Alain Vigneault

Who is Alain Vigneault?

Alain Vigneault is a Canadian professional hockey head coach with the New York Rangers of the NHL. Vigneault has coached the Montreal Canadiens, the Vancouver Canucks, as well as in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During his career with the Canucks, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach of the year in 2006–07 and has become the team's record holder for wins as a coach. As a team, Vancouver has won back-to-back Presidents' Trophies and made one Stanley Cup Finals appearance under Vigneault. Prior to his coaching career, Vigneault played professionally as a defenceman for six seasons in the NHL, Central Hockey League and American Hockey League. In the NHL, he played 42 games over two seasons, 1981–82 and 1982–83, for the St. Louis Blues.