Joel Quenneville is one of the most accomplished coaches in the history of the NHL. He has directed the Chicago Blackhawks to two Stanley Cup triumphs and ranks third on the all-time regular-season victory list (706) among head coaches, trailing only Hall of Famers Scotty Bowman and Al Arbour.
While it seems like Quenneville has been an NHL coach forever, that's not the case. At one time he was an NHL defenseman who played with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers and Washington Capitals.
He spent seven of those seasons with the long-departed Whalers and developed a great rapport with former Whalers great Kevin Dineen during his time in Connecticut.
The two have remained friends for many years, and Dineen was brought in earlier this summer to fill the open assistant coach position created when the respected Jamie Kompon left to become head coach of the Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks.
Quenneville had a solid working relationship with Kompon and did not want to lose him, but he is enthused about bringing Dineen aboard. Quenneville alluded to the ...
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The Whale Tale of Chicago Blackhawks Coaches Joel Quenneville and Kevin Dineen
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