Montreal Canadiens A native of Greenfield Park, Quebec, Brisebois was employed by the
Heenan Blaikie law firm before joining the
Montreal Canadiens. During that time he worked in sports law, where he represented several
NHL and
Major League Baseball clubs in arbitration cases as well as acting as an advisor in contract negotiations. Brisebois also participated in the reform of the constitution and by-laws of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Brisebois spent nine seasons with the Montreal Canadiens after joining the organization on September 1, 2001, as director of legal affairs. In July 2003, he added director of hockey operations to his duties before being named vice president of hockey operations on July 24, 2006. In this capacity, Brisebois oversaw the Canadiens' AHL affiliate, the
Hamilton Bulldogs. The Bulldogs won the
2007 Calder Cup during the first season under Brisebois' direction. BriseBois would later hire future
National Hockey League head coach,
Guy Boucher, to coach the Bulldogs on June 29, 2009. Boucher won the
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award as the
American Hockey League's most outstanding coach for the
2009–10 season. Over three seasons the Bulldogs' amassed a record of 137–78–25 under Brisebois before he was hired by the
Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tampa Bay Lightning On July 16, 2010, Brisebois was hired by Lightning general manager
Steve Yzerman to serve as assistant general manager. On August 9, 2010, Brisebois hired future Lightning head coach,
Jon Cooper to be the Norfolk Admirals head coach. During the
2011–12 season the Admirals went on a 28-game win streak to set the record for the longest win streak in professional hockey. The Admirals would then go on and win the Calder Cup championship that season. That same season also saw
Cory Conacher win the
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award,
Willie Marshall Award and
Les Cunningham Award. Admirals' head coach, Jon Cooper, also won the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award. Brisebois continued in his role as General Manager of the Lightning's AHL farm team when the team switched their affiliation to the
Syracuse Crunch. The Crunch saw a string of success under Brisebois guidance. The team reached the Calder Cup finals two times, however, the team lost to the
Grand Rapids Griffins both times. On September 11, 2018, Brisebois was named as general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Prior to his promotion Brisebois had assisted in all aspects of player personnel decisions, analytics, player development, contract preparation and negotiation, as well as salary arbitration for the Lightning and the
Syracuse Crunch of the
American Hockey League. Brisebois also oversaw the interpretation of the NHL's collective bargaining agreement and the salary cap for Tampa Bay. Additionally, a number of players developed into NHL regulars under his management of the Lightning's AHL affiliates. Some of those players included
J.T. Brown,
Anthony Cirelli,
Yanni Gourde,
Radko Gudas,
Tyler Johnson,
Alex Killorn,
Nikita Kucherov,
Ondrej Palat,
Cedric Paquette,
Andrej Sustr, and
Andrei Vasilevskiy. In Brisebois' first season as general manager, the Lightning captured their first
Presidents' Trophy in franchise history along with the franchise's 4th
Atlantic Division title. The team also tied the single season record for wins in NHL history (62). Brisebois also signed Jon Cooper to a multi-year contract extension on March 26, 2019. On September 28, 2020, Brisebois won his first Stanley Cup with the Lightning. On July 7, 2021, he won his second Stanley Cup with the Lightning. == Education ==