Former NHL Head Coaches Serving as Assistants The Canadian Press | November 26, 2019 Twenty of 31 teams have a former NHL head coach as an assistant, and six have more than one. Here’s a look at the 27 coaches filling those jobs: ANAHEIM…
NHL Investigating Allegations of Racial Slur from Flames’ Bill Peters The Canadian Press | November 26, 2019 The NHL says it will join the Flames in looking into recent allegations about a racial slur from Calgary head coach Bill Peters. Former NHL defenceman Akim Aliu tweeted on…
Spotlight on St. Louis Blues Coach Berube Colleen Flynn | November 25, 2019 Approximately a year ago, the St. Louis Blues fired head coach Mike Yeo and replaced him with Craig Berube on an interim basis. Last in the standings and in desperate…
Babcock Could Find Redemption in Seattle Tyler Bowen | November 24, 2019 After four-plus seasons as the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Babcock was fired on Nov. 20. The team is coming off three consecutive first-round postseason exits and…
11 Potential Landing Spots for Mike Babcock Larry Fisher | November 24, 2019 It was the wrong fit. Simple as that. The coach wasn’t right for the roster and the roster wasn’t right for the coach. From the outside looking in, that reality…
Maple Leafs to Be Played as Designed Under Sheldon Keefe Brian Joyce | November 23, 2019 The Toronto Maple Leafs have relieved Mike Babcock of his head coaching duties. The writing had been on the wall for Babcock who had failed to coach the Maple Leafs…
Is Babcock What the Lightning Need to Win a Stanley Cup? Eugene Helfrick | November 22, 2019 After the Tampa Bay Lightning experienced one of the worst postseason collapses in NHL history, head coach Jon Cooper found himself on the hot seat despite leading the team to…
A Look at the Maple Leafs’ Last 5 Mid-Season Coaching Changes The Canadian Press | November 21, 2019 TORONTO — Mike Babcock became the fourth straight Toronto Maple Leafs head coach to lose his job with the team on the road when he was fired Wednesday. Sheldon Keefe…
Ex-Maple Leafs’ Mike Babcock: Stubborn, Confusing, and Out of Work The Old Prof | November 21, 2019 How things change. Mike Babcock, who was hired by Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan to be the solution, was deemed the problem. He was fired on Nov. 20 after…
Mike Babcock’s Peers Praise Ex-Maple Leafs Bench Boss After Firing The Canadian Press | November 20, 2019 TORONTO — While his team has performed well early this season despite losing its top player from last year’s championship team, Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse acknowledged Wednesday wasn’t…
Islanders Benefiting from Trotz’s Experience Matt Rothman | November 16, 2019 There aren’t too many teams in professional sports that have a coach that impacts the game as much as head coach Barry Trotz does for the New York Islanders. For…
Lightning: Is It Time to Fire Cooper? Eugene Helfrick | October 10, 2019 The start of the 2019-20 NHL season has a bit of a deja vu feeling to it for the Tampa Bay Lightning. After playing the Florida Panthers in five straight…
