NHLCA Coaching Staff of the Month for March 2021
Each month we’ll give a shout out to one NHL team’s coaching staff for pulling out ahead of the pack. The month of March 2021 goes to the Carolina Hurricanes coaching staff!
Following the Leader: Jared Bednar is taking the Avalanche to new heights
I was at Magness Arena with my outstanding colleague Ron Knabenbauer waiting for an informal practice session to end so we could talk to some returning Colorado Avalanche players and some new recruits.
Female hockey coaches benefit from NHL counterparts’ development program
Networking, mentorship opportunities aimed at getting ‘way more women behind the bench’
Ducks coach Dallas Eakins seeks patience during rebuild
The Ducks’ rebuilding process, or transition as they like to call it, has been long and painful and it’s not likely to end soon enough for anyone involved.
Maple Leafs’ Sheldon Keefe Opens Up in Rare Personal Interview
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ head coach may have grown up in the Greater Toronto Area, but Sheldon Keefe was not a fan of the blue and white. “I kind of bounced around with my favourite players because I was a Mario Lemieux fan – I was a Penguins fan for a long period of time.
How Tim Ohashi and his video savvy fit the Kraken’s budding culture
Tim Ohashi is quick to admit he was a mediocre hockey player despite appearing in 10 games for Bates College in the late 2000s.
Behind the Boards with Mike Kelly
Learn more about your favorite NHL coaches and meet those you don’t yet know in the NHLCA’s Behind The Boards feature.
Breaking barriers: The coach of Jamaica’s hockey team wants to ‘prove everybody wrong’
Cyril Bollers was once told that he would never make it in coaching because of the colour of his skin. Today, he’s the head coach of the Jamaican national hockey team, and hopes to make it to the Olympics or professional hockey one day.
San Jose Sharks can choose different paths from here, with one ‘you don’t even want to think about’
San Jose Sharks coach Bob Boughner needed to hit all of the right notes when he addressed his team for the first time after they experienced their most difficult week of the season.
Devils defensemen getting heavily involved in the team’s offense under Lindy Ruff
Devils defensemen getting heavily involved in the team’s offense under Lindy Ruff
Robert Aitken Jr.
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An old adage suggests that the best defense is a good offense. For the Devils, it has been the defense that has helped to boost a good offense as the team’s six defensemen have gotten involved more offensively.
‘The female Wayne Gretzky’: Wickenheiser’s elite mind ‘an extreme luxury’ for Leafs
During a question-and-answer session with Aeroplan members on Sunday, Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe heaped praise on Hayley Wickenheiser, who serves as the team’s assistant director, player development.
Joel Ward opening doors for the next generation of Black hockey fans
You could make a movie about Joel Ward’s hockey career.
It’s a journey that took him through the OHL, WCHL, U Sports and AHL before he finally arrived at the NHL, where he became a cult hero in multiple markets and one of the most recognized Black faces in the game.
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