Jacques Lemaire
Jacques Lemaire was born on September 7, 1945. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Jacques Lemaire
Jacques Gérard Lemaire (born September 7, 1945) is a Canadian former ice hockey forward and head coach who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984. He spent his entire twelve-year National Hockey League (NHL) playing career with the Montreal Canadiens (1967–1979) and was a part of eight Stanley Cup championship teams in 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979. When he retired, he was the first player to have played at least ten seasons and recorded a 20-goal season each time. In 2017, Lemaire was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players. Lemaire was an NHL head coach for seventeen seasons with the Canadiens (1983–1985), New Jersey Devils (1993–1998, 2009–2011) and Minnesota Wild (2000–2009). One of 24 coaches with 600 wins (as of 2025), Lemaire led the Devils to their first Stanley Cup in the 1994–95 season. After retiring at the end of the 2010–11 NHL season, Lemaire accepted a position as special assignment coach for the Devils. He most recently worked as a special assignment coach for the New York Islanders, a position he previously held with the Toronto Maple Leafs.