Mario Pouliot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mario Pouliot

Canadian ice hockey coach

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1963

Place of Birth: Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Profession: coach

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Mario Pouliot

  • Mario Pouliot (born September 30, 1963) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager.
  • He has served in both roles with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies since the 2018–19 season. Pouliot began coaching in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) as an assistant coach with the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser.
  • He later coached the Collège Antoine-Girouard Gaulois for eight seasons, and once held the Quebec AAA Midget Hockey League record for the most career wins by a head coach.
  • He also led the Gaulois to the finals of the 2003 Air Canada Cup for the Canadian national Midget AAA championship.
  • He later served two terms as an assistant coach for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies around a head-coaching stint for the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.
  • During this time, he was chosen as head coach of Team Quebec at the 2011 World U-17 Hockey Challenge.
  • Pouliot later coached the Acadie–Bathurst Titan for four seasons, and won the 2018 Memorial Cup championship.
  • In the following season, he was awarded the Ron Lapointe Trophy as the QMJHL's coach of the year, the Maurice Filion Trophy as the QMJHL's general manager of the year.
  • He was also named the Canadian Hockey League Coach of the Year, and led the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies to a 2019 Memorial Cup championship.
  • As of 2019, Pouliot is the only head coach to win consecutive Memorial Cup championships with different teams.

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