Alain Vigneault

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alain Vigneault
Occupation	Hockey Coach
Date Of Birth	May 14, 1961(1961-05-14)
Age	63
Birthplace	Quebec City
Country	Canada
Birth City	Quebec City
Horoscope	Taurus

Alain Vigneault Biography

Alain Vigneault is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Coach who was born on May 14, 1961 in Quebec City, Quebec City, Canada. NHL head coach who set the Vancouver Canucks record as the all-time winningest coach before leaving to join the New York Rangers in 2013.

He coached Ryan Kesler on the Vancouver Canucks from 2004 to 2013.

As a youth, Vigneault played in the 1973 and 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Hull, Quebec, and then a team from East Ottawa.

Vigneault played as a defenceman in the QMJHL for four seasons, beginning in 1977–78 with the Hull Olympiques. He recorded 11 goals and 46 points over 59 games as a rookie, before improving to 13 goals and 54 points over 72 games to rank fifth in team scoring the following season. In his third QMJHL season, Vigneault was traded from Hull to the Trois Rivieres Draveurs. Between the two teams, he accumulated a junior career-high 64 points (11 goals and 53 assists) over 63 games. The following season, his fourth and final in the QMJHL, he tallied seven goals and 62 points over 67 games, before adding four goals and ten points in 19 playoff games. His efforts helped the Draveurs to the QMJHL Finals, where they were defeated four-games-to-one by the Cornwall Royals.

He has two daughters, Andreane and Janie, with his ex-wife.

Alain Vigneault Net Worth

Alain Vigneault is one of the richest Hockey Coach from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alain Vigneault 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was drafted in the 1981 NHL draft and played in the QMJHL and CHL before starting his coaching career in 1997.

He earned his first Jack Adams Award, as the NHL’s coach of the year, with the Canucks in 2007.

Alain Vigneault (born May 14, 1961) is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Vigneault has previously coached the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, and the New York Rangers in the NHL, as well as in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During his career with the Canucks, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top coach of the year in 2006–07 and has become the team’s record holder for wins as a coach. Under Vigneault, Vancouver won back- to-back Presidents’ Trophies (2010–11 and 2011–12) and made one Stanley Cup Finals appearance (2011). In his first season with New York, he led the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance (2014) in 20 years.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Alain Vigneault Dating?

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After a full season with the Harfangs in 1996–97, Vigneault began his second stint in the NHL and his first as a head coach, with the Montreal Canadiens. Becoming the 20th coach in the history of the Original Six team, he replaced Mario Tremblay. After winning the Stanley Cup in 1993, the team had not advanced past the first round of the playoffs in the four years since. In his first season with the Canadiens, he coached the team to a regular season record of 37 wins, 32 losses and 13 ties to rank fourth in the Northeast Division. They then advanced to the second round with a four-games-to-two series victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, before being swept in four games by the Buffalo Sabres. The following season, however, the Canadiens failed to make the playoffs with a 32–39–11 record.

Facts & Trivia

Alain Ranked on the list of most popular Hockey Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Alain Vigneault celebrates birthday on May 14 of every year.

Following his tenure with the Canadiens, he spent two-and-a-half years inactive as a coach. In 2003–04, he was hired to coach the Prince Edward Island Rocket. That season, he coached them to a 40–19–5 record and a second- round appearance in the playoff.

What happened to Alain Vigneault?

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Alain Vigneault on Monday following eight straight losses , two shy of matching a team record of 10 in a row, and with the franchise far from ending a 47-year Stanley Cup drought.

Is Alain Vigneault still coaching?

Alain Vigneault
Coaching career| 1986–present

What nationality is Alain Vigneault?

Canadian

Who is the Flyers new head coach?

After replacing former head coach Alain Vigneault on Dec. 6, Mike Yeo is out as Flyers interim coach, general manager Chuck Fletcher announced on Tuesday at his end-of-season news conference. Yeo, 48, led the Flyers to a 17-36-7 record as interim coach.

Who did the Flyers just fire?

The Philadelphia Flyers have fired coach Alain Vigneault following eight straight losses. The Flyers’ latest loss was a 7-1 defeat by Tampa Bay on Sunday night that sealed Vigneault’s fate. Assistant coach Michel Therrien was also fired. Mike Yeo was named interim coach.