
Granato named Sabres interim head coach
Don Granato will step in as the interim coach of the Buffalo Sabres, starting with Thursday’s home game against the Boston Bruins.
Don Granato will step in as the interim coach of the Buffalo Sabres, starting with Thursday’s home game against the Boston Bruins.
Florida coach Joel Quenneville loves horse racing. As any good bettor does, he goes through all the past performances for every horse in the field before making his wager.
‘It was nice just to be spoken to as a hockey coach, not a female hockey coach’
It was March 11, 2020, and the Winnipeg Jets were holding their morning skate before a game at the Edmonton Oilers. Coach Paul Maurice had just stepped onto the ice when his captain, Blake Wheeler, skated over with a concerned expression.
Laura Schuler is hoping her work with the National Hockey League Coaches’ Association and continued camaraderie between rising female coaches and their male counterparts in the professional game one day soon will lead to a woman standing behind the bench coaching in the NHL.
Alexandre Burrows was on his third ECHL team in three years when he decided he’d give himself until Christmas to determine if professional hockey was right for him.
Cyril Bollers aiming to make NHL while leading Team Jamaica, men’s tournament team
“He lives, eats and breathes hockey,” ex-colleague Pat McTurner says. “If he took a two-week vacation, he’d probably be watching hockey videos.”
With shootouts and three-on-three overtime, wins may become easier to accumulate than generations past when ties were possible. However, Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan still joined an elite coaching fraternity on Thursday night when the Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 at Key Bank Arena.
Twenty years ago, a couple dozen hockey players and their parents piled into the Lansing Catholic High School cafeteria.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be the head coach of this group. We’re getting better as a group, myself included.”
Pincourt native came very close to giving up on his dream of playing in the NHL during his third season of making $350 a week in the ECHL.
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