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Vancouver — Vancouver Canucks hired Mike Yeo as an assistant coach, promoted Trent Cull to the same position and fleshed out Bruce Boudreau staff for the next NHL season. The
club has also announced that Assistant Coach Bradshaw will leave the organization to take the position of Associate Coach of the Philadelphia Flyers.
Jeremy Colliton takes over from Cull as head coach of the American Hockey League Abbotsford Canucks.
Yeo, 48, is the interim head for the rest of the season after Alan Vinho's dismissal after serving as an assistant coach for the Flyers in the first 22 games of 2020-21 and 2021-22. I was appointed as a coach. ..
Yeo is also the head coach of Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Bruce.
Through the coached 542 NHL games, Yeo put together a record of 263-217-62. The player from Toronto was the assistant coach of the 2009 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
Cal, 48, is celebrating his sixth year at the Canax organization after recently head coaching Abbotsford.
He led AHL Canax to a record of 39-23-5-1 and playoffs last season.
Colliton, 37, spent part of the four seasons as head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks before being fired in November.
After Claude Julian's head coach delayed his participation in the team due to a rib injury, he coached a Canadian men's team at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
"I'm very excited to help bring this group of coaches together," Boudreau said in a statement. "When I started talking to Mike Yo, it became clear that he would be a great addition.
" To further strengthen last season's momentum (general manager's) Working with Patrik Allvin) to create a balanced staff was very important to us. ”
This report by Canadian Press was first published on July 1, 2022. Published in.
