[1] Lamoriello also was general manager for Team USA in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, in which the U.S. won the championship, as well as for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
[4] Lamoriello became head coach of the Providence College Friars men's ice hockey team in 1968 and became athletic director in July 1982.
[5] On April 30, 1987, Lamoriello resigned as Hockey East commissioner and as athletic director at Providence to become president of the NHL's New Jersey Devils.
Over the next 28 years, Lamoriello presided over one of the most successful rebuilding projects in North American professional sports history.
For the most part, McMullen, Vanderbeek and most recent owner Josh Harris left the Devils' operations in Lamoriello's hands.
He also was general manager for Team USA in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey[2] (in which the U.S. won the championship) and the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Pat Verbeek, Kirk Muller and Bill Guerin, among others, have been traded out of town after losing contract negotiations.
[7] Lamoriello, backed by Scouting Director David Conte, is known as a master drafter, showing consistent shrewdness in identifying and signing top talent that other teams were passing over.
[8] For example, superstar goaltender Martin Brodeur was a 20th overall pick, while Czech star left winger Patrik Eliáš was drafted 51st.
"Clearly he was one of the visionaries that understood there were highly talented hockey players in the former Soviet Union that could have a place in this League," said Bettman.
For example, Martin Brodeur took below market contracts to stay with the Devils for years, while defenseman Ken Daneyko played all 1,283 of his NHL games with the team.
Despite public disagreements, both superstar Claude Lemieux and former assistant coach John MacLean returned to the organization because of Lamioriello's "dedication to winning".
Veteran Devils defenseman Ken Daneyko says Lamoriello key factors in success are "his winning attitude, discipline and dedication.
[9] On May 4, 2015, the Devils announced Lamoriello had handed his general manager post to Ray Shero, though he would remain as team president.
On July 23, 2015, Lamoriello resigned from the New Jersey Devils to accept the general manager position with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
On April 30, 2018, Shanahan informed Lamoriello that he will no longer continue as general manager, but would remain with the organization as a special advisor.
Shanahan stated that Lamoriello's contract called for him to be general manager for three years before making a transition to an advisory role.
Notable moves he made in Toronto include drafting Auston Matthews and trading for netminder Frederik Andersen.
[16] On June 21, Lamoriello would go on to sign Barry Trotz as head coach fresh off a Stanley Cup victory, and a subsequent resignation from the Washington Capitals.
[18] On December 27, 2014, Lamoriello announced that he, along with Scott Stevens and Adam Oates, would act as co-head coaches of the Devils following the firing of Peter DeBoer the day prior.
He was honoured during the November 6–9 induction weekend,[3] alongside Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman.