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Article: Wild GM: Coach's choice was surprise; Jacques Lemaire's announcement shocked Doug Risebrough, who didn't expect it right at season's end.(SPORTS)(SID HARTMAN)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 13, 2009
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Byline: SID HARTMAN; STAFF WRITER
It should not have been a surprise to see Jacques Lemaire step down as Wild coach. He did it before in Montreal after the 1984-85 season, and after the 1997-98 season at New Jersey, when he led the Devils to the Stanley Cup in 1994-95.
But Wild president Doug Risebrough said he was surprised in the way Lemaire quit, telling the Wild beat writers after a season-ending victory in Columbus that he wasn't coming back next season.
Risebrough expected that he and Lemaire would wait a couple of weeks, then have a meeting as they have done after other seasons.
"I did not know Jacques was going to quit; he did ...