# Ron Lapointe

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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey coach}}
{{distinguish|text=the American football player [Ron LaPointe](/source/Ron_LaPointe)}}
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'''Ron Lapointe''' (November 12, 1949 – March 23, 1992) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) coach.

Lapointe grew up in [Verdun, Quebec](/source/Verdun%2C_Quebec). He was a product of the junior ice hockey league [QMJHL](/source/QMJHL) and served as a head coach of the [Shawinigan Cataractes](/source/Shawinigan_Cataractes). He later worked as an assistant on the staffs of the [New York Islanders](/source/New_York_Islanders) and [Washington Capitals](/source/Washington_Capitals). Lapointe also led the [Fredericton Express](/source/Fredericton_Express) of the [American Hockey League](/source/American_Hockey_League).[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cNpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3312,2793392&dq=ron+lapointe+hockey&hl=en]

He was named interim head coach of the [Quebec Nordiques](/source/Quebec_Nordiques) halfway through the [1987–88](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_NHL_season) NHL season. After an 11–20–2 start in the [1988–89](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_NHL_season) season, Lapointe was forced to resign because of a kidney tumor. Lapointe then spent two seasons as the coach of the minor league [Milwaukee Admirals](/source/Milwaukee_Admirals) before health problems forced him to resign. He later took a job as a scout with the [Vancouver Canucks](/source/Vancouver_Canucks). [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/25/obituaries/ron-lapointe-hockey-coach-42.html] [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19920324&id=4QYhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k3YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2171,3056580]

His total NHL coaching record was 33–50–6.  He died at age 42 on March 23, 1992, after a three-year battle with kidney cancer. The [Ron Lapointe Trophy](/source/Ron_Lapointe_Trophy) is named in his honour, and awarded to the [Quebec Major Junior Hockey League](/source/Quebec_Major_Junior_Hockey_League)'s Coach of the Year.

==Coaching record==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
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! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="6"|Regular season !! colspan="2"|Postseason
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! G !! W !! L !! T !! Pts !!Finish !! Result
|-
![Quebec Nordiques](/source/Quebec_Nordiques)||[1987–88](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_NHL_season)
|56||22||30||4||48||5th in Adams||Interim head coach
|-
!Quebec Nordiques||[1988–89](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_NHL_season)
|34||11||20||2||24||5th in Adams||Resigned
|-
! colspan="2"|Total ||90||33||50||6||72||||0 Stanley Cups (0-0, 0.000)
|}

==External links==
*{{Ice hockey stats}}

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{{succession box | before = [André Savard](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Savard) | title = [Head coach of the Quebec Nordiques](/source/List_of_Quebec_Nordiques_head_coaches) | years = [1987](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_NHL_season)–[89](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_NHL_season) | after = [Jean Perron](/source/Jean_Perron)}}
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Category:1949 births
Category:1992 deaths
Category:Canadian ice hockey coaches
Category:Deaths from kidney cancer
Category:Ice hockey people from Montreal
Category:Montreal Juniors coaches
Category:People from Verdun, Quebec
Category:Quebec Nordiques coaches
Category:Quebec Remparts coaches
Category:Shawinigan Cataractes coaches
Category:Washington Capitals coaches

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