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Pascal Dupuis Back in NHL in Second Career
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Pascal Dupuis , a winger who was part of two Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup teams, has worked his way back to the NHL — in a management position.
The New York Islanders announced on Tuesday that Dupuis is their new director of player development, a position he would seem to have been pushing toward for several years.
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Over the past six seasons, Dupuis has been with the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, working as an assistant coach, assistant general manager, hockey operations assistant director and, for the past six seasons, director of player development. He is also a part owner of that club.
"Pascal is exactly the kind of person we want shaping the next generation of Islanders," general manager Mathieu Darche said in a statement. "His story is one every young player in our system can learn from as nothing was handed to him. He was undrafted, found his way to the NHL through his tireless work ethic, and built a career playing over 800 NHL games and finishing with him being a part of multiple Stanley Cup Championships. Pascal's perspective will be invaluable for our developing players who are trying to find their way to the Islanders. We couldn't be more excited to welcome him to the organization."
Dupuis had 190 goals, 409 points in 871 NHL games over 14 seasons in the NHL with the Minnesota Wild , New York Rangers , Atlanta Thrashers and Penguins. He was a fixture as Penguins captain Sidney Crosby 's winger much of his time with the team and won the Stanley Cup in 2009 and 2016.
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