19 Facts About Patrick Francheterre

Patrick Francheterre was born on 19 November 1948 and is a French retired ice hockey player, coach, manager and international administrator.

Patrick Francheterre's playing career included time with CPM Croix and Dogues de Bordeaux as a player-coach, and with the France men's national ice hockey team at the Ice Hockey World Championships and the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Patrick Francheterre later became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation council and was honored with the Paul Loicq Award in 2017 for contributions to international ice hockey.

Patrick Francheterre began playing youth ice hockey in Lille at age 13.

Patrick Francheterre attended the St-Pierre Institute in Lille from 1961 to 1966 and later graduated from the Pasteur Institute of Lille in 1969 with a bachelor's degree.

Patrick Francheterre began his professional ice hockey career in 1967 at age 18 with CPM Croix.

Patrick Francheterre served as an assistant coach for the France men's national junior ice hockey team during the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and the 1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Patrick Francheterre then became an assistant coach of the France men's national under-18 ice hockey team in 1981 and served as head coach of the under-18 team from 1982 until 1985 at the IIHF European Junior Championships.

In 1984, Patrick Francheterre became the player-coach for the Dogues de Bordeaux.

Patrick Francheterre later served as head coach of the France men's national ice hockey team at the 1985 World Ice Hockey Championships in which France won Group C and earned a promotion.

Patrick Francheterre returned as head coach for the 1986 Ice Hockey World Championships and led France to a fourth-place finish in Group B Patrick Francheterre played another two seasons, but permanently retired in 1988.

Patrick Francheterre began working for the French Ice Hockey Federation in 1992 as a director.

Patrick Francheterre served as the general manager for the France national men's ice hockey team from 1993 to 1997, at the Ice Hockey World Championships and in ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Patrick Francheterre returned to his former team in 1999, now known as the Boxers de Bordeaux and served as team president for two years.

Patrick Francheterre rejoined the France national men's ice hockey team as its general manager from 2004 to 2014.

Patrick Francheterre stated the desire to see a Ligue Magnus team in the near future at the arena.

Patrick Francheterre recommended decreasing the number of teams in the top tier of play and increasing the number of games to allow for a higher level of competition.

Patrick Francheterre felt that hosting an IIHF event such as a World Championship would bring in needed income to fund future development and increase player registrations at the amateur levels.

Patrick Francheterre stated a desire to have more home-grown talent instead of players traveling to North America to play and attend school.