Joel Quenneville Biography
Joel Quenneville is a professional Canadian-American ice hockey coach. Moreover, he is the current head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. During his coaching career at Blackhawks, he has won three Stanley Cup titles.
Furthermore, he has also served as a coach of St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche. Hockey player, Joel is a married man with his wife. This couple has three children; a son a son, Dylan, and two daughters, Lily and Anna.
Joel Quenneville Early life & Education
Joel Quenneville was born on 15th September 1958, in Windsor, Canada.
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Although being such a famous person, there is no any information about his other family members. Even their name is unknown. Furthermore, his education background is also unknown. However, he started playing hockey during his childhood.
Joel Quenneville Ice Hockey Career
Quenneville started his professional career as a player in 1978. Toronto Maple Leafs drafted him in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft as a 21st overall pick. Besides this, he also played for the OHAWindsor Spitfires and AHL New Brunswick Hawks. He also played for Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils and many other.
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Furthermore, he was also a player as well as assistant coach of St. John’s, head coach of the AHL Springfield Indians. However, in 1999–2000 NHL season he won the Jack Adams Award for his excellent performance. Moreover, in 1996 he won the Stanley Cup as an assistant coach. He became the head coach of the Blues franchise after Mike Keenan was fired.
Joel Quenneville will reach #Blackhawks milestone vs. #Coyotes (@TramyersCSN) – http://t.co/9k4AwbQluu pic.twitter.com/WODRYCEIV7
— NBC Sports Chicago (@NBCSChicago) January 20, 2015
Joel became the head coach of the Blues franchise and helped his team to win the Presidents’ Trophy during the 1999–2000 season. On June 2004, Avalanche hired him as their head coach. In the first season, his team wasn’t able to perform the best but there was an improvement in all other seasons.
However, on 9th May 2008, he left the club and joined Chicago Blackhawks in September 2008 as a pro scout.
Blackhawks promoted Quenneville as their head coach on 16th October 2008. Within his first season, he helped his team to reach the finals of 2009 Western Conference and 2010 Stanley Cup. Well, after his team’s victory over Philadelphia Flyers, Quenneville received his first Stanley Cup as a head coach.
Joel Quenneville cements his legacy with his third Stanley Cup. My story: http://t.co/h72R8eg5CR#FireQ pic.twitter.com/RDQTTcdid9
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) June 16, 2015
Moreover, he won his second championship as a head coach at 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. On 15th June 2015, his team won their third Stanley Cup. With that victory, Quenneville became the third coach in Chicago sports history to win three championships.
Joel Quenneville Married, Dating, Children, Divorce, Wife
Joel Quenneville is blessed with a happy marriage and family life. He married his wife Elizabeth Quenneville in 1988. This couple has three children; a son, Dylan, and two daughters, Lily and Anna.
He is equally maintaining his both profession as well as family. This couple is happily maintaining their married life for a long time. So there are very fewer chances of getting divorced. Besides this, there are no any records of his other relationships. His nationality is Canadian and is form white ethnic group.
Joel Quenneville Net worth, Salary, Income, Earning
Joel Quenneville earns a good sum of money in his career. He has played and won several matches and tournaments through which he receives a huge sum of money. He also earned a good sum of money from his coaching career his annual salary is $6 million.
Additionally, Joel also earned a good sum of money from several fashion lines and brands as an endorsement. Allocating information from several sources as of 2018 it is found out that his current net worth is estimated to be around $18 million.
One of the famous player, as well as coach Joel Quenneville with a great personality, has a good sum of net worth. He is living a lavish with his family.
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