| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 170 |
| Played For: | Montreal Canadiens Detroit Red Wings Kansas City Scouts Washington Capitals |
| Ntl Team: | Canada |
| Birth Date: | January 24, 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Verdun, Quebec, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1969 |
| Career End: | 1983 |
Guy Joseph Jean Charron (born January 24, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and coach. He played in the NHL from 1969 to 1981, and he was an assistant coach with five NHL teams from 1990 to 2008. He served brief stints as a head coach with the Calgary Flames in 1992 and with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim during the 2000–01 season. He later served as the head coach of the WHL's Kamloops Blazers from 2010 to 2013. Charron briefly was the commissioner of the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League in 2018.[1] [2]
Originally a product of the Montreal Canadiens' system, Charron played twenty games with the Canadiens before he was traded during the middle of the 1970–71 NHL season to the Detroit Red Wings in the monster deal that sent Frank Mahovlich to Montreal. He played with the Red Wings until he was traded to the expansion Kansas City Scouts in 1974. Prior to the 1976–77 NHL season, Charron signed as a free agent with the Washington Capitals, where he played until his retirement following the 1980–81 NHL season. He served as the Capitals' captain during the 1978–79 season. Despite playing in 734 NHL regular season games, he never appeared in a single playoff game, which was an NHL record until Olli Jokinen broke it early in the 2008–09 season.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1966–67 | Verdun Maple Leafs | MMJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Verdun Maple Leafs | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1967–68 | Verdun Maple Leafs | MMJHL | 42 | 29 | 36 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Verdun Maple Leafs | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 6 | ||
| 1968–69 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | OHA-Jr. | 50 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 6 | ||
| 1968–69 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 1969–70 | Montreal Voyageurs | AHL | 65 | 37 | 45 | 82 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1969–70 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Montreal Voyageurs | AHL | 23 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 64 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 75 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 76 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 26 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Kansas City Scouts | NHL | 51 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Kansas City Scouts | NHL | 78 | 27 | 44 | 71 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 80 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 80 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 80 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 33 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 47 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | EHC Arosa | NDA | 36 | 17 | 27 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| NHL totals | 734 | 221 | 309 | 530 | 146 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Canada | WC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1978 | Canada | WC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1979 | Canada | WC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Senior totals | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Team | Year | Post season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Division rank | Result | ||
| Calgary Flames | 1991–92 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | - | (74) | 5th in Smythe | Missed Playoffs |
| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 2000–01 | 49 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 2 | (66) | 5th in Pacific | Missed Playoffs |
| Total | 65 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Season | Team | League | Type | G | W | L | T | OTL | Pct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91 | Calgary Flames | NHL | Assistant coach | |||||||
| 1991–92 | Calgary Flames | NHL | Assistant coach1 | |||||||
| 1992–93 | Calgary Flames | NHL | Assistant coach | |||||||
| 1993–94 | Calgary Flames | NHL | Assistant coach | |||||||
| 1994–95 | Calgary Flames | NHL | Assistant coach | |||||||
| 1995–96 | New York Islanders | NHL | Assistant coach | |||||||
| 1998–99 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | Head coach | 82 | 34 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 0.415 | |
| 1999–00 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | Head coach | 82 | 51 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0.622 | |
| 2001–02 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | Assistant coach | |||||||
| 2002–03 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | Assistant coach | |||||||