Background
Carbonneau, Guy was born on March 18, 1960 in September Isles, Quebec, Canada.
Carbonneau, Guy was born on March 18, 1960 in September Isles, Quebec, Canada.
He was also the president of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Chicoutimi Saguenéens. Carbonneau started his hockey career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. After an impressive 182 points season with the Sagueneens, Carbonneau was drafted 44th overall in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens.
On August 19, 1994, he was traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Jim Montgomery. He played there for one season before moving to the Dallas Stars. Carbonneau retired shortly after that.
Carbonneau was one of the more popular Canadiens. Fans chanted "Guy, Guy, Guy!" whenever he touched the puck, much as they did for Guy Lafleur (with whom Carbonneau played from 1982–85) during his career. He was also one of the most admired Dallas Stars players.
He took the ceremonial opening faceoff for the Stars when they played the Canadiens at the last game at the Montreal Forum. In 2005, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League created the Guy Carbonneau Trophy (Trophée Guy Carbonneau), awarded annually to the player in the QMJHL judged to be the best defensive forward. After serving as an assistant coach to Michel Therrien with the Canadiens from 2000 to 2002, Carbonneau moved back to the Dallas Stars where he worked as an assistant General Manager until his return to Montreal in January 2006.
He was the 28th coach of the famed Montreal team. On March 9, 2009, he was fired as the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens with 16 games left and was replaced by the general manager Bob Gainey. On September 17, 2009, Carbonneau joined on as an analyst for CBC Sports Hockey Night in Canada.
Carbonneau left CBC after the 2009–2010 season and joined Réseau des sports as an analyst. Carbonneau also appeared in the first season (2010) of La série Montréal-Québec, as the head coach for the Montreal team. On February 7, 2011, Carbonneau became head coach of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, the team he co-owns.
He resigned in July.
