Fun facts about Lou Lamoriello!
* Lou taught mathematics for a few years at Johnston High School in Rhode Island in the early 1970s.
* Lou was the first commissioner of the NCAA's Hockey East, and the conference championship trophy is named in his honor.
* Only two General Managers have served their team longer than Lou was with the Devils -- Conn Smythe and Art Ross.
* Lou's reputation is that he's an amazingly smart drafter: he drafted Martin Brodeur 20th overall, and Patrik Elias 51st overall.
* Lou studied three teams to help him become a better GM: the Green Bay Packers, the New York Yankees, and the Montreal Canadiens.
* Lou coached the three Wilson brothers as head coach of the Providence College Friars (ECAC). One of these brothers, Ron Wilson, played for him from 1973 - 1977, and later went on to coach the Toronto Maple Leafs.
* Lou also coached Brian Burke in on the 1973-1974 team! "As a prank [Ron] Wilson sabotaged Burke’s alarm clock to make him late for practice and Lamoriello punished the latter with 4 a.m. practices for a few days." -- Sun
* Lou was great as GM of an NCAA basketball program too.
* Lou has two sons and a daughter. His oldest son, Christopher, is Senior VP of hockey operations and GM in Albany and Trenton. Tim is an attourney for the Devils. Heidi is kind of nonexistent on the internet, so I can't find what she does.
* He used to hang out with Yogi Berra, who used the Devils' exercise facilities as his personal gym.
* Speaking of baseball, Lou was a catcher who played in the Cape Cod League.
* And he turned down a cameo on The Sopranos, because he didn't like the show's content. What a principled guy!
