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Remembering Jacques Lemaire, hockey player

Bruce McCurdy Apr 29 2010, 11:24a

Jacques Lemaire is (in)famous to modern hockey fans as a coach, but back in the day he was a pretty fair hockey player.

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And there are other people who go to study the game, to see who’s doing his job and who isn’t. I like to think those people appreciated me…

— Jonathan Willis reflects on Jacques Lemaire's latest retirement

Jonathan Willis May 13 2009, 11:00p

The always quotable Jacques Lemaire deflates Willie Mitchell's ego and reminds us all a fundamental truth about scoring chances.