List of Quebec Nordiques head coaches facts for kids

The Quebec Nordiques were an ice hockey team who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). This is a list of the head coaches they had during their existence. The franchise moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1995, and became the Colorado Avalanche.

Michel Bergeron coached the most games and won the most points all-time with the Nordiques, with 634 games and 616 points. Maurice Filion and Michel Bergeron were the only coaches to have three terms with the Nordiques. Marc Crawford was the only Nordiques coach to win the Jack Adams Award.

Key

#	Number of coaches
GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
T	Ties
Pts	Points
*	Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Nordiques

WHA coaches

#	Name	Term	Regular season					Playoffs			Awards won	Reference
			GC	W	L	T	Pts	GC	W	L
1	Maurice Richard	1972–1973
2	Maurice Filion	1972–1973
3	Jacques Plante	1973–1974
4	Jean-Guy Gendron	1974–1976
5	Marc Boileau	1976–1978
–	Maurice Filion	1977–1978

NHL coaches

#	Name	Term	Regular season					Playoffs			Awards won	Reference
			GC	W	L	T	Pts	GC	W	L
1	Jacques Demers	1979–1980	80	25	44	11	61	—	—	—
2	Michel Bergeron	1980–1981	74	29	29	16	74	5	2	3
3	Maurice Filion*	1981	6	1	3	2	4	—	—	—
–	Michel Bergeron	1981–1987	480	224	193	63	511	63	29	34
4	Andre Savard*	1987	24	10	13	1	21	—	—	—
5	Ron Lapointe*	1987–1989	89	33	50	6	72	—	—	—
6	Jean Perron	1989	47	16	26	5	37	—	—	—
–	Michel Bergeron	1989–1990	80	12	61	7	31	—	—	—
7	Dave Chambers*	1990–1991	98	19	64	15	53	—	—	—
8	Pierre Page	1991–1994	230	98	103	30	225	6	2	4
9	Marc Crawford	1994–1995	48	30	13	5	65	—	—	—	1995 Jack Adams Award winner

• A running total of the number of coaches of the Nordiques. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• Maurice Filion's six games coached with the Nordiques were in the middle of the season, not in the end of the season.

Related pages

• List of NHL head coaches
• Head Coaches of the Colorado Avalanche