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Article: WILD COACH JACQUES LEMAIRE; He's a long ways from Stanley; As a player and coach, Jacques Lemaire always has stayed within short reach of the Stanley Cup, until now. Lemaire's new challenge: close that gap by selling his philosophy to a first-year team.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 20, 2000
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The words "neutral-zone trap" and "no-nonsense coach" will not be carved into Jacques Lemaire's tombstone. But like long evening shadows, those labels have followed him to St. Paul and his job as the first coach of the Wild.
In 1995, Lemaire coached the New Jersey Devils to the Stanley Cup by using a bump-and-grind, defense-first game that has become the NHL standard. During coaching tenures in Montreal (1983-1985) and New Jersey (1993-98), he sometimes feuded with veteran players over his tactics or his coaching style.
Wild general manager Doug Risebrough, a teammate of Lemaire's with the Canadiens in the 1970s and a friend ever since, said Monday that ...
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