About Joel Quenneville Memorabilia & Collectibles
Affectionately known to fans and other players as “Coach Q” or “Q Stache,” Joel Norman Quenneville is Chicago Blackhawks team’s coach for the professional ice hockey. As a former defenceman for ice hockey, Quenneville was also a former head coach the Colorado Avalanche as well as the St. Louis Blues. He was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on September 15, 1958.
Quenneville spends a huge number of years in his career as ice hockey coach ever since Toronto Maple Leafs drafted him as player in the Entry Draft for NHL in 1978. For the following years, he played and coached for different teams including OHA Windsor Spitfires, Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, AHL New Brunswick Hawks, Colorado Rockies, Washington Capitals, Hartford Whalers, AHL St. John’s Maple Leafs, and AHL Baltimore Skipjacks.
Quenneville has many awards attached to his name, including winning the Jack Adams Award during the 1999-2000 NHL season with the Blues, the Stanley Cup in 1996 as Avalanche’s assistant coach. A poor start in the 8th season for the Blues resulted to Quenneville’s being fired as assistant coach.
Quenneville is one of those few NHL coaches who hold a record of coaching 750 career games. In fact, he was one of only seven coaches who reached 400th coach wins. September of 2008 saw Quenneville working as a pro scout for the Chicago Blackhawks and later on promoted as head coach.
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