Quebec Hockey Summit

Molson Export Quebec Hockey Summit Panelists

Richard Trottier is director of officiating for the QMJHL. Trottier spent 10 seasons as an NHL referee and 12 seasons in the QMJHL as an official. He was an official at the 2001 NHL All-Star game in Denver. He was inducted into the QMJHL Hall of Fame in 2009.
Luc Robitaille played 19 seasons in the NHL after being drafted by the L.A. Kings in the ninth round, (171st in total) in1984. He also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings, where he won the Stanley Cup in 2002. In 2009, Robitaille was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Blair Mackasey is the Director of Player Personnal for the Minnesota Wild. Mackasey, joined the Wild from Hockey Canada, where he was named Head Scout in June of 2002 and was later named Director of Player Personnel in July of 2005. While with Hockey Canada, he was responsible for all player evaluation and player selections for Canada's National Junior Team Development and Selection Camps as well as Canada's Men's Under-18 Program.
Marc Denis was a former first round NHL pick who spent 12 seasons in the NHL with Colorado, Columbus, Tampa Bay and Montreal. Denis also represented Canada four times internationally, winning three gold medals. He backstopped Canada at the 1996 and 1997 World Juniors, winning goalie of the tournament in 1997 winning gold both times. He was also on Canada's World Championship team in 2004 and 2006, winning gold in 2004. Currently Denis works as a commentator with RDS.
Jacques Martin has spent 16 seasons as a head coach in the NHL, currently entering his third season at the helm of the Montreal Canadiens. Martin has been on Canada's coaching staff three times, on the Olympic team in 2002 and 2006 and the World Championship in 2004, winning gold at the 2002 Olympics and 2004 World Championship. On April 9, 2011, in a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, Martin became the 9th NHL coach to reach the 600th win milestone.
Pierre Boivin (panelist) was President of the Montreal Canadiens, evenko and L'Aréna des Canadiens for over 11 years from August 1999 to June 2011. He is now President and CEO of Claridge Inc. Pierre Boivin is also very involved in the community as Chairman of the Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation. In 2001, he founded the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation. Since its inception, the Foundation has donated $10 million to support 400 Quebec-based organizations dedicated to improving the well-being of sick and underprivileged children. In 2008, the Bleu Blanc Bouge program was introduced with the objective of building five refrigerated outdoor multipurpose rinks in less privileged neighbourhoods in the Montreal area.On May 29, 2009, in recognition of his dedication and commitment to the community, Pierre Boivin was awarded an honorary doctorate from Université de Montréal. On September 3rd, 2010, he received yet another honour when he was made Officer of the Order of Canada.
Danièle Sauvageau was named Head Coach of Canada's National Women's Hockey Team for the 2001 World Hockey Championship and the 2002 Winter Olympics winning gold at the Olympics. Sauvageau was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal for 21 years, serving five years in the narcotics division. In 1999-2000, she became an assistant coach for the Montreal Rocket of the QMJHL. She was the first female coach in QMJHL history.
Charles H. Cardinal is a recipient the Geoff Gowan Award, as awarded by the Coaching Association of Canada to recognize lifetime contribution to coaching development. He spent time as a professor at the Université de Montréal and the Université de Sherbrooke, as well as being involved as a volunteer for more than 40 years in the recreational sports field. He now works as a consultant in high-level athlete development and is involved in the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) program. He was inducted into the Canadian Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2001.
Wayne Halliwell A McGill grad, Dr. Wayne R. Halliwell is a world-renowned sports psychology consultant who has helped a number of Canadian teams and individuals win medals at world championships and the Olympics. A professor of kinesiology at Université de Montréal, Halliwell mentored three of Canada’s 2010 Olympic medallists: freestyle skiers Alexandre Bilodeau and Jennifer Heil and figure skater Joannie Rochette. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver marked Halliwell’s 10th Olympics as a sports psychologist and his fifth as part of Team Canada. In the past, he has worked with such noted athletes as sprinter Bruny Surin and diver Anne Montminy, as well as the Quebec Nordiques, New York Islanders, Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens.
Clément Jodoin is the new head coach of the American Hockey League’s Hamilton Bulldogs. He has close to 30 years of experience in hockey. In 2010-11 Jodoin completed his fourth season as head coach of the Rimouski Oceanic and his 10th season as a head coach in the QMJHL. In 2008, Jodoin was an assistant coach with Canada’s gold medal winning team at the 2008 World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic. Jodoin has also three world under-20 championship gold medals as an assistant coach (2006, 2007 and 2008). He spent six seasons between 1997 and 2003 in various positions within the hockey department of the Montreal Canadiens. He joined the Québec Nordiques organization, spending two seasons as the AHL Halifax Citadelles Head Coach (1990-1992), and two seasons as an assistant with the Nordiques (1992-1994).
Luce Mongrain represented Canada at the 1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Sweden, and has since served as a coach, manager, teacher and television analyst for Radio-Canada. She graduated with a degree in physical education and fitness leadership from McGill University and, in 2007, was inducted into Quebec’s Soccer Hall of Fame. Luce is currently in charge of the student-athlete program at the Académie les Estacades in Trois-Rivières.
Yves Archambault is the technical director of Hockey Quebec, a position he has held since 1999. He has earned a Level 4 coaching certification from the National Coaches Institute (NCI), and was manager of the hockey program and sport department, as well as a physical education teacher, at the Collège Français in Longueuil. Yves was also director of the Tretiak and International Hockey School, held at the Complexe Les 4 Glaces in Brossard, and spent two years as a professor at the Université de Montréal, where he received his bachelor’s degree in physical education.Was a coach for more than 20 years, from pre-Novice to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Larry Weber has worked for Bauer for fifteen years and is currently the director of risk management and compliance for Bauer Hockey Corp., based in St-Jérôme, Que. He is also the co-chairman of the Bauer Hockey Safety Panel, and has worked with the CSA Technical Committee on Equipment and Facilities for Ice Hockey. He was recently appointed chairman of a new sub-committee that will consider special certification requests for consumers with medical conditions.
Dr. Sylvain Boutet is a general practitioner, certified by the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine and the Association québécoise des médecins du sport, who specializes in the field of sports medicine. He is currently active at L’Hêtrière in St-Augustin-de-Desmaures and at the Cortex Clinic. Dr. Boutet serves as the chief medical officer of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, as well as the team doctor for the Quebec Remparts.
Richard Ouellet A four-year member of the Patriotes de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) under head coaches Clement Jodoin and Danny Dubé, Richard Ouellet is president of the Association québécoise des arénas et des installations récréatives et sportives du Québec (L’AQAIRS) and sits on the QMJHL Board of Directors representing the Drakkar de Baie-Comeau. He currently works in the recreation department for the City of Baie-Comeau.
Barry F. Lorenzetti est président, chef de la direction et fondateur de BFL CANADA. Sous sa direction, la société est devenue une des plus importantes firmes de services financiers détenue par des intérêts privés au Canada et elle est établie à travers le pays. BFL CANADA célébrera son 25e anniversaire en 2012.
Benoit Groulx is the head coach and general manager of the Gatineau Olympiques in the QMJHL. He has twice represented Canada as an assistant coach, once at the 2007 Canada-Russia Super-Series and once at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey winning a gold medal with Canada.
Donald Audette played 15 seasons in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres, the L.A. Kings, the Atlanta Thrashers, the Dallas Stars, the Montreal Canadiens and the Florida Panthers. In 735 NHL games, he recorded 509 points. As a member of the Atlanta Thrashers, he reached his career high in goals with 34 and assists with 45 in 76 games and made it to the NHL All-Star game.
Martin Raymond was hired by the Tampa Bay Lightning as assistant coach on July 20, 2010 after previously serving under Head Coach Guy Boucher with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL during the 2009-10 season. Raymond, served as the head coach of the McGill University Redmen for 14 seasons prior to joining the Bulldogs. Before beginning his coaching career, Raymond played five seasons at McGill, registering 109 goals and 253 points in 154 career games. He won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the 1991 Spengler Cup.
Michel Boucher is a long time hockey scout. He worked for the Montreal Canadiens until June 2010. Before joining Montreal, he was a regional scout for the Los Angeles Kings, a position that he occupied for six years, and before that, he spent nine years evaluating young talented players for the Quebec Major Junior League. Since July 2010, he has been a regional scout for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
A native of LeMoyne, Que., Maxime Talbot made his NHL debut with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2005 after playing four seasons in the QMJHL with Rouyn-Noranda and Gatineau. He helped the Penguins win the Stanley Cup in 2009, scoring two goals in the Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit. After six seasons in Pittsburgh, Talbot, who has 108 points in 388 NHL games, joined the Phialdelphia Flyers as a free agent in the sumer of 2011.
Joël Bouchard played four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with Longueuil and Verdun. He won the President’s Cup in 1992 with the Collège Français and two gold medals with Canada’s National Junior Team in 1993 and 1994. The defenseman also played 364 games in the National Hockey League with Calgary, Nashville, Dallas, Phoenix, New Jersey, the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh and the New York Islanders. He recently founded his own hockey academy at Centre d’Excellence Sport-Rousseau where he teaches the game to young people. He is part-owner, president and general manager of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the QMJHL.