Guy Carbonneau

For other uses, see Charbonneau and Carbonneau.

For the former speaker of the Canadian Senate, see Guy Charbonneau.

Guy Carbonneau
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2019
Carbonneau in 2018
Born	(1960-03-18) March 18, 1960 Sept-Îles, Québec, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	Montreal Canadiens St. Louis Blues Dallas Stars
NHL draft	44th overall, 1979 Montreal Canadiens
Playing career	1980–2000

Joseph Harry Guy Carbonneau (born March 18, 1960) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He was also the president of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Chicoutimi Saguenéens. Carbonneau was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2019.

Playing career

Carbonneau started his hockey career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. After an impressive 182-point season with the Sagueneens, Carbonneau was drafted 44th overall in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. His strong play as a defensive forward helped the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup championship in 1985–86, followed by three Frank J. Selke Trophy wins in 1987–1988, 1988–1989, and 1991–1992. In 1989–1990, he was named the captain of the Canadiens, and led them to another Stanley Cup win in 1992–93 against Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings. On August 19, 1994, he was traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Jim Montgomery. He played there for one season before moving to the Dallas Stars. He won his third Stanley Cup in 1998–1999 with the Stars. Next season, Carbonneau and the Stars reached the Stanley Cup Finals again but this time they lost to the New Jersey Devils. Carbonneau retired shortly after that.

Carbonneau was one of the more popular Canadiens; fans chanted "Guy, Guy, Guy!" whenever he touched the puck, much as they did for Guy Lafleur (with whom Carbonneau played from 1982–1985) during his career. He was also one of the most admired Dallas Stars players. He took the ceremonial opening faceoff for the Stars when they played the Canadiens at the last game at the Montreal Forum.

Post-playing career

Carbonneau in 2007

In 2005, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League created the Guy Carbonneau Trophy (Trophée Guy Carbonneau), awarded annually to the player in the QMJHL judged to be the best defensive forward.

After serving as an assistant coach to Michel Therrien with the Canadiens from 2000 to 2002, Carbonneau moved back to the Dallas Stars where he worked as an assistant general manager, until his return to Montreal in January 2006.

On January 14, 2006, Carbonneau became the Montreal Canadiens associate coach, as Claude Julien was fired and GM Bob Gainey assumed the role of interim head coach. Carbonneau became head coach, after the Canadiens were eliminated from the playoffs. He was the 28th coach of the Montreal team.

On April 30, 2008, he was named a candidate for the Jack Adams Award awarded to the best head coach of the year, but lost by 12 points to Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau.

On March 9, 2009, he was fired as the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens with 16 games left. He was replaced by general manager Bob Gainey.

On September 17, 2009, Carbonneau became an analyst for CBC Sports Hockey Night in Canada. He left CBC after the 2009–2010 season and joined Réseau des sports as an analyst. He also appeared in the first season (2010) of La série Montréal-Québec as the head coach for the Montreal team.

On February 7, 2011, Carbonneau became head coach of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, the team he co-owns. He resigned in July 2011.

On June 25, 2019, Carbonneau was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Awards and achievements

• Selected to the QMJHL Second All-Star Team in 1980.
• Frank J. Selke Trophy winner in 1988, 1989, and 1992.
• Stanley Cup champion in 1986, 1993, and 1999.
• Coach, Canadian national team, Maccabiah tournament 2017, Gold medal winner.
• Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame 2019.

Career statistics

Playing career

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1976–1977	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL		59	9	20	29	8		4	1	0	1	0
1977–1978	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL		70	28	55	83	60		—	—	—	—	—
1978–1979	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL		72	62	79	141	47		4	2	1	3	4
1979–1980	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL		72	72	110	182	6		12	9	15	24	28
1979–1980	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		2	1	1	2	2
1980–1981	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		2	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1980–1981	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL		78	35	53	88	87		6	1	3	4	9
1981–1982	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL		77	27	67	94	124		9	2	7	9	8
1982–1983	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		77	18	29	47	68		3	0	0	0	2
1983–1984	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		78	24	30	54	75		15	4	3	7	12
1984–1985	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		79	23	34	57	43		12	4	3	7	8
1985–1986	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		80	20	36	56	57		20	7	5	12	35
1986–1987	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		79	18	27	45	68		17	3	8	11	20
1987–1988	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		80	17	21	38	61		11	0	4	4	2
1988–1989	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		79	26	30	56	44		21	4	5	9	10
1989–1990	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		68	19	36	55	37		11	2	3	5	6
1990–1991	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		78	20	24	44	63		13	1	5	6	10
1991–1992	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		72	18	21	39	39		11	1	1	2	6
1992–1993	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		61	4	13	17	20		20	3	3	6	10
1993–1994	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		79	14	24	38	48		7	1	3	4	4
1994–1995	St. Louis Blues	NHL		42	5	11	16	16		7	1	2	3	6
1995–1996	Dallas Stars	NHL		71	8	15	23	38		—	—	—	—	—
1996–1997	Dallas Stars	NHL		73	5	16	21	36		7	0	1	1	6
1997–1998	Dallas Stars	NHL		77	7	17	24	40		16	3	1	4	6
1998–1999	Dallas Stars	NHL		74	4	12	16	31		17	2	4	6	6
1999–2000	Dallas Stars	NHL		69	10	6	16	36		23	2	4	6	12
NHL totals				1318	260	403	663	820		231	38	55	93	161

Coaching career

Team	Year	Regular season						Post season
		G	W	L	OTL	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win %	Result
Montreal Canadiens	2006–2007	82	42	34	6	90	4th in Northeast	–	–	–	Missed playoffs
	2007–2008	82	47	25	10	104	1st in Northeast	5	7	45	W 4–3 over BOS L 4–1 to PHI
	2008–2009	66	35	24	7	77	2nd in Northeast (93 pts)	–	–	–	(Fired before end of season)
Total		230	124	83	23	271		5	7	45

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Genealogy : Guy Carbonneau