Patrick Francheterre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Lille, France | 19 November 1948||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Pasteur Institute of Lille | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Known for | Team France coach/manager FFHG director IIHF council member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards | Paul Loicq Award | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Francheterre (born 19 November 1948) is a French retired ice hockey player, coach, manager and international administrator. His playing career included time with CPM Croix and Dogues de Bordeaux as a player-coach, and with the France men's national ice hockey team at the Ice Hockey World Championships and the 1968 Winter Olympics. After retiring from playing, he served as the head coach of the national team, and two terms as its general manager. He later became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation council and was honored with the Paul Loicq Award in 2017 for contributions to international ice hockey.