Roland Melanson


Roland Joseph "Rollie the Goalie" Melanson is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former goaltender in the National Hockey League. He serves as the goaltending coach for the New Jersey Devils. He previously served as assistant coach for the Montreal Canadiens and as goaltending coach for the Vancouver Canucks.
While playing for the Indianapolis Checkers in 1981, Melanson won the Ken McKenzie Trophy as rookie of the year of the Central Hockey League. Along with Billy Smith, Melanson won the William M. Jennings Trophy in the 1982–83 season, and he was also named to the NHL All-Star Second Team. He also won three consecutive Stanley Cups in 1981, 1982 and 1983.

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