former hockey playerPittsburgh penguins ”, assistant coach of the Russian national team Sergei Gonchar became a member of the coaching staffVancouver Canucks “, according to the team’s press office.
Bruce Boudreau Resigned as head coach of Vancouver. He has been replaced Rick Toquet , who became the 21st head coach in team history. Gonchar will be responsible for working with the club’s defenders, Adam Foote has become assistant coach.
Tocquet has over twenty years of experience as a coach, managing teams with different styles of play. As a player, he showed solid character, showing impressive stats. We are also happy to add Adam Foot and Sergey Gonchar to our coaching staff. Both men had long and successful playing careers as NHL defensemen and together possess a wide range of knowledge on and off the ice. Tocquet, Foote and Potter have championship records and we look forward to welcoming them to Vancouver,” said club general manager Patrick Allwyn.
Boudreau has been in charge of Vancouver since last December. The team is 12th in the Western Conference standings with 39 points in 46 games.
Russian forwards play for the Canucks Ilya Mikheev and Andrei Kuzmenko .
Previously, Gonchar and Tocquet worked together on the Pittsburgh Penguins coaching staff and won two Stanley Cups (2016, 2017). The Russian left the American club in 2020, after which he joined the Russian national team.
Source : MatchTV
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