Facts:   - played for: toronto maple leafs chicago black hawks minnesota fighting saints    - weight lb: 182    - career end: 1992    - position: centre    - height in: 9    - caption: head coach of the anaheim ducks    - shoots: left      - height ft: 5    - birth date: 9 january 1955    - career start: 1976    - image size: 230px    - image: bruce boudreau ducks 2012-02-15 . jpg    - birth place: toronto , ontario , canada   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bruce boudreau .
bruce allan `` gabby '' boudreau -lrb- born january 9 , 1955 -rrb- is a canadian professional ice hockey head coach and current head coach of the anaheim ducks of the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- .as a player , boudreau played professionally for 20 seasons , logging 141 games in the nhl and 30 games in the world hockey association -lrb- wha -rrb- .he played for the toronto maple leafs and the chicago black hawks of the nhl and the minnesota fighting saints of the wha .boudreau won the jack adams award for the nhl 's most outstanding head coach in the 2007 -- 08 nhl season during his tenure with the washington capitals .