Lorne Nadeau
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Lorne Nadeau | |
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| Born | April 15, 1926 |
| Died | 1998 |
| Known for | hockey player, coach |
Lorne Nadeau (1926-1998) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach known for his Pacific Southwest Hockey League championship teams.
Lorne started his professional career as a hockey player with the Spokane Flyers team in 1948 and also played for the Spokane Spokes and Seattle Bombers of the Western Hockey League and also Quebec Aces before achieving his longest success as a player and later a coach of the Fresno Falcons of the Pacific Southwest Hockey League.
Nadeau arrived in Fresno in 1968 and served as a player-coach through the 1975-76 season, before retiring as a player and devoting his time fully to coaching. He led the Falcons to several championships before retiring from coaching following the 1982-83 season.
Nadeau died in 1998.
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[edit]- 1926 births
- 1998 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Franco-Manitoban people
- Fresno Falcons players
- Ice hockey people from Winnipeg
- Seattle Bombers players
- Western International Hockey League players
- Ice hockey player-coaches
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Spokane Flyers players
- Spokane Spokes players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey people in the United States