VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Canucks have named Travis Green their new coach.
The team announced Green’s hiring in a statement. He is scheduled to be introduced at a news conference later Wednesday at Rogers Arena.
Green spent the last four seasons coaching the Canucks’ top farm team, the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League.
Before that, he coached the Portland Winterhawks to a 2012-13 Western Hockey League title and an appearance in the 2013 Memorial Cup final.
FILE PHOTO: Buffalo Sabres left winger Thomas Vanek (26)
squeezes between Boston Bruins center Travis Green (39)
and Bruins defenseman Brad Stuart (6) during the third
period of a NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y. , on Sunday,
March 12, 2006. Vanek had two goals in the Sabres 6-2
win over Boston. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
He replaces Willie Desjardins, who spent the last three seasons in Vancouver.
FILE PHOTO: Vancouver Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins
yells from the bench during the first period of an NHL hockey
game against the Dallas Stars, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, in
Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Desjardins was fired this month less than 24 hours after the Canucks finished the season 29th in the overall standings.
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