997 world championship teams and assisting in the 1998 Canadian Olympic squad.[1]

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Ottawa Senators

From 1993 to 1995, he was the Assistant general manager for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He left this position in 1995 to become the third general manager of the Ottawa Senators, signing a five-year contract. His time with Ottawa coincided with a turnaround in the team's fortunes. After the 1997–98 season he left his contract early, citing family issues, saying he would take time off to explore life away from hockey. Seventeen days later he was re-hired by the Ducks where he served as president and general manager.[1][2] He was fired in 2002 after Anaheim missed the playoffs for three consecutive seasons.

Montreal Canadiens

On July 21, 2003, Gauthier joined the Montreal Canadiens as Director of Professional Scouting. On July 24, 2006, he was named Assistant General Manager while keeping the responsibilities attached to professional scouting. On February 8, 2010, he was named Vice President and General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens.[3]

Gauthier had a very controversial year as the Canadiens general manager in 2011-2012. Gauthier fired the team coach Jacques Martin mid-season with the team slumping.[4] Martin's replacement, Randy Cunneyworth, was chosen by Gauthier as the interim coach. Cunneyworth does not speak French, and this decision was much scrutinized by the Montreal media. There was outrage and protest among some Canadiens fans.[5][6]

On March 29th, 2012, the Montreal Canadiens announced Gauthier had been relieved of his duties as general manager of the team.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Montreal Canadiens Team – Montréal Canadiens – Team". Montreal Canadiens. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  2. ^ TEAFORD, ELLIOTT (October 6, 1998). "Rebuilding Project". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  3. ^ "Gauthier named General Manager". Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club. 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  4. ^ The Globe and Mail. Toronto http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/habs-fire-coach-jacques-martin/article2275053. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Hundreds+protest+against+unilingual+Canadiens+coach/5962487/story.html
  6. ^ http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/01/04/canadiens-doing-randy-cunneyworth-no-favours-in-language-scuffle/ 
 7: www.legrandclub.ca/blogues
Preceded by General Manager of the Ottawa Senators
1995–98 		Succeeded by
Preceded by General Manager of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1998–2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens
2010–2012 		Succeeded by
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