Peter Laviolette
Peter Philip Laviolette Jr. is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by teams in the NHL, he played a total of 12 games with the Rangers in the 1988–89 season. Following retirement from active play, Laviolette also served as head coach of the New York Islanders, Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators, and Washington Capitals. He led the Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup win in 2006, and later coached the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010, as well as the Predators in 2017. Laviolette is the fourth coach in NHL history to lead three teams to the Stanley Cup Finals.
7 December 1964
Born on the same birth date (7 December 1964): Hugo Blick • Patrick Fabian
Born on the same birth day (7 December): Anna Soubry • Benoît Tréluyer • Bernardo Pasquini • Ellen Burstyn • Fabien Pelous • Ferenc Novák (writer) • Geoff Lawson (cricketer) • Giovanni Battista Falda • Hugo Blick • Kikkawa Hiroie • Leopold Kronecker • Robert Kubica • Rosemary Rogers • Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
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