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Article: WILD: STRETCH DRIVE; Lemaire has milestone victory in his sights; A "stickler for fundamentals," the Wild's Jacques Lemaire quietly is closing in on career coaching victory No. 500.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 2, 2008
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Byline: KENT YOUNGBLOOD; STAFF WRITER
Mention the past and Jacques Lemaire will wince, as though he's in pain. Talk about personal accomplishment and he will almost literally push you away. Bring up the fact that he's on the threshold of another milestone?
A shrug of the shoulders.
"One day I'll do it," he said. "I'll get together everything, what everyone said, what I did. I'll put it on the wall and sit there when I'm about 72. I'll look at it and think, `Oh, I was OK.'"
More than OK. A victory in one of the Wild's final two games will give Lemaire, 62, his 500th career coaching victory. It will tie him for 11th in league history, ...