Jerry Dupont

Jerome Robert Dupont (born February 21, 1962 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman.

Jerry Dupont
Dupont in 1981
Born (1962-02-21) February 21, 1962
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Chicago Blackhawks
Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL Draft 15th overall, 1980
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 19811987

Biography

As a youth, Dupont played in the 1974 and 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Gloucester, Ontario.[1]

Dupont played for the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey League at the age of 16. He was drafted in the first round, 15th overall by the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He retired in 1987 after seven years of NHL with the Blackhawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs and AHL hockey with the Springfield Indians and Newmarket Saints.

He started his junior coaching career with the 1998 Thornhill Rattlers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. Within two years the team won the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Junior "A" Champions. In 2006–07, as the coach of the Aurora Tigers, he led the team to the Dudley Hewitt Cup, and then later won the Royal Bank Cup 2007 as National Junior "A" Champions.

When Dupont played in the United States he was given the nickname Jerry, simply because Jerome wasn't a common name among his American teammates.

Dupont was head coach of the Gatineau Olympiques of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for two seasons, ending in 2010. He was also head coach of the Cobourg Cougars of the Ontario Junior Hockey League for the 2018-19 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1978–79 Markham Waxers OPJHL
1978–79 Toronto Marlboros OMJHL 685212649 30000
1979–80 Toronto Marlboros OMJHL 677374488 41125
1980–81 Toronto Marlboros OHL 6763844116 52249
1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3404451
1981–82 Toronto Marlboros OHL 708818 10391224
1982–83 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 10000
1982–83 Springfield Indians AHL 78122234114
1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 36224116 400015
1983–84 Springfield Indians AHL 1223565
1984–85 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 5531013105 1502241
1985–86 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 7521315173 10000
1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1300023
1986–87 Newmarket Saints AHL 2918947
AHL totals 119153348226
NHL totals 21472936468 2002256

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
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