Posts About "Rolf Nilsen"

OHL Season Preview: West Division

September 25th, 2016 We are back with the fourth and final part of our OHL Season Preview series. Today we examine the Ontario Hockey League’s West Division, which is home to the 2017 Memorial Cup host Windsor Spitfires. While Windsor is the best team on paper, there are still some very good teams in this division that, with the right move or two, could...

OHL's Flint Firebirds Hire George Burnett as GM

May 17th, 2016 After an inaugural season filled with turmoil and defined by news headlines, the Ontario Hockey League’s Flint Firebirds have announced the hiring of George Burnett as their new general manager. Burnett becomes the first GM to take on the role since the league took control of team operations in February after owner Rolf Nilsen’s...

OHL Suspends Flint Firebirds Owner From Hockey Operations

April 6th, 2016 There really hasn't been another junior team in the Canadian Hockey League that has had as many off-ice issues as the Flint Firebirds have. In just their first season in Flint, Michigan, the team has been in the headlines on a few separate occasions when owner Rolf Nilsen fired his coaching staff twice for not playing his kid,...

Flint Firebirds: Personal Reflections From The Road

February 19th, 2016 Honestly, I really wasn't sure what I was getting myself into. That was the prevailing thought racing through my head as I departed from my home in Pennsylvania en route to Flint, Michigan. This whole situation with the Flint Firebirds and the handling of their former coach John Gruden was strange on so many levels. How could this...

OHL Suspends Flint Firebirds Management

February 18th, 2016 The situation with the OHL's Flint Firebirds continues to be closer to circus camp than major junior hockey. On Wednesday Flint owner Rolf Nilsen fired coaches John Gruden and Dave Karpa for the second time this season. The team made headlines earlier this season when Nilsen fired Gruden and Karpa the first time. Reports at that...