List of Quebec Nordiques head coaches explained

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.^[1]

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			Results
			GC	W	L	T	Pts	GC	W	L
1			2	1	1	0	2	—	—	—	Resigned after 2 games
2			76	32	39	5	69	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
3			78	38	36	4	80	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
4			159	96	59	4	196	20	12	8	Lost 1975 Avco Cup Finals to Winnipeg
5			140	74	61	5	153	17	12	5	Avco World Trophy (1977) Fired midway through the 1977 season
–	Maurice Filion		21	13	7	1	27	11	5	6	Interim coach
6			80	41	34	5	87	4	0	4	Lost in First Round

NHL coaches

	Name	Term	Regular season					Playoffs			Awards won	Reference
			GC	W	L	T	Pts	GC	W	L
1	Jacques Demers		80	25	44	11	61	—	—	—		^[2]
2	Maurice Filion	1980	6	1	3	2	4	—	—	—		^[3]
3	Michel Bergeron	1980–1987	554	253	222	79	585	68	31	37		^[4]
4	Andre Savard	1987	24	10	13	1	21	—	—	—		^[5]
5	Ron Lapointe		89	33	50	6	72	—	—	—		^[6]
6	Jean Perron		47	16	26	5	37	—	—	—		^[7]
–	Michel Bergeron		80	12	61	7	31	—	—	—
7	Dave Chambers	1990–1991	98	19	64	15	53	—	—	—		^[8]
8	Pierre Page	1991–1994	230	98	103	30	225	6	2	4		^[9]
9	Marc Crawford		48	30	13	5	65	6	2	4	1995 Jack Adams Award winner	^[10]

See also

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

Notes

• 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 started the season as Nordiques' coach but resigned six games into the 1980–81 season in favour of Michel Bergeron.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jack Adams Award. 2008-05-13. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. NHL.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080706102444/http://www.nhl.com/trophies/adams.html. 2008-07-06.
2. Web site: Jacques Demers Coaching Record. 2008-07-19. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.
3. Web site: Maurice Filion Coaching Record. 2008-07-19. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.
4. Web site: Michel Bergeron Coaching Record. 2008-07-19. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.
5. Web site: Andre Savard Coaching Record. 2008-07-19. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.
6. Web site: Ron Lapointe Coaching Record. 2008-07-19. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.
7. Web site: Jean Perron Coaching Record. 2008-07-19. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.
8. Web site: Dave Chambers Coaching Record. 2008-07-19. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.
9. Web site: Pierre Page Coaching Record. 2008-07-19. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.
10. Web site: Marc Crawford Coaching Record. 2008-07-19. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.
11. News: Bergeron named Nordiques' coach after Filion resigns. The Gazette. Montreal. 1980-10-21. 2015-10-06.