Arizona Coyotes head coach André Tourigny knew when he was hired as the team’s head coach it wasn’t going to be easy. After all, the first-time NHL coach wasn’t exactly taking over a team oozing with Stanley Cup potential.
He was once the best-paid coach in hockey, with a Stanley Cup and a pair of Olympic golds. So what is Mike Babcock doing behind the bench at the University of Saskatchewan? And has he learned anything from his fall from grace?
The conference room at the Newport Sports Management office, just outside Toronto, had pretty much emptied on this July afternoon in 2010, but then-Lightning assistant GM Julien BriseBois and GM Steve Yzerman stuck around.
Kelsey Koelzer is a part of our Female Coaches Development Program. An All-American defenseman at Princeton helped build Division III Arcadia from scratch.
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 2021 goes to the Carolina Hurricanes coaching staff!
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