Adolphe Lecours
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Adolphe Lecourswas a Canadian
Canada
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 sports executive.

Lecours was the president of the L'Association athletique d'amateurs le National in 1910 when the Club Athletique-Canadien, owned George Kennedy
George Kennedy (sports promoter)
George Washington Kendall , known professionally as George Kennedy, was a Canadian sports promoter best known as the owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team from 1910 to 1921. Kennedy was a wrestler himself and after the end of his wrestling career turned to wrestling promotion...

 purchased the Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team. Lecours became the second head coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...

 of the Montreal Canadiens. He coached the team for only the one season 1910–11
1910–11 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1910–1911 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's second season and also the second season of the National Hockey Association . The club would improve to a 8–8 record, second in the league. It was the first season for Georges Vezina and he would lead the league in Goals Against Average with a...

. His record that one year was 8-8-0. He demanded a raise in pay and was replaced by Napoleon Dorval
Napoléon Dorval
Napoleon Dorval was the third head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, following Adolphe Lecours. He coached the team for the 1911-12 season and the 1912-13 season. His record for those two seasons was 17-21-0.-References:...

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