Marcel Comeau (born March 1, 1952) is a Canadian ice hockey scout, and former player, coach, and National Hockey League team executive. He played eleven seasons in the International Hockey League (IHL), where he was the league's top scorer and won the IHL Most Valuable Player Award in 1981. He later coached in the Western Hockey League (WHL), winning two WHL Coach of the Year Awards, and a Canadian Hockey League Coach of the Year Award. He also led Team Canada to a gold medal at the 1996 World Juniors, and later served as a team executive for the Atlanta Thrashers, and the Winnipeg Jets. Early life Marcel Comeau was born on March 1, 1952, in Edmonton, Alberta. His parents, Emile and Anita Comeau, moved to Ponoka and operated the local Massey Ferguson retailer. He played minor ice hockey in town and attended Ponoka Composite High School. He played shortstop on the Ponoka Royals fast-pitch softball club as a youth, and played semi-professional softball in summers. Playing career Comeau was a centreman during his playing career, listed at 6 feet (183 cm) and 165 pounds (75 kg) with a right-hand shot. He began playing junior ice hockey with the Ponoka Stampeders, and was named the Alberta Junior Hockey League rookie of year in the 1970–71 season, and led the league with 42 goals scored. He finished the 1970–71 season playing 11 games with the Edmonton Oil Kings in the Western Canada Hockey League. After one full season with Edmonton, he was drafted 148th overall by the Minnesota North Stars, in the tenth round of the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft. Comeau never played in the National Hockey League, and spent eleven seasons playing with the Saginaw Gears in the International Hockey League (IHL). He was named an IHL second-team all-star in the 1973–74 IHL season, and the 1977–78 IHL season. Comeau led the league with 82 assists in the 1980–81 IHL season, led the league with 126 points and won the Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy as the top scorer, was named a first-team all-star, and won the James Gatschene Memorial Trophy as the IHL's most valuable player. In the 1976–77 IHL season, Comeau and the Saginaw Gears finished first place overall in the league winning the Fred A. Huber Trophy, and won the playoffs to capture a Turner Cup title. The team was inducted into the Saginaw County Sports Hall