Dennis âRedâ Gendron, 63, died unexpectedly April 9, 2021. He was born Nov. 27, 1957, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Francis E. and Armeline (Jacques) Gendron.
Red graduated from Berlin High School, Class of 1975. Following graduation, he attended New England College, Class of 1979, where he received a Bachelorâs Degree in education.
He accepted his first teaching position at Berlin High School in 1979, where he also served as the assistant menâs ice hockey coach and assistant baseball coach for two years.
In 1981, Red married his soul mate, Janet Lacroix, and they settled in St. Albans, Vermont, when Red accepted a position as a history teacher and head menâs ice hockey coach at Bellows Free Academy. He led the Bobwhites to four state championships (1982, 1983, 1987, 1988) and was twice named Vermont Coach of the Year.
Paul Donskov spent three decades growing the game in central Ohio by Jeff Svoboda @JacketsInsider / BlueJackets.com
Of all the things people miss the most, it seems the thing that stands out is they can t pick up the phone and hear Paul Donskov s voice anymore.
For Ed Gingher, founder and president of the Ohio AAA Blue Jackets, those calls were often about how central Ohio s premier developmental hockey squad could continue to make inroads when it came to producing high-level talent.
For J.D. Kershaw, the Blue Jackets vice president for operations and development as well as a longtime amateur coach in the Columbus area, the conversations were often about how they could continue to grow the game in the Columbus area.