Bruce Boudreau previously served as head coach of the Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks, and Minnesota Wild.
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17 Facts About Bruce Boudreau
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Bruce Boudreau played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL and Minnesota Fighting Saints of the WHA.
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Bruce Boudreau is owner of the United States Premier Hockey League's Minnesota Blue Ox and the Hershey Cubs.
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Bruce Boudreau was born in North York, Toronto, Ontario, the son of Norman Bruce Boudreau and Theresa Roy.
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Bruce Boudreau attended Nelson A Boylen Collegiate Institute in the 1970s.
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Bruce Boudreau scored 165 points in his final season in juniors, adding 44 points in 27 games en route to captaining the Marlies to a Memorial Cup championship.
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Bruce Boudreau played a single season for the Fighting Saints, scoring 3 goals and 6 assists over 30 games.
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Bruce Boudreau played eight seasons in the NHL overall, all but the last for the Maple Leafs, scoring 28 goals and 42 assists in 141 games.
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Bruce Boudreau remained a minor league star and top scorer right through his final season in 1992.
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Bruce Boudreau is married to Crystal, with whom he has four children; three sons and one daughter.
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In 1982 Bruce Boudreau started the Golden Horseshoe Hockey School, a youth summer hockey camp operating out of St Catharines, Ontario, which he continues to coach with in the offseasons.
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Bruce Boudreau has been a supporter of the Toronto Maple Leafs since childhood, and admits that he still cheers for the club when the team does not face off against a squad that he is actively coaching, and watches Maple Leafs games on television when he is able to.
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Previously, Bruce Boudreau coached the Mississippi Sea Wolves to the ECHL Championship in 1999, and led the Fort Wayne Komets to the IHL Finals in 1994.
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Bruce Boudreau won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's best coach in 2008.
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Bruce Boudreau was replaced by former Capitals captain and then-London Knights head coach Dale Hunter.
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Bruce Boudreau became the fastest coach to be hired after being fired in NHL history.
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Bruce Boudreau led the Ducks to four consecutive division titles in his four full seasons in Anaheim.
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