Fran�ois Allaire is an ice hockey goaltending coach who currently coaches for the Colorado Avalanche of the North American National Hockey League. He developed considerable expertise during the 1980s as the Montreal Canadiens' first-ever goaltending coach. In the 1990s, he promoted his methods to the younger generation of goalies, making his technique a new standard. The 'Allaire style' stresses sound positioning, getting down into the butterfly, and taking up as much net as possible. He has encouraged his goalies to wear the biggest allowable gear. Allaire successfully mentored Patrick Roy, winning Stanley Cups in 1986 and 1993. In 2003, he guided the relatively unheralded Jean-S�bastien Gigu�re to the Conn Smythe Trophy. He won a third Stanley Cup championship with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007. On 10 June 2009, Allaire left the Ducks to join the Maple Leafs, opting to resume a working relationship with Brian Burke, Toronto's former general manager. Burke had served as Anaheim's GM since 2005 before joining the Maple Leafs in November 2008. He has since been reunited with Giguere when Giguere was traded for Vesa Toskala and Jason Blake on January 31, 2010. [More at Wikipedia]

October 11th, 1959 in Québec (Age 64)