"Cloutier, who wasn't supposed to play at all, showed a lot of poise when called upon last year, recording a team-best 3.03 goals-against average mark in 14 appearances. If he's hired as a coach, Cloutier probably won't play this season. But that's what they said last year. (The Sporting News 1994-95 Hockey Yearbook, p. 62)

• Selected by Buffalo Sabres as underage junior in third round (fourth Sabres pick, 55th overall) of National Hockey League Entry Draft, August 9, 1979.
• Traded by Sabres to Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations; Steve Ludzik and draft pick later sent to Sabres to complete deal, September 28, 1989.
• Traded by Blackhawks to Quebec Nordiques for LW Tony McKegney, January 29, 1991.

• Named to Quebec Major Junior Hockey League All-Star First Team, 1977-78.
• Named to Quebec Major Junior Hockey League All-Star First Team, 1978-79.
• Winner, Jacques Plante Trophy, 1978-79.

• Suffered broken collarbone, January 1982.
• Tore ligaments in knee; missed remainder of season, December 1984.
• Pulled groin; missed six games, December 11, 1989.
• Strained left knee, March 25, 1990.
• Sprained left ankle; missed twenty-four games, December 16, 1992.

• While recuperating from an injury, Jacques sent remainder of 1984-85 season as assistant coach with Rochester of the American Hockey League.