vadim sharifijanov
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i just find this weird —
the 1986 hartford whalers had two current NHL head coaches: dave tippett of the oilers and dean evason of the wild.
tippett and the now-disgraced joel quenneville are two of the most successful coaches of the 21st century. kevin dineen (panthers) and john anderson (thrashers) also had multi-year stints as NHL head coaches in the middle of very long careers as AHL (and in anderson's case also IHL) head coaches.
brad shaw got half a season as an interim head coach after the islanders fired steve stirling, but has been an NHL assistant for most of the last fifteen-odd years after a run as an AHL head coach.
doug jarvis had a thirty year career as mostly an NHL assistant coach, including cups with dallas and boston, as well as his own stint as an AHL head coach.
ulf samuelsson's been an NHL assistant for most of the last fifteen years himself, with one year as an AHL head coach.
steve weeks had a more than decade-long career as a goalie coach, mostly with the thrashers.
ron francis is GM of the kraken and paul fenton was briefly GM of the wild after more than fifteen years in nashville's front office.
mike liut has been a successful agent for more than twenty years and currently represents draisaitl.
ray ferraro has been one of the best broadcasters in the business for twenty years.
so that's twelve guys on that '86 team who had very long and successful post-playing careers.
but if you look at the '85 team, mark johnson spent six years as wisconsin's assistant coach before head coaching their women's team for nineteen years and counting. marty howe was an assistant coach in the IHL and AHL for seven years. and greg millen has been on hockey night in canada since the mid-90s.
and from the '87 team, dave barr was an NHL assistant for a decade after head coaching in the OHL for a handful of years, and randy ladouceur had a twenty year career assistant coaching in the NHL, AHL, and OHL, with one season as oshawa's head coach in there.
so in the span of three years, that's seventeen guys with significant post-playing careers in the game. two of them are currently in the canucks' current braintrust, such as it is. shaw is our new assistant coach and jarvis is in our front office, after a couple of years as also our assistant.
people often talk about the NHL and hockey in general as an old boys club, but usually this means the oilers or leafs, or sometimes the habs. the mid-80s hartford whalers? i just find that weird. is there something i don't know about their head coach, jack evans?
the 1986 hartford whalers had two current NHL head coaches: dave tippett of the oilers and dean evason of the wild.
tippett and the now-disgraced joel quenneville are two of the most successful coaches of the 21st century. kevin dineen (panthers) and john anderson (thrashers) also had multi-year stints as NHL head coaches in the middle of very long careers as AHL (and in anderson's case also IHL) head coaches.
brad shaw got half a season as an interim head coach after the islanders fired steve stirling, but has been an NHL assistant for most of the last fifteen-odd years after a run as an AHL head coach.
doug jarvis had a thirty year career as mostly an NHL assistant coach, including cups with dallas and boston, as well as his own stint as an AHL head coach.
ulf samuelsson's been an NHL assistant for most of the last fifteen years himself, with one year as an AHL head coach.
steve weeks had a more than decade-long career as a goalie coach, mostly with the thrashers.
ron francis is GM of the kraken and paul fenton was briefly GM of the wild after more than fifteen years in nashville's front office.
mike liut has been a successful agent for more than twenty years and currently represents draisaitl.
ray ferraro has been one of the best broadcasters in the business for twenty years.
so that's twelve guys on that '86 team who had very long and successful post-playing careers.
but if you look at the '85 team, mark johnson spent six years as wisconsin's assistant coach before head coaching their women's team for nineteen years and counting. marty howe was an assistant coach in the IHL and AHL for seven years. and greg millen has been on hockey night in canada since the mid-90s.
and from the '87 team, dave barr was an NHL assistant for a decade after head coaching in the OHL for a handful of years, and randy ladouceur had a twenty year career assistant coaching in the NHL, AHL, and OHL, with one season as oshawa's head coach in there.
so in the span of three years, that's seventeen guys with significant post-playing careers in the game. two of them are currently in the canucks' current braintrust, such as it is. shaw is our new assistant coach and jarvis is in our front office, after a couple of years as also our assistant.
people often talk about the NHL and hockey in general as an old boys club, but usually this means the oilers or leafs, or sometimes the habs. the mid-80s hartford whalers? i just find that weird. is there something i don't know about their head coach, jack evans?
