NHLCA Coaching Staff of the Month for November 2019
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 October 2019 goes to the Boston Bruins coaching staff!
Geoff Ward’s road to head coach of Flames was a long one
As a hockey coach for the past 30 years, Ward’s impact has been significant at every stop along the way. It also helps paint a picture of a man deeply passionate about his craft, who has unintentionally been thrust into the spotlight behind the Calgary Flames bench as the interim head coach.
Game day routine crucial for coaches, player
Rob Cookson goes over long, busy schedule assistants follow before puck drop.
Who Is Sheldon Keefe? A Primer On The Maple Leafs’ New Coach
By now, if you follow the NHL, you know Sheldon Keefe was recently named the 31st head coach in Toronto Maple Leafs franchise history. There’s also a good chance you know he led the Maple Leafs to regulation wins in his first two games, snapping Toronto’s six-game losing streak and giving the team its first back-to-back regulation wins in almost a month and a half.
Help not available: NHL staffs brimming with ex-head coaches
Of 31 teams, 20 have a former NHL head coach as an assistant and six have more than one. Concerns about having too many cooks in the kitchen are no match for the benefit of having experience dealing with players, handling game situations and scouting opponents.
Sabres assistant Don Granato on near-death experience: ‘You’ve got about 5 minutes and you will not be here’
By Scott Burnside (The Athletic) This was all happening so blasted fast for Don Granato. This whole life and death thing sneaking up on him in a way he couldn’t have possibly imagined. One day late in training camp he felt a bit run down. Next thing he knew a team of...
Lightning can benefit from difficult start this season
Carlyle says lessons learned from adversity can be applied during Stanley Cup Playoffs
Paul Maurice’s friendship with a young Jets fan lasted less than two weeks. But what he did for him meant everything
By Murat Ates (The Athletic) It was quarter past seven on Friday, June 21 — the longest day of the year — and Winnipeg was on the clock. Four days prior, the Jets had shipped Jacob Trouba to New York, granting Trouba and his fiancée, Kelly Tyson, a living arrangement...
Joel Quenneville Reaches Milestone 900th NHL Head Coaching Win
Panthers bench boss becomes only the second head coach to reach 900 regular season wins in NHL history
How Barry Trotz went from 50/50 sales to winning the Stanley Cup
Barry Trotz has a home in Nashville, where he stood behind the Predators’ bench for the franchise’s first 15 seasons. He has a home in Florida, where he can imagine retiring someday, though at age 57 not anytime soon. Now in his second season with the Islanders, he’s still unpacking boxes in Huntington, N.Y. Such is the transitory lot of an NHL coach.
Inside Bruce Cassidy’s intense, tight, essential practice plans
After a strong start to the 2019-20 season, the Bruins have hit their first patch of adversity. That’s what made Bruce Cassidy decide less would be more.
Cassidy recently held a high-paced practice that lasted only 32 minutes, down from the normal non-stop skate lasting 40 to 45 minutes.
NHL coaches must strike balance when using analytics
Zettler says statistics should bolster message, not overwhelm players
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