Lightning coach Jacques Demers rushed back to Tampa from Pittsburgh early Wednesday morning to be with his wife, Debbie, who will undergo additional treatment for breast cancer. He missed Wednesday ...

He climbed to the top of the highest mountain with the most storied franchise in hockey history. He also walked through the deepest valley with what was then one of the least-known franchises in ...

ST. LOUIS -- It was Aug. 17, 1983 when the St. Louis Blues named the 13th coach in franchise history when they hired Jacques Demers. Demers was a gamble at the time for the Blues, with just one year ...

Jacques Demers coached three World Hockey Association teams as that league was fading away in the 1970s, then followed the Quebec Nordiques into the NHL for the 1979-80 season. He was fired after that ...

MONTREAL (AP) — Former Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers was in a Montreal hospital Thursday, a day after having a stroke. The 71-year-old Demers is now a Canadian senator. Claude Carignan, the ...