Real Paiement

Real Paiement (born September 30, 1959) is currently coaching the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the QMJHL after spending over 2 years coaching professional hockey in Europe. His last stint in the QMJHL was serving as head coach and general manager of the St. John's Fog Devils in 2007-2008. He previously was a former ice hockey player for several major junior teams from 1975 until 1982, then played in the IHL and in France before returning to Canada to play at McGill University.
== Hockey career ==
===Player===
Paiement was a defenceman in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for several years. He was drafted by the Montreal Junior Canadiens in 1975. He played with the Jr. Canadiens until he was traded in the middle of the 1978–79 season to the Flint Generals of the IHL. He played no regular season games with the Generals, but played in six playoff games where he scored one goal.
The Generals then traded Paiement to the Milwaukee Admirals where he played until the end of the 1981–82 season and then suited up for the McGill University Redmen, where he played for head coach Ken Tyler from 1983 to 1985.
==Career statistics==
Team 	League	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Montreal Jr. Canadiens	QMJHL 	60	3 	18	21 	58
Montreal Jr. Canadiens	QMJHL 	72	6 	22	28 	64
Montreal Jr. Canadiens	QMJHL 	72	10	45	55 	68
Montreal Jr. Canadiens	QMJHL 	72	8 	42	50 	85
Flint Generals 	IHL 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Milwaukee Admirals 	IHL 	74	6 	34	40 	46
Milwaukee Admirals 	IHL 	73	4 	26	30 	74
Milwaukee Admirals 	IHL 	81	10	47	57 	57
S.E.P.F Dunkirk 	France	na	na	na	na 	na
McGill Redmen 	CIAU 	20	2 	12	14 	48
McGill Redmen 	CIAU 	22	1 	17	18 	26
===Coach===
Paiement began his coaching career in 1985 as an assistant coach with the McGill University Redmen. In 1986-87, he was named head coach of the QMJHL's Granby Bisons, which was his most successful season as a coach, winning 48 of the 70 regular season games. During his final year in Granby, half of the season was coached by John Paris. Paiement coached the Bisons for four seasons before spending two years coaching the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. Next, from the 2001–02 season until the 2003–04 season, Paiement was head coach of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. In 2005, he was named head coach and general manager of the St. John's Fog Devils and on October 5, 2007, Paiement broke the record for most QMJHL games as head coach as he coached his 989th game. On May 25, 2008, he sign a one-year contract to coach HC Ajoie in Switzerland. In April 2010 he announced his departure from Ajoie at the end of the 2009-10 season http://www.tsr.ch/sport/hockey/1801945-le-canadien-paul-eday-47-ans-est-le-nouvel-entraineur-du-hc-ajoie-il-succede-a-real-paiement.html for HC Viège.http://www.lematin.ch/sports/hockey/real-paiement-quittera-ajoie-entendu-viege-225059http://www.lenouvelliste.ch/fr/news/flash_info/hc-viege-deux-nouveaux-joueurs-1182-198130
Following a short stay with EHC Visp, he re-signed with the Titan and returned to Canada.
== Sources and references ==
Category:Born in 1959
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Flint Generals (IHL) players
Category:Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) players
Category:Montreal Juniors players
Category:Moncton Wildcats coaches
Category:McGill Redmen players
Category:Retired in 1986
Category:Canadian ice hockey coaches
Category:Granby Bisons coaches
Category:Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) coaches
Category:Acadie-Bathurst Titan coaches
Category:St. John's Fog Devils coaches
Category:HC Ajoie coaches
Category:EHC Visp coaches
Category:McGill Redmen coaches
Category:Moncton Wildcats coaches