You know it was just last week I was wondering "gee, I wonder whatever happened to Noel" and searched around, only to find he hadn't been hired by anyone.
He was always such an immensely likeable guy that I wish him all the best in the future. I heard the news on Edmonton's TSN Radio 1260, where they announced it as something like "and one of the good guys gets another chance" - they still make use of his "and I asked myself, self..." bit on a regular basis.
Little surprised he's going to junior hockey. I thought he was pretty much a career AHL coach (and a pretty darn good one at that).