Position Defence Name Sylvain Lefebvre Career start 1989 Shot Left Role Ice hockey coach Career end 2003 | NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.88 m Team Hamilton Bulldogs Playing career Weight 93 kg | |
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Born 14 October 1967 (age 56)
Richmond, QC, CAN ( 1967-10-14 ) Played for Montreal Canadiens
Toronto Maple Leafs
Quebec Nordiques
Colorado Avalanche
New York Rangers Similar People Charles Hudon, Sven Andrighetto, Gabriel Dumont, Louis Leblanc, Jarred Tinordi | ||
Hamilton bulldogs head coach sylvain lefebvre accepts the icebucketchallenge
Sylvain Jean Lefebvre (born October 14, 1967) is a retired ice hockey defenceman who played on five National Hockey League teams from 1989 to 2003. In 2012, he became the head coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League, the Montreal Canadiens' AHL affiliate. He remained with the Canadiens' owned AHL franchise as head coach when it moved to become the St. John's IceCaps in 2015 and the Laval Rocket in 2017.
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- Hamilton bulldogs head coach sylvain lefebvre accepts the icebucketchallenge
- Sylvain lefebvre tko s rob brown
- Playing career
- Retirement and coaching career
- References
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Playing career
Sylvain Lefebvre signed with the Montreal Canadiens in 1986 and made the team's roster in 1989–90 as an undrafted free agent. He played three seasons with the Habs before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a third round draft pick prior to the start of the 1992–93 season. Lefebvre played two seasons with the Leafs before being traded to the Quebec Nordiques as part of the Wendel Clark-Mats Sundin trade on June 28, 1994. Lefebvre played the next five seasons with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche before signing a four-year, $10-million US contract with the New York Rangers that secured a club-option for him to play a fifth season at $3 million in the 1999 off-season. Lefebvre's productivity decreased after several injuries, including a shattered index finger which occurred while blocking a shot. The doctor compared the injury to taking a hammer and hitting his finger until the bone is shattered into little pieces. Lefebvre's career low came in the 2002–03 season. After four years with the Rangers, Lefebvre left the NHL and decided to join old friend Sebastien Bordeleau for one season to play for the Swiss team SC Bern where he and his team won the cup. He retired shortly thereafter.
After winning the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, Lefebvre was involved in an incident that attracted media attention. As part of tradition, each player on the Stanley Cup winning team can take personal possession of the trophy for a day during the summer following the championship, a practice that has led to several misadventures. When it was his turn, Lefebvre decided to have his daughter baptized in it.
Retirement and coaching career
Lefebvre was named as assistant coach of the American Hockey League's Lake Erie Monsters. On June 4, 2009, the Colorado Avalanche announced that Lefebvre would serve as an assistant coach.
On June 13, 2012, Sylvain Lefebvre became the head coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League, the Montreal Canadiens' affiliate. The Canadiens' purchased and relocated the Bulldogs to become the second iteration of the St. John's IceCaps in 2015, keeping Lefabvre as head coach of their affiliate. In 2017, the Canadiens' AHL franchise was again on the move. becoming the Laval Rocket, taking Lefabvre with the team.
