Jacques Caron

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Jacques Caron
Born (1940-04-21) April 21, 1940 (age 83)
Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Cincinnati Stingers
Cleveland Crusaders
Los Angeles Kings
St. Louis Blues
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 1959–1974

Jacques Joseph Caron (born April 21, 1940) is a Canadian former ice hockey player and coach. He played 72 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and Vancouver Canucks between 1967 and 1974, and 26 games in the World Hockey Association with the Cleveland Crusaders and Cincinnati Stingers between 1975 and 1977. After his playing career he worked as an assistant coach with the Hartford Whalers, and then the goaltending coach and special assignment coach with the New Jersey Devils from 1993 to 2017. With New Jersey he won the Stanley Cup three times.

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Regular season and playoffs[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1956–57 Toronto Marlboros OHA 10 600 29 2 2.90
1957–58 Peterborough Petes OHA 31 1840 113 1 3.68 4 240 14 0 3.50
1958–59 Peterborough Petes OHA 43 24 14 4 2580 129 2 3.00 13 9 3 1 780 35 2 2.69
1958–59 Peterborough Petes M-Cup 2 0 2 0 120 9 0 4.50
1959–60 Washington Presidents EHL 55 3300 218 3 3.97
1960–61 Rouyn-Noranda Alouettes NOHA
1960–61 Rouyn-Noranda Alouettes Al-Cup 3 0 3 0 180 13 0 4.33
1961–62 Springfield Indians AHL 5 4 1 0 310 17 1 3.29
1961–62 Charlotte Clippers EHL 5 300 26 0 5.20
1962–63 Springfield Indians AHL 38 12 14 7 2180 112 2 3.08
1963–64 Springfield Indians AHL 31 12 14 1 1780 110 0 3.71
1964–65 Springfield Indians AHL 55 21 29 4 3321 195 2 3.52
1965–66 Springfield Indians AHL 33 15 15 1 1832 80 2 2.62 6 3 3 0 360 14 0 2.33
1966–67 Springfield Indians AHL 35 11 17 5 1866 136 1 4.37
1967–68 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1 0 1 0 60 4 0 4.00 .892
1967–68 Springfield Kings AHL 42 19 18 4 2393 151 0 3.79
1968–69 Los Angeles Kings NHL 3 0 1 0 140 9 0 3.86 .868
1968–69 Denver Spurs WHL 31 7 21 3 1764 122 2 4.15
1969–70 Denver Spurs WHL 31 8 16 4 1548 120 0 4.65
1970–71 Denver Spurs WHL 30 10 13 4 1668 109 2 3.92 2 0 2 0 120 9 0 4.50
1971–72 St. Louis Blues NHL 28 14 8 5 1619 68 1 2.52 .912 9 4 5 499 26 0 3.13 .898
1971–72 Denver Spurs WHL 20 15 3 0 1160 45 0 2.32
1972–73 St. Louis Blues NHL 30 8 14 5 1562 92 1 3.53 .886 3 0 2 140 8 0 3.43 .896
1973–74 Vancouver Canucks NHL 10 2 5 1 465 38 0 4.90 .832
1974–75 Syracuse Eagles AHL 50 16 21 9 2755 170 0 3.70 1 0 1 0 60 8 0 8.00
1975–76 Syracuse Blazers NAHL 32 1725 90 3 3.10
1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 2 1 0 1 130 8 0 3.69 .896
1976–77 Syracuse Blazers NAHL 22 1307 83 1 3.63 .876
1976–77 Cincinnati Stingers WHA 24 13 6 2 1292 61 3 2.83 .892 1 0 1 0 14 3 0 12.86
1977–78 Binghamton Dusters AHL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
1980–81 Binghamton Whalers AHL 1 0 0 0 19 1 0 3.16
WHA totals 26 14 6 3 1422 69 3 2.91 1 0 1 0 14 3 0 12.86
NHL totals 72 24 29 11 3846 211 2 3.29 .890 12 4 7 639 34 0 3.19 .898

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