Sizing Up the Coaching Changes: The Oilers’ Success is the Gold Standard
When a team just isn’t performing, the bench boss is often the person to go.
When a team just isn’t performing, the bench boss is often the person to go.
The Hockey News Edmonton Oilers correspondent asked Kris Knoblauch about his newest accomplishment.
Plenty has changed for Edmonton and Minnesota since they decided to make head coaching changes.
As the 18th head coach in franchise history, Kris Knoblauch has been the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers for 18 games.
Paul Coffey couldn’t have replied more bluntly the first time Edmonton Oilers CEO of hockey operations Jeff Jackson asked him if he’d coach the defence.
The single biggest secret of individual player performance in the NHL?
Oilers Head Coach Kris Knoblauch had his wife Autumn and kids Marek and Emry in Edmonton this weekend for a short but sweet visit.
The days of the authoritarian taskmaster behind an NHL bench are all but over and perhaps no one exemplifies the modern approach to coaching players quite like Kris Knoblauch.
It’s not the same juicy mentor-meets-student storyline like it was when Todd McLellan, a former Edmonton Oilers head coach, was matching wits and lines with his former assistant Jay Woodcroft in those two Los Angeles-Edmonton playoff series, but Seattle’s bench boss Dave Hakstol and Kris Knoblauch, the new man here, have a history working together in Philadelphia.
Head Coach Kris Knoblauch and Assistant Coach Paul Coffey have demonstrated their ability to get their message across in their first few days with similar calm & direct approaches.
45-year-old replaces Woodcroft after 3-9-1 start, set to guide NHL team for 1st time.
Knoblauch takes over behind the Oilers bench after Head Coach Jay Woodcroft and Assistant Coach Dave Manson were relieved of their duties.
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