Jacques Cloutier
Cloutier in 2014
Born (1960-01-03) January 3, 1960
Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
Chicago Blackhawks
Quebec Nordiques
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 55th overall, 1979
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 19801994

Jacques Cloutier (born January 3, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, and Quebec Nordiques between 1981 and 1994. He is currently an assistant coach working under Bob Hartley with Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[1] Internationally Cloutier played for the Canadian national team at the 1986 World Championships, winning a bronze medal.

Playing and coaching career

Medal record
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Soviet Union

Selected in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres, Cloutier also played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Quebec Nordiques. Upon his retirement in 1994, he became goaltending coach of the Nordiques, a position he held when the franchise moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche. In 1996, he became an assistant coach for Colorado, winning the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2001. He was let go by the Avalanche on June 3, 2009. He also served as an assistant coach with the Calgary Flames, relieved of that position on May 3, 2016.[2]

He was the starting goaltender on the 1982–1983 Calder Cup champion Rochester Americans, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. In 2000, he was inducted into the Americans Hall of Fame.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPWLTMINGASOGAASV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1976–77 Trois-Rivieres Draveurs QMJHL 24117211099305.03.862
1977–78 Trois-Rivieres Draveurs QMJHL 7146177413424043.48.879 131217794013.08.878
1977–78 Trois-Rivieres Draveurs M-Cup 4132401804.50.874
1978–79 Trois-Rivieres Draveurs QMJHL 725886416821843.14.877 131217803602.77.9901
1978–79 Trois-Rivieres Draveurs M-Cup 4222401303.25.914
1979–80 Trois-Rivieres Draveurs QMJHL 5527207322223124.30.869 7344203304.71.850
1980–81 Rochester Americans AHL 6127276347820913.61.883
1981–82 Buffalo Sabres NHL 75103101302.52.916
1981–82 Rochester Americans AHL 23147213666402.81
1982–83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 25107613888103.50.858
1982–83 Rochester Americans AHL 137316344203.97.870 161249924702.84
1983–84 Rochester Americans AHL 5126221284117213.63 189911456803.56
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 100165403.69.892
1984–85 Rochester Americans AHL 1410218033602.69.910
1985–86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 155918684813.32.887
1985–86 Rochester Americans AHL 1410228353812.73.918
1986–87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 4011195215713603.78.869
1987–88 Buffalo Sabres NHL 204828486704.75.850
1988–89 Buffalo Sabres NHL 3615140178610803.63.874 4132391012.52.907
1988–89 Rochester Americans AHL 112705274104.67.847
1989–90 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 4318152217911223.09.879 402176802.74.893
1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 102304032403.58.863
1990–91 Quebec Nordiques NHL 153828306104.41.884
1991–92 Quebec Nordiques NHL 26614313458803.93.876
1992–93 Quebec Nordiques NHL 30211551003.89.846
1993–94 Quebec Nordiques NHL 143214762403.03.897
NHL totals 255821022412,80477633.64.874 8154141812.61.901

International

Year Team Event GPWLTMINGASOGAASV%
1986 Canada WC 52981503.02
Senior totals 52981503.02

References

  1. "Bob Hartley nommé entraîneur en KHL". RDS.ca (in French). May 27, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  2. Anderson, Kristen (April 18, 2018). "Summing up Glen Gulutzan's time with the Calgary Flames". Calgary Sun. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  3. "Rochester Americans: Team". Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
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