Ron Lapointe was a Canadian 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...

 coach. He was named interim head coach of the Quebec Nordiques

Quebec Nordiques

The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...

 half way through the 1987–88 NHL season. After an 11–20–2 start in the 1988–89 season, Lapointe was fired. His total NHL coaching record was 33–50–6. He was born in Verdun, Quebec. He died at age 42 on March 23, 1992, after a three year battle with kidney cancer. The Ron Lapointe Trophy

Ron Lapointe Trophy

The Ron Lapointe Trophy is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to the "Coach of the Year." The award is named for Ron Lapointe.-Winners:...

 is named in his honour, and awarded to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...

's Coach of the Year.

Coaching record

Team

|Regular Season

QUE Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...

1987–88

56

22

30

4

(69)

5th in Adams

(Interim)

QUE Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...

1988–89

34

11

20

2

(61)

5th in Adams

(Fired)

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