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Currently in his 13th season behind the Redmen bench after a brilliant
playing career with McGill, Martin Raymond, a 39-year-old native of Pierrefonds,
Que., is the all-time winningest coach in McGill hockey history.
He enters the 2007-08 season with a lifetime 232-163-33 record overall
(.581), including a 174-93-28 mark (.637) in regular season play.
In 2005-06, Raymond became the first McGill University coach to win the
Father George Kehoe memorial award as CIS coach of the year in men's hockey.
He was also honoured as Quebec coach of the year by the Foundation for
Quebec University Athletics, after guiding the Redmen to a stunning 20-1-3
regular season record and their second straight divisional title en route
to winning the OUA East championship in 2005-06. McGill established Canadian
university records for most shutouts (12 in 24 games) and lowest goals-against
average (1.21).
The back-to-back, first-place finishes marked the first time since 1946
that McGill had finished atop the standings.
Raymond is a three-time OUA East coach-of-the-year recipient. He won
the award in each of the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, guiding the Redmen
to a 17-6-3 first-place record in 2004-05. He first won the award in 1999-00
after leading McGill to a school record for wins with a 21-5-0 second-place
finish.
Prior to being appointed as head coach, Raymond served for three years
as an assistant coach with the Redmen after a five-year playing career
at McGill. As a player, he earned all-conference honours three times and
All-Canadian status in his final season (1991-92) when he served as team
captain.
He graduated as McGill’s all-time assist leader with 144 (now ranked
second), is still third in career points (253 in 154 games) and third
in career goals (109).
Raymond was also a member of the bronze medal-winning Team Canada squad
at the 1991 Spengler Cup tournament in Davos, Switzerland. He received
the Forbes Trophy in 1992 as McGill’s male athlete of the year, and
the Bobby Bell Trophy as Team MVP in 1991-92 after leading the Redmen
in scoring with 34-37-71 in 36 games. He also won two annual Molson Cups
as the McGill hockey team’s leader in three star selections.
Raymond graduated from McGill in 1992 with a bachelor of education and
played professional hockey in Germany (EA Schongau) for one season before
returning to McGill in 1993 to work on a masters degree in physical education,
which he completed in 1996.
Raymond also coached the Quebec provincial team to a bronze medal at
the 2004 under-17 world hockey championships in St. John's, Nfld. At the
pro level, he coached the Roller Hockey International’s Montreal
Roadrunners for two summers in addition to running the Montreal Canadiens
rookie camp in 1997.
Raymond took over as co-head coach of the Redmen (with Jamie Kompon,
currently an assistant coach with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings) in 1994-95,
after Jean Pronovost resigned in mid-season with the team sitting last
in the OUAA Far East. The Raymond-Kompon tandem moved McGill from last
to second place, finishing the campaign with a 16-9-0 record.
Raymond then served one season as an assistant coach under new McGill
head coach Terry Bangen, who guided the Redmen in 1995-96, before moving
on to accept an assistant coaching position with the NHL's Vancouver Canucks.
Raymond was eventually appointed as full-time coach at McGill in May
of 1997.
A recipient of the R.E. Wilkinson Award in 1991, given annually to a
McGill graduate student who best combines academic merit and exceptional
leadership, Raymond is only the sixth team captain in McGill hockey history
to be named head coach.
Other ex-Redmen captains who coached at McGill were:
Jamie Kompon (played: 1985-89; co-coach: 1994-95), Herb Madill (played:
1971-72; coached: 1973-79), Rocky Robillard (played: 1945-46, 1948-50;
coached: 1951-58), Hugh Farquharson (played: 1927-34, 1939-40; coached:
1937-42) and Dr. Bobby Bell (played: 1922-28, 1929-30; coached: 1930-37
and 1942-43).
Raymond, who resides in suburban Ste-Basile-le-Grand, Que., is married
to Christine Lanoue and has two young sons, Philippe and Antoine.
FOR A LIST OF HIS AWARDS AS A McGILL PLAYER, GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK:
www.athletics.mcgill.ca/varsity_sports_player_profile.ch2?athlete_id=2009
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REGULAR SEASON COACHING RECORD AT McGILL
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1994-95 16 9 0 (interim co-coach)
1995-96 (served as an assistant coach)
1996-97 14 10 2
1997-98 12 10 4
1998-99 13 9 4
1999-00 21 5 0
2000-01 10 11 3
2001-02 13 9 2
2002-03 16 6 2
2003-04 9 11 4
2004-05 17 6 1
2005-06 20 1 3
2006-07 15 8 5
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TOTAL: 174-93-28 (.637)
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Honours
CIS Coach of the year(2005-06)
(M) Hockey Coach of the year (CIS)
OUA East Division Coach of the Year(2005-06)
-named OUA East coach of the year after leading McGill to a 20-1-3 record
and their second straight divisional title
OUA East Division Coach of the Year(2004-05)
-named OUA East coach of the year after leading McGill to a 17-6-1 record
and their first divisional title in 59 years
OUA East Division Coach of the Year(1999-00)
-- named OUA East coach of the year after leading McGill to a 21-5-0 second-place
record
(UPDATED: Sept. 3, 2007)
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