Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe tells the story of the legendary Coach Lou Lamoriello of Providence College, who was inducted recently into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

As a student at PC, Lamoriello captained both the Friars baseball and hockey teams. He later became the head coach of the Friars’ hockey team and led it to 12 consecutive postseason tournaments in his 15 years behind the bench. In 1987, Lamoriello was hired as the head coach of the New Jersey Devils.  Dupont reports that "Lamoriello turned the N.J. Devils from a laughingstock into one of the game’s most durable, consistent performers, almost perennially in the hunt to win the Cup." Leave it to a Friar to set the Devils on the right path! 

"The work ethic of our players when I arrived, in my opinion, was outstanding,'' said Lamoriello, reflecting on his life and career with his Devils. "But the thing I noticed most upon arriving, having come from a winning culture at Providence, is that simply working hard was not enough. Unless you get to your full potential, both as a player and a staff, that's the only way you win. You never want to be satisfied with mediocrity, accepting ‘working hard' as anything more than a prerequisite. So we had to make A-to-Z changes. I'm talking off the ice, in the room, in the [front] office . . . and I'm talking right down to how many times the phone rings. To this day, if you call the New Jersey Devils, you'll find that it won't ring more than twice if you call. That's the rule.''

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